I am currently using my ato to dose kalk. It is not really the most effective way to do so I was looking at Kalk reactors and Kalk stirrer's some of them are $200+ are they really effective?
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I am currently using my ato to dose kalk. It is not really the most effective way to do so I was looking at Kalk reactors and Kalk stirrer's some of them are $200+ are they really effective?
Its not effective because my Ph levels are still low and the Kalk is not being stirredHow could the existing ATO be less cost effective than buying a new piece of equipment?
I test my DKh once a week it usually hovers from 9.8 to 9.0 Sunday to sundayA question back to you...
Do you know your exact uptake up Alkalinity daily/weekly?
If you don't... then eventually your dKH will be seriously over 13 before you know it
Kalk is nothing to mess with unless you're committed to testing dKH every other day.
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Its not effective because my Ph levels are still low and the Kalk is not being stirred
Define "low" plzIts not effective because my Ph levels are still low and the Kalk is not being stirred
How low is “low” pH? This time of year with the house closed up my pH is always suppressed a couple tenths. I ran my skimmer airline into the crawl space and that elevated my avg pH by 0.2 pH. If your Alk is in the range you want then you’ll have to find another method to raise the pH.Its not effective because my Ph levels are still low and the Kalk is not being stirred
This!Just get a dosing pump and separate reservoir and dose kalk that way. It is very effective that way. No swings due to different daily/seasonal evap rates.
My avg high is 7.3 all year round I am even running a Co2 scrubber on my skimmer the highest ph that tank ever saw was 7.8How low is “low” pH? This time of year with the house closed up my pH is always suppressed a couple tenths. I ran my skimmer airline into the crawl space and that elevated my avg pH by 0.2 pH. If your Alk is in the range you want then you’ll have to find another method to raise the pH.
I am going off of my own personal experience and trends in my reef tank. Kalk has done very little for my PH but my alk and calcium are steady.I never understood why people think stirrers are easier than still reservoirs. I dump some kalk into the Brute once a month when I fill it up, that's it. It never needs to be cleaned.
My avg high is 7.3 all year round I am even running a Co2 scrubber on my skimmer the highest ph that tank ever saw was 7.8
I am going off of my own personal experience and trends in my reef tank. Kalk has done very little for my PH but my alk and calcium are steady.
My Ph probe is Calibrated and I have logs in my Apex lolpH 7.3? I strongly expect that is an error.