i bought some kent marine suppliments. iodide, strontium somthing, and liquid calcium. they all say i can dose with kalkwasser. people on this site have also reccomended it to me...but i have no idea what it is. . . any help?

uhhhhhhh to me its a pain..... BUT it works like crack to a drug dealer. Kalkwasser is when german for Limewater. You add some powdered limewater to RO water and mix it up. It will produce a slime on the bottom after it settles and THEN you can dose it into your tank. You can only dose it at night because it actually contains a PH of about 12.3 So it will raise your ph for you at night when it is needed. You COULD do an Auto top off with it at night only.........which is what I was doing, but I got tired of cleaning my bucket out every other day from the sludge. Thats the only way I knew to do it......so i presume it just sucks to do. On the other hand the corals respond great to it and so will your coraline algae. Much better than 2 part calcium and alk. If you could do anything for your tank.....I would suggest a calcium reactor. Everyone that i know that has one swears by them. They add media and a CO2 tank and clean it every other month. Sounds like the ideal solution to me......besides the 500 dollar price tag.

i have been thinking about a calcium reactor. i found one for a little over 100 dollars. does that do the same as kalkwasser?