Calcium Reactor PH Elevated

[FinalMac]

What do you mean, the alkalinity in the tank?

 

[backbayreef]

6.56

What do you mean, the alkalinity in the tank?

Correct — what are your current params and where you want to get to? I would keep an eye on it and adjust O2 injection accordingly.

 

[FinalMac]

At 8.4 which 8.5 is where i like to keep it. I will test every day at same for the next couple weeks.

 

[FinalMac]

I havent gone outside of 7.7 to 8.7 in the past 18 months. Pretty steady.

 

[FinalMac]

I reached a point where I was putting maximum kalkwasser fully saturated in to replace evaporation. Needed to start supplementing because I was you're using two part to maintain for a couple of weeks, which I know will turn my sand into a brick eventually. I turned off the two part and turned up the affluent from the calc reactor to 20ml per min.

 

[FinalMac]

Alkalinity jumped from 8.4 to 8.9. Would you reduce the amount of affluent going in Or yeah, reduce co 2

 

[backbayreef]

Alkalinity jumped from 8.4 to 8.9. Would you reduce the amount of affluent going in Or yeah, reduce co 2

It depends…

If your reactor’s pH is close to 6.5, I would just reduce CO2 since you don’t want to turn the media into mush. If it’s higher, then decrease flow.

If you’re using a Kamoer and prefer to change Alk remotely on your phone, then just decrease flow.

Whatever the method you choose — just change one at a time. I personally change CO2 since I no longer use a Kamoer. The reactor is fed from my return pump’s manifold.

 

[Jason_MrFrags]

Lower flow through
Increase co2
Calibrate probe

 

[FinalMac]

Alkalinity jumped from 8.4 to 8.9. Would you reduce the amount of affluent going in Or yeah, reduce co 2

It depends…

If your reactor’s pH is close to 6.5, I would just reduce CO2 since you don’t want to turn the media into mush. If it’s higher, then decrease flow.

If you’re using a Kamoer and prefer to change Alk remotely on your phone, then just decrease flow.

Whatever the method you choose — just change one at a time. I personally change CO2 since I no longer use a Kamoer. The reactor is fed from my return pump’s manifold.

Using kamoer. Dropped to 15ml per min. Ph controlled by apex. We'll check again in twenty four hours. Thank you.