Hey there -
So i've had the Vertex Calcium Reactor for over a year, running steady and stable parameters. The pump went on the Vertex, they're out of business now, it's a custom pump so i'm out of water on this reactor. So what i did was purchase (recommended by BRS), a CR-100 Reef Octo reactor.
Currently, my parameters are the following:
Alk - 7.94
Cal - 599
Mag - 1291
Prior to the new reactor i was stable at:
Alk - 8.7
Cal - 465
Mag - 1398
There is a lot less media in this reactor obviously because it's smaller. I'm using the Kamoer pump (pull method, not push), with the speed set to 18ml. Now this was the same setting as on the vertex, and the PH inside the reactor is the same as well at 6.5.
What i need help on is tuning this new reactor (effluent/kamoer or PH) to raise my ALK slightly, lower my Calcium, and raise my Mag. I did layer some mag media inside the reactor, as i had a chamber for it on the vertex as well. I also have liquid forms of ALK and MAG, if that's something i need to dose slightly to attain where i was before.
Thoughts on adjustments?
Thanks!
Artie
So i've had the Vertex Calcium Reactor for over a year, running steady and stable parameters. The pump went on the Vertex, they're out of business now, it's a custom pump so i'm out of water on this reactor. So what i did was purchase (recommended by BRS), a CR-100 Reef Octo reactor.
Currently, my parameters are the following:
Alk - 7.94
Cal - 599
Mag - 1291
Prior to the new reactor i was stable at:
Alk - 8.7
Cal - 465
Mag - 1398
There is a lot less media in this reactor obviously because it's smaller. I'm using the Kamoer pump (pull method, not push), with the speed set to 18ml. Now this was the same setting as on the vertex, and the PH inside the reactor is the same as well at 6.5.
What i need help on is tuning this new reactor (effluent/kamoer or PH) to raise my ALK slightly, lower my Calcium, and raise my Mag. I did layer some mag media inside the reactor, as i had a chamber for it on the vertex as well. I also have liquid forms of ALK and MAG, if that's something i need to dose slightly to attain where i was before.
Thoughts on adjustments?
Thanks!
Artie