cant keep up with kalk alone

[Andrew_bram]

cant keep up with kalk alone

+1

 

[09bumblebee]

I run kalk on my frag tank at night only and my ph still swings from 7.9 to 8.2 when the lights come on. When I was dosing more my ph would raise to 8.4 in the day time so I had to cut back on the kalk at night. Everything seems fine though

 

[High Plains Reefer]

I took a chance and stopped dosing and everything leveled out must not need to dose yet then?

 

[jahmic]

Since things have leveled out...what I'd do is stop dosing for at least 2 days, test daily, and figure out your consumption rates. Once you have that sorted, you can try dosing 2-part (if you're willing to go that route) and should be able to keep your levels stable.

 

[FinsUp]

Re: cant keep up with kalk alone

Since things have leveled out...what I'd do is stop dosing for at least 2 days, test daily, and figure out your consumption rates. Once you have that sorted, you can try dosing 2-part (if you're willing to go that route) and should be able to keep your levels stable.

+1

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[High Plains Reefer]

Update:

It was time to do a w/c so I had to wait a few days before I tested again it turns out I'm only going through about 1 dkh per day maybe not even that looks like I need to buy dosing pumps

 

[jda123]

How big is your tank? What do you have in it now that needs calcium and what do you plan to add?

 

[High Plains Reefer]

my main is a 210 the fuge is a 135 that has a 50 gallon low flow section I have a huge derasa clam and a medium maxima i plan loading it up with sps oregon tort red dragon I have 2 tubbs birdsnest colonys 2 pocillopora 5 or 6 hammers and torches just about whatever trips my fancy

 

[High Plains Reefer]

happy to report I transfered a birdsnest frag I got from craig into the 210 a few days ago and after a couple tumbles (finding a home) and now I can report new growth still think I'm going to wait a couple weeks before I attempt a tort

 

[FinsUp]

:encouragement: good stuff!

 

[CRW Reef]

Re: cant keep up with kalk alone

Glad to hear you're back on track!