jkobel
Active Member
I have an Apex and Trident and BRS 1.1ml dosers for Ca/Alk.
Total system water volume is 140 gals
Water level in the tank/sump has been consistent via ATO
The Alk seems fine, usage and test results make sense. The test results for Ca are all over the place and my usage of Calcium doesnt seem to add up - this is where I'm looking for help.
When I calibrated the doser it was pumping 2ml/minute.
I believe I'm dosing 30ml/day of Calcium.
Attached is my test data from the last 7 days. I cant tell if the Trident is getting bad results, or if the dosing is somehow not working.
Where I'm getting really tripped up right now is that in those two consecutive days where the graph somewhat makes sense, it seems that there is a difference of about 21 ppm of Ca and I have seen that same delta previously in the graph so I believe my tank is consuming about 21 ppm /day. What doenst make any sense to me is that when I use the BRS calculator to confirm, in order to raise by 21 ppm I would need to add 229ml (I'm only adding 30ml today).
Has anyone seen anything like this? I've been using the trident for about a month so having this much data is foreign to me and I'm not sure I'm leveraging it correctly. If my tank is consuming 21 ppm/day of Ca, I would think I would be flying thru Calcium with my doser, but I'm barely using any
Thx for any insight
Total system water volume is 140 gals
Water level in the tank/sump has been consistent via ATO
The Alk seems fine, usage and test results make sense. The test results for Ca are all over the place and my usage of Calcium doesnt seem to add up - this is where I'm looking for help.
When I calibrated the doser it was pumping 2ml/minute.
I believe I'm dosing 30ml/day of Calcium.
Attached is my test data from the last 7 days. I cant tell if the Trident is getting bad results, or if the dosing is somehow not working.
Where I'm getting really tripped up right now is that in those two consecutive days where the graph somewhat makes sense, it seems that there is a difference of about 21 ppm of Ca and I have seen that same delta previously in the graph so I believe my tank is consuming about 21 ppm /day. What doenst make any sense to me is that when I use the BRS calculator to confirm, in order to raise by 21 ppm I would need to add 229ml (I'm only adding 30ml today).
Has anyone seen anything like this? I've been using the trident for about a month so having this much data is foreign to me and I'm not sure I'm leveraging it correctly. If my tank is consuming 21 ppm/day of Ca, I would think I would be flying thru Calcium with my doser, but I'm barely using any
Thx for any insight
