I have found its easier to stop dosing and then track the numbers falling to notice each of their patternsLol and what is that?
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I have found its easier to stop dosing and then track the numbers falling to notice each of their patternsLol and what is that?
Randy,
I just re-read the label and it looks like they finally dropped all those decimal points in their verbiage. If so, then good for them.
Regards, GoVols
Just an Fyi...OK, that was one of their crazinesses. lol
He fixed that one.
;WootI noticed my sand hardening again so I turned off all dosing for a few days. When I noticed my ALK dropping I cut my dosing in half and started back again. Over the last two days my Calcium and ALK has stayed consistent so I think I might have found the sweet spot at 200ml.
I think I might have found the sweet spot at 200ml.
Lol,425 -> 200 is pretty dramatic. Enjoying this thread!
Several things commonly effect the amount you need to dose. The big factor I think folks forget is C02 from your own mouth highly effects the tanks ability to hold PH and consequently stable ALK levels
I went thru a phase were my C02 was dramatically dropping my Ph in my system, even with saturated KALK in my ATO. This was itself causing precipitation in the pumps to some degree. But when i began to try n dose two part. I found the more I added the more the system seems to need to be dosed to hold the ALK level I was chasing till i was so far from reasonable that i knew i was missing something. basically i was just precipitating my part A into the tank lines pumps n so forth due to the nightly deep suppressed Ph of the tank from co2 and the localized flashing of the product with the water at the point it was being injected. which i tried several places BTW. The tank grew great, looked great but i was just way to much A n B for my size system. 95% of it was just turning to sludge in my tank in various places which i eventually started to notice on the wall of my sump in my pumps in my lines where the doser tubes dosed, etc.
I gave up. and don't dose it anymore in this system and moved my main system to my garage where c02 is not a factor.
Things that help is a target ALK of 6.5-8.5. a ph above 7.75-7.85 no matter what. "my tank sends all sorts of alarms when ph goes this low". cutting the part A n B with 50 % rodi and dosing more often in small amounts in the highest follow area away from pumps or heaters as far as possible like straight in front of a power head in the display.
IMO Anyone over 5 ml per day of traditional pre packaged 2 part, per 100 gallons of system water should question where its going, or be selling frags like crazy. Remember you can only fit so many parts of CA to Alk ratio as well so a Ca level of 550 or higher will limit ALK you can hold in suspension as I under stand it. Especially in lower Ph ranges. There is a good chart for balanced AlK to CA ratio's somewhere. I have it noted on my white board for reference occasionally. low mag levels also will cause issues.
When all else fails, or for those of us who want bag for buck, Remember Increasing water changes fixes nearly everything for most reefers. And its the cheapest way to get back on track.
I can't get my PH above 7.65 and yes it's been calibrated! My tank is located in a super air tight basement! I plan to get some fresh air into there just haven't yet.
Same here."tight" townhouse.