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they will help, even better if they are controlled by a temp probeYou might be right, I have my thermostat set to 75 but the house temp was 77 when i got home. So I ordered two of these. I don't know if they will make any difference on the tank but we are going to find out.
As of right now, I have no macro algae in the tank because I can't keep my nutrients up to save my life. I ordered some Ogo and put it in the tank, and within a week it melted away. Right now I'm dosing 200 ml's of supper saturated sodium nitrate solution a day, and I can't get my nitrates above 5. That with the skimmer turned off.If you have Chaeto it absorbs iron so I wouldn't overly worry.
I usually burn off 20+ gallons for this reasonHas anyone else noticed that when they change out their DI resin the the TDS shoot up to 60 + and then slowly comes back down. The TDS out of the membrane is still at 6. I wondering if I should rinse the resin before putting it in the system.
I took the output and put it down the drain. There was no way I was going to put 60+ TDS in my system.I usually burn off 20+ gallons for this reason
I think you are right, I don't think I will do the acclimation mode again.Looking good! Great pack of tangs you got there too
I’ll say that’s why I never used acclimation mode for new coral additions when I ran radions. I was worried about disturbing the existing pieces to adjust a couple new ones.
Right now I'm using the 1 Gallon ARM Reactor Media - Extra Coarse - CaribSea. I'm also thinking about ordering a stand-alone ph prob, for example, a Milwaukee or something just for measuring the PH of the effluent. This is my first time using a calcium reactor so I'm still trying to get the hang of it.Take into account that ph reading would probably be off even on a calibrated probe from the display. Calibration packets for display are usually 7 and 10 for our middle ground of 8. Calibrations for calcium reactors are 4 and 7 for 6.4-6.6 range.
Not saying it’s way off but could be. What media are you running?
Well I have a little input for you on that media. I just switched from TLF coarse reborn to ARM Extra Coarse media. I found my effluent alkalinity was super low at 6.6 ph in my reactor. Once I dropped down to 6.4 - 6.45 ph in the reactor my media started to melt appropriately.Right now I'm using the 1 Gallon ARM Reactor Media - Extra Coarse - CaribSea. I'm also thinking about ordering a stand-alone ph prob, for example, a Milwaukee or something just for measuring the PH of the effluent. This is my first time using a calcium reactor so I'm still trying to get the hang of it.
As to the saturated solution, you want to minimize contact with air as much as possible. It will lose potency.I have been thinking about PH recently and I can up with an idea I just don't know if it will work. I tried dosing Kalk directly to the tank, however, it made very little difference, and when I upped enough to see a change of any significance, it dosed more than the amount evaporated.
I implement an automatic water change system. the reservoir is fed by my RODI system, so I was thinking of running the RODI through the Kalk reactor while filling the ATO and AW. Here are the problems that I think I will run into is that water can sit in the garage for some time before it is used, and I'm worried the PH will drop a lot in that time. The other problem is when would I do the string of the Kalk?
I was also watching an episode of Reef Therapy, and I think they would have you believe PH is not a number one should worry about. I don't know if I subscribe to that line of thought yet.
I run an ACR, I’m not sure how to lower the PHWell I have a little input for you on that media. I just switched from TLF coarse reborn to ARM Extra Coarse media. I found my effluent alkalinity was super low at 6.6 ph in my reactor. Once I dropped down to 6.4 - 6.45 ph in the reactor my media started to melt appropriately.
So maybe you're ph is too high in the reactor for that specific media? I calibrated my ph probe when I swapped media so I'm pretty confident in the reading of 6.4
We are dumping low ph and potentially small amounts un-used co2 from our effluent. Both those will pull down our display ph value. I feel like a co2 scrubber hooked in line of my skimmer gave me the biggest and most consistent bump in ph in the display.
I also had a small boost from the location of my effluent drip. You can burn more of that co2 and low ph of the effluent off by dripping in your refugium, plants love co2. If you don't run one of those then I would drip it in a section with or before your skimmer. You may have already tried that but it's something that help me.
I'd hold off on adding any magnesium media to the ARM media until you have it supplying the proper amount of alk for your tank. Once thats is correct you'll know you are melting your media correctly and if still coming up short on mag then I'd look at adding some. I only say this because I've noticed an increase in both calcium and magnesium since using the ARM media. I'm currently at 450 calcium and 1450 magnesium at an alkalinity level of 7.5 - 8.3 DKH.
Just my 2 cents, hopefully that made some sense and helps in some way.
I run an ACR, I’m not sure how to lower the PH