Ok so PH and alkalinity are a direct link to one another. So if I dose for alk my ph goes up as well I am told, but if I have a calcium reactor it will force my ph down while making alk and calcium. What am I missing.
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Lime water you say? Is there a table of concentration amount to use. I think that makes sense. Basically where do I get it and how much to use?
Lime water you say? Is there a table of concentration amount to use. I think that makes sense. Basically where do I get it and how much to use?
This is a preemptive strike the final parts for my Ca reactor will be here today and I have read about the low PH problems so I want to be prepared.What is the actual problem you'd like to solve? Low pH?
Well I happened to trade parts for parts and wound up with a 90% complete georeef 618 which is rated at 300 gallons and my tank being 200 I ordered up the pump, probe and regulator. I have bean dosing Red Sea three part foundation. My corals are as follows and are at the trying to be colony size.What type of corals do you have and how full is your tank? The reason I ask is because if you have a young reef, not a lot of stony corals, or just a lot of small stony frags a calcium reactor may be an unnecessary expense right now. Typically your cal and alk dosing progresses from limewater, to limewater and 2 part, to limewater and a calcium reactor as your reef develops and grows from small frags to large colonies and consequently the consumption of cal increases along with the expense of dosing
This is a preemptive strike the final parts for my Ca reactor will be here today and I have read about the low PH problems so I want to be prepared.
Ok so PH and alkalinity are a direct link to one another. So if I dose for alk my ph goes up as well I am told, but if I have a calcium reactor it will force my ph down while making alk and calcium. What am I missing.
I don't have the brain for some of the stuff but I would like to give it a go. I would like to try and comit some of it to memory.FWIW, I have an article that explains all of this in mathematical detail if anyone is interested.
They are related, but an alk supplement can drop pH a bit (baking soda), drop it a lot (a reactor ), or boost it a lot (sodium carbonate) or boost it even more (limewater), depending on how much CO2 comes in with it.
...and in all scenarios, pH in the tank gravitates back to the level dictated by ambient co2 levels in the room that houses the tank. Usually with a quickness if there is decent aeration.