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Haven’t taken a shot of everything in a while
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Do you think the kalkwasser stirrer is something that could be setup with an AIO tank?
 
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Do you think the kalkwasser stirrer is something that could be setup with an AIO tank?

Sure, just make sure you don’t add more water than you evaporate daily and you would be fine. You would need to be able to set it so the top is above the tank so it would run into the tank (the avast stirrer isn’t sealed and uses gravity)
 

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What thoughts did you have that you went with avast stirrer?

I am currently dosing with All For Reef and kalkwasser as part of RODI topoff. The only reason I am considered kalkwasser stirrer is to help push PH a little higher. Wondering if more work or potential risk would justify for a PH higher is the open topic for me.
 
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What thoughts did you have that you went with avast stirrer?

I am currently dosing with All For Reef and kalkwasser as part of RODI topoff. The only reason I am considered kalkwasser stirrer is to help push PH a little higher. Wondering if more work or potential risk would justify for a PH higher is the open topic for me.

I went with the avast because I didn’t want a sealed system (you just open the lid and dump more kalk in)

I went with a stirrer over adding to my ato as evaporation isn’t consistent which means your kalk dosing won’t be consistent. With the kalk stirrer there is less chance you over dose or under dose and it doses the exact same amount every day.

I use kalk for the same reason which is to raise ph. So far it keeps my ph in the 8.2 (at night) to 8.35 (end of my peak light cycle).

Before kalk I was below 8.0 ph
 
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Oh and one last item is that you don’t actually run the saturated kalk through any pumps so no buildup with the reactor
 
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I’m pretty excited I have wanted a WWC AOI for a while and I finally found a nice 15 polyp colony. It arrives on Friday to add some nice blue to the tank

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What thoughts did you have that you went with avast stirrer?

I am currently dosing with All For Reef and kalkwasser as part of RODI topoff. The only reason I am considered kalkwasser stirrer is to help push PH a little higher. Wondering if more work or potential risk would justify for a PH higher is the open topic for me.
I have a 25 lagoon aio and i dose my kalk. I dont trust the ato. I have full control over my kalk with dosing.
 

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I have a 25 lagoon aio and i dose my kalk. I dont trust the ato. I have full control over my kalk with dosing.
which kalkwasser stirrer did you go with?
 
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I have a 25 lagoon aio and i dose my kalk. I dont trust the ato. I have full control over my kalk with dosing.

Yep I agree adding it to the ato can be unpredictable. Especially in this tank since it has a huge surface area so it evaporates a lot of water. I know based on humidity in my apartment my evaporation rate can vary a ton.
 
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Here is my new zoa plug ai just ordered. Can’t wait to get it in the tank. I really need some blue in my zoa gardens.
 
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Chiller has been added and plumbed in (I took the picture before plumbing). It was easy since I had an extra manifold spot ready for it. Now to turn on the water and recalibrate my return pump to keep the flow the same in the rest of the system.

For those of you with a chiller do you let your apex turn it on to chill or use your apex as a failsafe in case the chillers temp control fails?

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Looks just as good in person

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The bubblegum digi is pretty nice too

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I haven’t seen my peppermint shrimp in months, today he popped his head out. My wife thinks he was hibernating
 
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Got a new Avast porthole and filter. It really takes some nice pictures

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With the blue filter and without (I’m not a fan of blue filters but it does make the pictures looks better)
AOI’s, sun flowers and rockstar morph
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Some of my corals

Rasta’s
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Rainbow cloves
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Blue eye blondes
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Fruit loops
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Purple Hearts & pink ring of deaths
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Radioactive dragon eyes
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Red kedds
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Blow pops
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Scrambled eggs
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M spongodes
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M confusa
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WWC Viridians
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WWC Van Damm’s
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WWC red people eaters
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WWC Vivid Rainbows
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WWC purple monsters
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Magicians
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Pink Krakatoa’s
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Bubblegum Digi
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Utter Chaos
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Seduction People Eaters
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Gobbstoppers
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Large radioactive dragon eye morph
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Pink M Capricornis
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The start of my zoa garden
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Is the fan quiet? Thanks.


I have a fan, I was worried since I was putting a lot of power bricks into a small space so I added this fan and controller I saw on another build to the cabinet

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A worm with high fashion and practical utility: Have you ever kept feather dusters in your reef aquarium?

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