How do you dose Kalk?

[Dirt4dinner]

Whoya,
That is a great question. I have a huge tube of Kalk, and a Kent Marine doseing bag...but I just don't know how much to add. Is there any math equation that can give me an idea of how much I should be dosing? How many drips per minute type of thing?

[jerryc]

Whoya,
That is a great question. I have a huge tube of Kalk, and a Kent Marine doseing bag...but I just don't know how much to add. Is there any math equation that can give me an idea of how much I should be dosing? How many drips per minute type of thing?

My top off is around 1 gallon per day that is the amount of kalk i put in
to the system. i set my drip to run out over night approximately 8 hours
for the gallon of kalk.
As with all additives use your test Kit's to no the amount you need
as no 2 tanks or going to be the same.
I do have to add a 2 part occasional but not much

I add 2 teaspoons of MrsWages pickling lime per gallon of water in a resealable
3 gallon container and let set over night discard the last pint or so

[Whoyah]

Thanks for the pointers Jerry. So you made your own drip jug? Do you have a pics? This seems like a pretty simple DIY project but also something that want to be sure to get right. You mentioned using 2 part on occasionally, is that to bring your levels back in spec? Is it true that dripping kalk will maintain both alkality as well as calcium?