Hey All (and hopefully Randy can chime in here),
I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong here since I feel (given my livestock, which is not a ton) my uptake is abnormal (previously had precipitate issues, so I'm paranoid that this may be happening again). Here are my system specs:
> 210 Gallon DT/about 250 gallons total volume with sump (system will have been running 2 years as of August 2022)
> Levels as of 12pm today: Alk 8; Ca 449; 1455 Mag (using Trident)- the Alk seems to drop while the other two remain relatively the same
> Livestock includes 1 large maxima clam, 1 medium derasa clam, 1 small crocea clam, along with multiple small colonies/frags of zoanthids, some small colonies and frags of LPS, and several frags of SPS (some multi-branch); by no means a fully stocked tank
Here is my current dosing schedule:
> Kalkwasser continuous dosing via a Versa pump at 2.25ml/minute (still less than what is evaporated)- this is dosed into my refugium where a pump immediately mixes this into the water
> 2-part using BRS supplements (calcium chloride, soda ash, and magnesium 2-part maintenance)- I'm dosing (using the Neptune DOS) in excess of 250mls of each calcium chloride and soda ash (more Soda Ash since that is the one currently dropping and I know that Kalkwasser will adjust what should otherwise be a 1:1 ratio between dosing calcium/alkalinity supplements), and dose a fraction of the magnesium (just read that I should be dosing .16ml per 1ml of calcium chloride- so I've upped my magnesium dosing today and will adjust if my Mag increases significantly)- my calcium chloride is currently being dosed into a circulation pump located in my skimmer section (which comes before my refugium) and my soda ash is being dosed in the same section as my kalkwasser (also into a circulation pump).
Does anyone have any experience dosing Kalkwasser and 2-part together, which can/should be dosed in relative close proximity together (e.g., is it better to dose the calcium or the soda ash in the same section as where the kalkwasser is being dripped), have an explanation as to why my Alkalinity is dropping even though I seem to be auto-dosing a large amount of 2-part already, and any other tips in doing this as I can't seem to keep the levels stable.
Thanks in advance,
Chad
I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong here since I feel (given my livestock, which is not a ton) my uptake is abnormal (previously had precipitate issues, so I'm paranoid that this may be happening again). Here are my system specs:
> 210 Gallon DT/about 250 gallons total volume with sump (system will have been running 2 years as of August 2022)
> Levels as of 12pm today: Alk 8; Ca 449; 1455 Mag (using Trident)- the Alk seems to drop while the other two remain relatively the same
> Livestock includes 1 large maxima clam, 1 medium derasa clam, 1 small crocea clam, along with multiple small colonies/frags of zoanthids, some small colonies and frags of LPS, and several frags of SPS (some multi-branch); by no means a fully stocked tank
Here is my current dosing schedule:
> Kalkwasser continuous dosing via a Versa pump at 2.25ml/minute (still less than what is evaporated)- this is dosed into my refugium where a pump immediately mixes this into the water
> 2-part using BRS supplements (calcium chloride, soda ash, and magnesium 2-part maintenance)- I'm dosing (using the Neptune DOS) in excess of 250mls of each calcium chloride and soda ash (more Soda Ash since that is the one currently dropping and I know that Kalkwasser will adjust what should otherwise be a 1:1 ratio between dosing calcium/alkalinity supplements), and dose a fraction of the magnesium (just read that I should be dosing .16ml per 1ml of calcium chloride- so I've upped my magnesium dosing today and will adjust if my Mag increases significantly)- my calcium chloride is currently being dosed into a circulation pump located in my skimmer section (which comes before my refugium) and my soda ash is being dosed in the same section as my kalkwasser (also into a circulation pump).
Does anyone have any experience dosing Kalkwasser and 2-part together, which can/should be dosed in relative close proximity together (e.g., is it better to dose the calcium or the soda ash in the same section as where the kalkwasser is being dripped), have an explanation as to why my Alkalinity is dropping even though I seem to be auto-dosing a large amount of 2-part already, and any other tips in doing this as I can't seem to keep the levels stable.
Thanks in advance,
Chad