It does.... and magnesium too.That’s awesome info. Check your alk consumption as well. Wonder if after a certain threshold of ph it starts consuming more
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It does.... and magnesium too.That’s awesome info. Check your alk consumption as well. Wonder if after a certain threshold of ph it starts consuming more
I did kalk in my ATO for a while. Then I checked parameters. Calcium was off the charts, dkh was 12+. I tried to adjust the kalk ratio and it was so hard because the tank evaporated differing amounts every day. I finally got a doser, part A, B, and mag from BRS and later, a CO2 scrubber.The switch to Kalk plus Two Part from just Two Part was less about PH/CO2 then it was based on a recommendation from a friend to try Kalk out, and see if I could fix a few issues with some corals. Plus I evaporate just over a gallon each day so it made sense to incorporate 75% of my evaporation rate into Kalk dosing anyways, the other 25% +/- comes from a RO/DI container on a float switch. This way I don't have to compensate for differing evaporation rates.
I'm going to have to look into a few things this weekend since some initial numbers aren't adding up, and leads me to believe that my initial thoughts on connecting to a skimmer cup may be less about the recirculation reducing CO2, but more about vacuum.
The decrease % is less than the previous test and CO2 reduction is not noticeably different, but my pH has certainly increased. This is leading me to believe that recirculated air from the cup is less than the skimmer is trying to pull in creating a vacuum and an overall reduction in total air being skimmed.
I may drill an extra hole in the skimmer cup and see what happens.
What kind of skimmer are you using? My Reef octopus has over 6 holes in the top
Yes, same as meI tried purely outside air and I was only getting a PH of 8
Interesting, I notice that when I connect the tube to my skimmer lid, the PH rises for a couple days and then it starts falling. The reactors will be full of condensation and then I disconnect it from the skimmer and go back to outside air after about a week and then my PH starts rising again as the moisture is used up in the reactor and it dries out. Did this a couple of times with the same results. Im just going to keep it using outside air for now and possibly connect a jar with water in it to keep the air somewhat humid, but I am in Florida and there is no shortage of humidity here anyway.Well I had already drilled two holes. Forgot about that. The Deltec has a internal wiper so you can spin the lid to clean the inside of the skimmer tube for cleaning. I had drilled two holes to make positioning the tube easier.
So that solves that question. There shouldn’t be a vacuum variable in the equation.
I’m going to recalibrate the sensors tomorrow.
In the beginning of each test ther has been a 60% or greater decrease in CO2. This test has started out at just under 50%. What gives me pause is the fact that pH has risen when it should be falling.
I have a lab CO2 handheld probe that I can take independent readings from the skimmer cup to verify things first.
Something is off that’s for sure.
Great stuff JDowns, I have had my skimmer scrubber hooked into my skimmer lid for a while now. The line is long enough and looped that water forms in the line and bubbles out, sort of like a water trap. This keeps it moist.
I find I go month before changing media, instead of 3-4 days when I was pulling from in the room.
Also, you guys may want to look up litholyme, this is what I am using.
http://litholyme.com/
http://litholyme.com/images/Litholyme_MSDS.pdf
Great stuff JDowns, I have had my skimmer scrubber hooked into my skimmer lid for a while now. The line is long enough and looped that water forms in the line and bubbles out, sort of like a water trap. This keeps it moist.
Great stuff JDowns, I have had my skimmer scrubber hooked into my skimmer lid for a while now. The line is long enough and looped that water forms in the line and bubbles out, sort of like a water trap. This keeps it moist.
I find I go month before changing media, instead of 3-4 days when I was pulling from in the room.
Also, you guys may want to look up litholyme, this is what I am using.
http://litholyme.com/
http://litholyme.com/images/Litholyme_MSDS.pdf