Drip kalk during cycling?

[delirium]

As topic... any advice?

[huanjie]

Don't see any harm, but Why lei ? unless you have LS in it, which i think the advantage of kalk is trivia as compared to the toxic nitrogen compounds present... I maybe wrong though...

[delirium]

Why? Erm... To start growing coroline on the LR.

[huanjie]

Good idea ! remember to dose strontium as well

[delirium]

Strontium is for? Thought coroline only needs calcium and good water flow.

[huanjie]

Strontium stimulate the growth rate....Read somewhere, and tried it, and it really works.. too well , now I got problem keeping my calcium level

[delirium]

Will find out more about Strontium.

[ervine]

Don't add what you don't need... If nothing's going to take up your calcium then why bother...

[junyong84]

no need to add la.

[delirium]

My hands are just itching to do something during tank cycling. Wouldnt the corolline take in calcium?

[Kalib]

Coralline will take in calcium.

I've been dripping Kalk for the past few months and now i end up having high alk(17) and calcium(600ppm) because i just keep dripping daily according to the stated dosage without knowing how much my tank really needs.

Morale of the story: Don't dose blindly, find out using testkits what you need to dose and how much would be enough. Normally freshly made salt mix will already have a certain level of calcium

Suggest that you wait and don't dose anything yet. Hand itchy can always go readup and plan what you want to have in the tank.

[delirium]

Tanks for the advice. Itchy hands shall now wipe clean the tank.