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What do you mean by gardening sand?It is normal for alk demand to rise as pH rises. Whether it is excessive or not may be best judged by looking at things like gardening sand or seizing pumps.
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What do you mean by gardening sand?It is normal for alk demand to rise as pH rises. Whether it is excessive or not may be best judged by looking at things like gardening sand or seizing pumps.
What do you mean by gardening sand?
@Randy Holmes-Farley
Maybe you can help me because triton customer support is aweful and they wont answer my questions
im still getting slight precipitation but not as bad as before but i see it in rocks and even on my glass
what exactly are the active ingredients in triton parts A and B. And what is the active ingredient in the Calcium. Do you happen to know?
Also. Whats difference between dosing nahco3 and just co3? Triton sells both as alk boosters. But should i dose these with the core7 to keep precipitation to minimum?
water changed have been done and once I get to the save PH and ALK i get precipitation. maybe if I just take myco2 scrubber offline it doesnt happen as muchAny thought to just doing a water change to help bring back your levels? I had a similar issue not too long ago with IO and switched to their reef crystal brand. Solved my issue with precipitation.
water changed have been done and once I get to the save PH and ALK i get precipitation. maybe if I just take myco2 scrubber offline it doesnt happen as much
Which salt are you using? Also what levels are you shooting for?water changed have been done and once I get to the save PH and ALK i get precipitation. maybe if I just take myco2 scrubber offline it doesnt happen as much
Tropic Marin Pro Reef SaltWhich salt are you using? Also what levels are you shooting for?
Tropic Marin Pro Reef Salt
Im trying to be like 8.5dkh and 8.0-8.4 PH but my swings are 7.9-8.4PH midday - midnight
I just want to be somewhere I see nice growth because currently not too much
I am using a icecap nano skimmer it works well. I dont have any algae issues its all under control currently.From Tropic Marin website on salts:
When is your pH dipping? Overnight or during the day?
Just thumbed through a bunch of your posts. This is a 10g AIO. What skimmer is it that you use? I see you were battling hair algae at one point.
After looking at the picture of your tank I don’t see any corals that will need constant additives. Your goal should really focus on dropping phosphates, keeping water aerated, and buffering your system with a higher alk salt.
Tropic Marin is a good salt and small weekly water changes will best suit your aquarium size. I would focus on dropping nitrates and phosphates in the aquarium. You’ll know when these come under control as the hair algae turns white and dissipates.
Also, looking at Triton Other method, it is meant to supplement a refugium or like export (I am thinking algae scrubber). If you don’t have either I cannot see these addictive being helpful.
I am using a icecap nano skimmer it works well. I dont have any algae issues its all under control currently.
here is my PH swings. I run lights from 12 noon to 11:30pm. i would like to somehow figure out a more steady PH swing between day and night.
My nitrates and phosphates are pretty decent.
no3 15ppm.
Ill add pics of my tank when light comes on. I have a new phone and no pics yet.
Triton has said their products are meant to be used even without a refugium on other methods
Here is picYour lights start dimming around 19:00? If so, and this makes sense, your pH climbs during daylight like many aquariums. The simplest way to smooth out pH would be to use a topoff with kalk in it. Set the apex to only allow it to run from 8pm to 11am at a slow rate. You can use any pH raising solution. If you are using 2-part I would use the calcium side during light-on hours.
And I stand by my earlier comment on using a salt with higher alk. Tropic Marin classic would be a good mix 1:1 with your current pro for water changes until you use up your pro. Randy has a write up I imagine on the correlation between pH and Alk.
Coming along nicely! Okay I do see some montis in there. Could you schedule your dosing to help curve changes in pH?Here is picof tank
I could but i was under assumption a steady ALK is more important then PH swings. only other thing to help PH is Lakl topoff at night or get an algae reactor to run at nightComing along nicely! Okay I do see some montis in there. Could you schedule your dosing to help curve changes in pH?
I could but i was under assumption a steady ALK is more important then PH swings. only other thing to help PH is Lakl topoff at night or get an algae reactor to run at night
Did you decide on a course?I could but i was under assumption a steady ALK is more important then PH swings. only other thing to help PH is Lakl topoff at night or get an algae reactor to run at night
Im thinking getting kalkwasser and another apex doser to dose ATO with kalk nightly for PH.Did you decide on a course?
Seems like a good plan. Once kalk is dialed in you’ll like it. With the values you posted you really shouldn’t have precipitation unless it’s near your dosing lines.Im thinking getting kalkwasser and another apex doser to dose ATO with kalk nightly for PH.
Seems like precipitation has settled a bit but i can still blow it off of my return tube and magnetic scrapper every day. I guess it’s impossible to not have any percititation?
Seachem kalk any good?Seems like a good plan. Once kalk is dialed in you’ll like it. With the values you posted you really shouldn’t have precipitation unless it’s near your dosing lines.