I am in a battle with my reactor to tune it in. My calcium is at 412 with the dKH on the high side at 14. My ph in the chamber is 8.0 and I am trying to slow the drip down but I can't. Works fine for a day and stops and adjust again for a day and stops. Finally got it dripping but its about 5 drips a second, can't lower it anymore.
Wondering if I should run the reactor about 12 hours and shut it down for 12 to bring the calcium down to 390 range or so and the dKH to a more manageable 10 or so.
I know there is a seltzer technique to bring the dKH down but thinking permanent fix for it. I have slowed the bubble rate down to 1 bubble a second and in turn it raised the ph in the chamber to about 8.2. Don't want to get it too high.
So that leads to my question, anyone NOT running calcium reactor all day?
Thanks.
Joe
Wondering if I should run the reactor about 12 hours and shut it down for 12 to bring the calcium down to 390 range or so and the dKH to a more manageable 10 or so.
I know there is a seltzer technique to bring the dKH down but thinking permanent fix for it. I have slowed the bubble rate down to 1 bubble a second and in turn it raised the ph in the chamber to about 8.2. Don't want to get it too high.
So that leads to my question, anyone NOT running calcium reactor all day?
Thanks.
Joe