Two Part and Kalk

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Sorry, I cannot tell much from that picture. It is white and not new coralline?

 

[Dav2996]

Sorry, I cannot tell much from that picture. It is white and not new coralline?

Correct it is white.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

New coralline is also white, but eventually colors up. It’s not that?

Do you dose right near it?

 

[Dav2996]

New coralline is also white, but eventually colors up. It’s not that?

Do you dose right near it?

No I dose everything in the back. I cannot tell if it is corraline

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

No I dose everything in the back. I cannot tell if it is corraline

So the concentrated cloud of alk additive or kalk interacts with the tank back? That might be causing local precipitation.

 

[timqmana]

How is your dosing spread out? Like how many ml per dose and how spread out are they for the ESV and also for the Kalkwasser?

My pumps seize after 3 months like usual. I do get precipitation on back wall and on the rim of the tank. The algae grows over it usually.

Having your pumps seize after 3 months is not normal. I think your ESV and Kalkwasser is precipitating out and that's why you are having to dose so much to maintain your alkalinity levels.

The middle return chamber of your AIO does not have that much flow. There's also only a small volume of water in that chamber. If you are dosing high volumes of ESV and Kalkwasser in that low volume/low flow chamber, you're going to get precipitation. What do you think @Randy Holmes-Farley

 

[Dav2996]

How is your dosing spread out? Like how many ml per dose and how spread out are they for the ESV and also for the Kalkwasser?


Having your pumps seize after 3 months is not normal. I think your ESV and Kalkwasser is precipitating out and that's why you are having to dose so much to maintain your alkalinity levels.

The middle return chamber of your AIO does not have that much flow. There's also only a small volume of water in that chamber. If you are dosing high volumes of ESV and Kalkwasser in that low volume/low flow chamber, you're going to get precipitation. What do you think @Randy Holmes-Farley

Yea they clog up from chaeto more then precipitation they do get covered in some precipitation. Should I run my dosing lines to my mp10?

 

[Dav2996]

How is your dosing spread out? Like how many ml per dose and how spread out are they for the ESV and also for the Kalkwasser?


Having your pumps seize after 3 months is not normal. I think your ESV and Kalkwasser is precipitating out and that's why you are having to dose so much to maintain your alkalinity levels.

The middle return chamber of your AIO does not have that much flow. There's also only a small volume of water in that chamber. If you are dosing high volumes of ESV and Kalkwasser in that low volume/low flow chamber, you're going to get precipitation. What do you think @Randy Holmes-Farley

My Dose from Neptune does 1 second drops of kalk. Like there is a 1 second between each drop.

 

[Dav2996]

Chaeto in there and Co2 scrubber. My PH is garbage in where I live walls are thin. Neighbor got four kids in a two bed room and a bunch of dogs. Unlimited co2 in here.