Next steps after stopping dosing for 3 days for precipitation?

[Genetics]

Should get the job done. 2kg will last your nano years.

 

[Genetics]

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[techhnyne]

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so my tank evaporates 446 ML in a 24 hour period, I am now going to try and figure out a kalkwasser dose needed to keep my PH at 8.1 from midnight to 12 noon while dosing 446 ML in that time period.

 

[Genetics]

so my tank evaporates 446 ML in a 24 hour period, I am now going to try and figure out a kalkwasser dose needed to keep my PH at 8.1 from midnight to 12 noon while dosing 446 ML in that time period.

Were you putting kalk on a separate doser? You should be able to dial it in to dose slowly during that time period.

 

[techhnyne]

Were you putting kalk on a separate doser? You should be able to dial it in to dose slowly during that time period.

Yes i have a 5g Reservior that I will be mixong kalk and storing in for nightly doses. I just now need to figure out the mess on 446 mL over 12 hours to keep the pH elevated.2

 

[techhnyne]

Were you putting kalk on a separate doser? You should be able to dial it in to dose slowly during that time period.

Ok i got my seachem kalk. Now to try and figure out the proper mixture for this lol

 

[Genetics]

Ok i got my seachem kalk. Now to try and figure out the proper mixture for this lol

I supersaturate my solution and go through a gallon a day of ATO but that’s on 25gal total water. It’s important not to let any undissolved kalk get into the aquarium.

ATO water should easily dissolve 1mL kalk to 1L without leaving any undissolved amount.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Ok i got my seachem kalk. Now to try and figure out the proper mixture for this lol

2 level teaspoons per gallon of fresh water is a general guide to the max that will dissolve, but you may not need that much.

 

[techhnyne]

2 level teaspoons per gallon of fresh water is a general guide to the max that will dissolve, but you may not need that much.

im looking to create a formula that will allow me to disburst 446ML in 12 hours to keep a steady PH.
how would i go about figuring that out?

lets say at 2 teaspoons per gallon how much would that raise PH in a tank? i guess from there I can figure it out more

 

[techhnyne]

also what i can do is set apex to dos based off my ph so that every 10 mins it tests ph and doses if needed but then i would not use the DOS for ATO

 

[Troylee]

im looking to create a formula that will allow me to disburst 446ML in 12 hours to keep a steady PH.
how would i go about figuring that out?

lets say at 2 teaspoons per gallon how much would that raise PH in a tank? i guess from there I can figure it out more

Why so obsessed keeping your ph stable? That’s gonna drive you nuts trying to do that.. just keep your alk stable and let your ph do what it wants.. as long as it’s around 8 you’re fine…

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

2 level teaspoons per gallon of fresh water is a general guide to the max that will dissolve, but you may not need that much.

Your awesome randy, how do you do it?

 

[Genetics]

im looking to create a formula that will allow me to disburst 446ML in 12 hours to keep a steady PH.
how would i go about figuring that out?

lets say at 2 teaspoons per gallon how much would that raise PH in a tank? i guess from there I can figure it out more

There is a lot of math involved in that question. And a few assumptions.

I would just do something simple to start. 1tsp into one gallon. Maybe try 120ml over 12hrs and see how pH holds.

 

[techhnyne]

There is a lot of math involved in that question. And a few assumptions.

I would just do something simple to start. 1tsp into one gallon. Maybe try 120ml over 12hrs and see how pH holds.

pretty simple math if i can find out how much a kalk slurry raises ph per volume of tank water
theres 3785.41 ml to a gallon, on the seachem kalk is states 3Grams is 1 teaspoon to 4L of water so that means

353.77 MG kalk for 446ML of water. basically i would put the 353.77mg of powder in first then fill the water to the 446ML mark and that would be a single top off dose for 12 hours but i dont know what that would do to my PH but I will try and let everyone know

 

[Genetics]

pretty simple math if i can find out how much a kalk slurry raises ph per volume of tank water
theres 3785.41 ml to a gallon, on the seachem kalk is states 3Grams is 1 teaspoon to 4L of water so that means

353.77 MG kalk for 446ML of water. basically i would put the 353.77mg of powder in first then fill the water to the 446ML mark and that would be a single top off dose for 12 hours but i dont know what that would do to my PH but I will try and let everyone know

That’s much easier than what I had in mind. My concern would be whether you need 446ml of fully saturated kalk overnight. And thought maybe if you only use a fraction of it to start… such as add 100ml of kalk solution to 346ml RO.

My rationale is your aquarium has had these dips for awhile. No need to accidentally overdo it.

 

[techhnyne]

ok but while I am waiting to do all this i think my focus strayed from original issue and I am back to precipitation again as my small tank is using way too much alk for its size and corals
I do not think this tank is capable of consuming that much alk in a day and im also dosing 9ml of triton and 6ml sodium bicarbonate a day

 

[Genetics]

Looks like you are using 0.4dkh per day and that drop today is odd but could be from just messing around with it. With alk supplements one would think it wouldn’t drop as quick.

 

[techhnyne]

Looks like you are using 0.4dkh per day and that drop today is odd but could be from just messing around with it. With alk supplements one would think it wouldn’t drop as quick.

I dont mess with anything. I barely touch the tank. I just think its slowly precipitating more and more lol. Thats why i wanted to know whats in triton that its doing this and maybe i should switch to another dosing method that might not precipitate as much

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

ok but while I am waiting to do all this i think my focus strayed from original issue and I am back to precipitation again as my small tank is using way too much alk for its size and corals
I do not think this tank is capable of consuming that much alk in a day and im also dosing 9ml of triton and 6ml sodium bicarbonate a day

Cool apex stuff and tank!

 

[techhnyne]

Cool apex stuff and tank!

Thanks. Hopefully this thread can help some others also.
This is an update of my latest apex test.
something majorly ****** @Randy Holmes-Farley is back up at bat hahaha