Tinned Reef

I tested again just now and overnite it just dropped from 6.8 to 6.7


So may be my corals are using 0.6 per day ? I have some montis if not much

And yea on the precipitate but only when i did the water change ..

Is there any other way to balance these out other than water changes ?


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ultimatemj said:
For sure a great read...I like this one Chemistry And The Aquarium: Solving Calcium And Alkalinity Problems
See what it says about "zone 4"...time for some frequent water changes to regain balance.
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Very good info. I'm far into zone 4; 2.3meg/l and 460ca. The tank has been there for couple years and the coral prefer it there. Alk increases casue coral to rtn/stn. Weekly WC provide all the CA tank requirements and automated daily alk dosing maintains stable levels.
 
jrpark22000 said:
Very good info. I'm far into zone 4; 2.3meg/l and 460ca. The tank has been there for couple years and the coral prefer it there. Alk increases casue coral to rtn/stn. Weekly WC provide all the CA tank requirements and automated daily alk dosing maintains stable levels.
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wait so you dont Dose Calc and mag but only dose ALK ??
 
tinman said:
wait so you dont Dose Calc and mag but only dose ALK ??
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Alk is dosed daily, but can't tell you how much. I just up the timmer on the dosing pump if the alk level drops over time, a sign of coral growth needing more ca/alk.
Ca is only dosed if necessary and only a few times a year at most. 30+ gal WC with RC done weekly keep the CA between 440 and 480.
Mg is manully dosed weekly if needed. I do my testing 24 hours after a WC and if it's low, I'll flip on the dosing pump a little each day during the next week to bring it up.
 
I currently find myself only dosing alk as well. But that's mostly because I'm out of balance. I have a low alk and a high calcium - which is what will happen. So I've stopped dosing calcium until I get alk back up a little and then start dosing the equivalent amount in calcium
 
So why shluldnt i add lots of alk solution over 2 days and call it a day ?


Using a doser it wont be sudden .. So corals still suffer ?


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Good question...

Also from the article I posted...

If alkalinity were less than 4 meq/L, I would advise correcting this problem by adding an alkalinity supplement until you have moved into the target zone (or zone 1). For systems with a pH of 8.2 or above, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is a good choice. For systems with a pH below 8.2, washing soda (sodium carbonate) is a good choice (though use some baking soda too if the correction is a large one and the pH gets too high; that is, above pH 8.5 or so).

Baking Soda

To raise 50 gallons of tank water by 1 meq/L will require about 16 grams of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate; sodium hydrogencarbonate). Since a level teaspoon of baking soda weighs just under 6 grams, then 1 teaspoon will raise the alkalinity in that 50 gallons by ~0.4 meq/L (~1 dKH).
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I'd only raise it .5 to 1 dKH at a time(each day or two) to avoid burning anything...
 
ultimatemj said:
Good question...

Also from the article I posted...



I'd only raise it .5 to 1 dKH at a time(each day or two) to avoid burning anything...
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Already raised it 8 in 3 days and ut stayed there fine :) with dosing of-course

The article you linked to is of great help :) thanks buddy :)


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Special shoutout to nino aka [MENTION=84]ColaAddict[/MENTION]

This guy always always comes to rescue and is one of the best reefers i have met on here.


Thanks Nino for holding my chalices in your already beautifully crowded tank as i go on vacation :)



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tinman said:
Special shoutout to nino aka [MENTION=84]ColaAddict[/MENTION]

This guy always always comes to rescue and is one of the best reefers i have met on here.


Thanks Nino for holding my chalices in your already beautifully crowded tank as i go on vacation :)



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Nino! Let's go 50/50. Lol

:) good guy
 
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