Kalk overdose

[orthokardia]

This morning i noticed the water looked like milk in the DT. last night i made new kalk (40 gal) and turns out when i unplugged the mixing pump I mistakenly pluged the dosing pump into the same outlet not the controlled outlet it goes in:) so i dumped about 30gal saturated kalk water into about 300g total volume. the ph is 8.8 and the kh is 8. stupid mistake!

 

[dallas reefer]

What'd it jump from? Do you know what is was prior?

 

[pickupman66]

Kh is about right if it is 8. Best bet is to let the Ph come down on its own. The tank will find its equalibrium.....

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[reewik]

I would also say not to worry too much. You would have already seen any issues that may have happened. Thank goodness you have a large setup!

 

[mixer911]

ouch. That sucks Bart. That is one thing that scares me with Kalk. As long as the PH didn't spike too much the calcium will disapate. 40 Gallons is a lot though. Your tank is super saturated with calcium, hence teh white cloudy water.

 

[poolkeeper1]

You could add small amounts of Vinegar to help dilute the Kalk if I remember correctly?? Check some of Randy Holmes Farley threads if you have acess to them.
Bill

 

[orthokardia]

would the vinegar risk a bacterial bloom and an O2 drop?
I keep the Kh around 6
the water is still very cloudy and quite a bit ov parcipitate in the surfaces
would a mag boost help? and how quickly should I try to rebuild the Ca levels?

also good to see reewik on the forum....i hope all has been well.

 

[orthokardia]

Ph 9.17
Ca 345
Mag 1200
Kh 6

another thought...what if i leave the light off today to take advantage of the dark cycle ph drop

 

[poolkeeper1]

Ph 9.17
Ca 345
Mag 1200
Kh 6

another thought...what if i leave the light off today to take advantage of the dark cycle ph drop

Bart if I'm correct the Vinegar will Help to Drop the PH back to a normal range, As long as you do it slowly.
Bill

 

[orthokardia]

I found this article that details the vinegar
What is that Precipitate in My Reef Aquarium? by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com added 20ml slowly and will add 10ml more this evening if ph still above 8.6

 

[Dowtish]

how are the corals looking?

 

[Zef004]

Man I feel for you.

 

[mixer911]

Your calcium is showing low because it all precipitated and is in suspension now and the test kit will not read it. Thats a big spike in PH, hopefully everything is ok.

 

[orthokardia]

7pm water much more clear maybe 20% haze left
ph 8.65 added 5ml additional vinegar
corals look ok other than feather duster
blue tang looks bad laying on bottom still alive

 

[pickupman66]

OH bart.. I really hate to be reading this.. hopefully they will all recover. let me know if you need anything....

 

[Dowtish]

I hate it too...one of the most mature and beautiful collections i have ever seen.

 

[bknapp]

Hope you can get this turned around.

 

[poolkeeper1]

Has the Vinegar helped any by now?? If you need anything give me a call in the AM
Bill

 

[gmoney243]

Use more vinager when dosing kalk with vinager you use 45ml of vinager per 3tsp of kalk per gallon of top off. So ur actually adding very little for ur volume. I go through about 45ml of vin/day in my 190g total volume

 

[orthokardia]

Thank you all for the kind words and advice.

0700 water is clear and corals look good so far
Ph-8.31, Kh-6, Ca-375, mag 1290 (or a bit lower)

I am going to plug in the kalk this am, but i do plan to use the proper outlet