Koralith or ARM

[FeedMyJones]

Any thoughts or experiences with either Koralith or ARM for use in a calcium reactor?

 

[tamarindthai]

ARM big chunk or Gen X,,or mixed them together work great

 

[cali_reef]

What kind of CaRx are you using? That makes a difference on the media type.

 

[FeedMyJones]

Koralin, shipped originally with carib-sea I believe.

 

[tcduongxx]

Any thoughts or experiences with either Koralith or ARM for use in a calcium reactor?

None of the above. Buy Calcite (White soft marble chips) from your local land scaping store. 4.99 for half a cubic foot. Work just as good. Want more magnesium add magnesium oxide (Coraxex) with it. Get them for 39.00 for 40 lb bag at the local store of water purifide system for home.

The material will stop desolving at PH 8.4 so you will never over shoot your PH.

It is better than Koralith or ARM with contain phospate and other chemical when the stuff desolved. They said it does not contain phospate and they are correct. Not on the surface of the material. When you desolve it. It will release phospate and other stuff that you don't want.

 

[trido]

None of the above. Buy Calcite (White soft marble chips) from your local land scaping store. 4.99 for half a cubic foot. Work just as good.


It is better than Koralith or ARM

Any proof to back up these claims other than personal experience. IM always looking for inexpensive alternatives to the big names.

Also, what kind of landscaping stores are you referring to? Ive been to quite a few and dont recall seeing any white cubes of anything readily for sale on the West Coast. Of course, ive never been looking for it.

 

[tcduongxx]

Any proof to back up these claims other than personal experience. IM always looking for inexpensive alternatives to the big names.

Also, what kind of landscaping stores are you referring to? Ive been to quite a few and dont recall seeing any white cubes of anything readily for sale on the West Coast. Of course, ive never been looking for it.

What you need to do is to google white marble or calcite. What it explain is pure crystaline calcium carbonate. People been using this stuff to control acidic well water for years. I used them with the Hiatt system and also in my calcium reactor.

Just ask for white marble gravel or chip when you get to the land scaping store. 4.99 per half cubic foot you can't beat it.

Make sure it is white if it is not white it might contain other chemical. It it kind of blue then it have high content of Mag Oxide. I would pick the stuff with a light blue tint to it.