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tmz · 05/06/2018, 11:11 AM

Food and small water changes keep it over 1400. I only bump it up to 1450 every six months or so.

Haven' t used my calcium reactor in many years The kalk from a still reservoir with rare carbonate and calcium tweaks is simpler and steady IME. Also, I like to maintain pH in the 8.1 to 8.4 range .Even with continuos kalk dosing, the extra CO2 from the Calcium reactor coupled with the relatively small drop associated with carbon dosing makes that hard to do even with a CO2 scrubber in play.

Smiley28 · 05/20/2018, 07:39 PM

I’m about to start dosing kalk with a drews doser on a smartthings timer. Dropping in cause like op my pH is pretty consistent at 7.5-7.6 and has been for a few months. Waterchanges temporarily bump it up but 7.9 at the highest.

05/06/2018, 11:11 AM	#51
tmz ReefKeeping Mag staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Seneca NY Posts: 27,691	Food and small water changes keep it over 1400. I only bump it up to 1450 every six months or so. Haven' t used my calcium reactor in many years The kalk from a still reservoir with rare carbonate and calcium tweaks is simpler and steady IME. Also, I like to maintain pH in the 8.1 to 8.4 range .Even with continuos kalk dosing, the extra CO2 from the Calcium reactor coupled with the relatively small drop associated with carbon dosing makes that hard to do even with a CO2 scrubber in play. __________________ Tom Current Tank Info: Tank of the Month , November 2011 : 600gal integrated system: 3 display tanks (120 g, 90g, 89g),several frag/grow out tanks, macroalgae refugia, cryptic zones. 40+ fish, seahorses, sps,lps,leathers, zoanthidae and non photosynthetic corals. Last edited by tmz; 05/06/2018 at 11:27 AM.

05/20/2018, 07:39 PM	#52
Smiley28 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 10	I’m about to start dosing kalk with a drews doser on a smartthings timer. Dropping in cause like op my pH is pretty consistent at 7.5-7.6 and has been for a few months. Waterchanges temporarily bump it up but 7.9 at the highest.