I was recently at a LFS in San Antonio and one of the employees convinced me to buy Kent Liquid Reactor. He said that since I can't drip lime in my tank (42G Hex w/no sump and I don't want a drip system over tank) and I don't have a Ca reatctor, this would be a good way to promote Coraline growth and provide a buffer to my tank. I bought the stuff and also bought a Calcium Test Kit and an Alkalinity test kit. I tested my tank and my Calcium is 450 mg/litre, even though I've never supplemented Ca and my Alkalinity is 4.0 meq/litre and I don't currently use any sort of buffer. My Ph is a bit low (8.0 last week and 8.1 this week). Will it hurt/help anything to start using this Liquid Reactor? I'm a pretty big fan of the 'low-maintenance tank', so I don't want to start doing things that won't help, but if this will help my coraline growth (I don't have much coraline at all), then I'll definitely start using this stuff! Is too much Ca a bad thing? The LFS employee also said this will help coraline growth because it will add Strontium and Magnesium, which I've never even tested for...

In short, should I mess with this stuff or not (I've already spent the $17.49)?


Thanks, doug.