Calcium/carbon reactor

[Jeffery Kilpatrick]

Can I run a reactor with half carbon and half Calcium?

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[ecam]

Maybe you need to elaborate on this setup. But if you are putting calcium media to be melted. How do you plan o providing CO2 and what is the impact of CO2 on carbon.

 

[Jeffery Kilpatrick]

I'm not too sure I have a diy reactor that I run half carbon and a bag of GFO, now that I'm getting nopox I will be removing the GFO, so I thought I could replace it with some calcium media, I have been having a hard fight with keeping my calc in the right range of around 450+ I have upped my water changes and dosing Kent marines 2 part for nano reefes

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[Trio91]

Use kalk in your ato...works for me.

You would need to dissolve the calcium media like @ecambero mentioned in order for it to work. If your going down that road you're gonna need a calcium reactor

 

[Jeffery Kilpatrick]

Ok, I'm already doing an alk supplement in my ato

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[Jeffery Kilpatrick]

I can't combine alk and kalk correct?

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[Trio91]

There will be no need as the kalk will supplement both Alk and Cal. Just start off slow

 

[Jeffery Kilpatrick]

Hmm ok

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[Jeffery Kilpatrick]

Would the low calc be causing my hem to act like this

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[Jeffery Kilpatrick]

So I just picked up some kalk +2 from brightwell, am I safe to just add it to my top off and let that supplement my calc between water changes?

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[OiA]

Sup Jeff! Kalk is best to be used with your ATO just make sure u figure how potent u want the mix to be. I highly recommend that u should have some kind of pro grade test kit for cal/alk, blindly dosing anything can wreck your tank... I recommend that u watch the video made by BRS regarding using kalk, good luck m8.

 

[Jeffery Kilpatrick]

Ty I have salifert calc and red sea alk test kits

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[OiA]

Ty I have salifert calc and red sea alk test kits

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Ok great! Watch that video if u haven't, it will help you to understand the basic of dosing kalk.

 

[Trio91]

So I just picked up some kalk +2 from brightwell, am I safe to just add it to my top off and let that supplement my calc between water changes?

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I use the same stuff. For me I just add it to my top off. It's the best Kalk that I have used thus far. Mixes easily and dissolves faster than other brands

How big is your ato? I use 1tsp per gallon

 

[Jeffery Kilpatrick]

I make a 5 gal bucket and then I pour that in my 2gal resivoir as needed, so I mixed it 1tsp per gal let it sit and then transfer that to my resivoir

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[Trio91]

If your current numbers aren't that far off from where your sweet spot is, I wouldn't go that much to start. I'd go about half that, this way you can test in between and adjust from there

so I'd say like 1 tsp per 2gal just to be safe as you can overdose the stuff

 

[Trio91]

Also try no to disturb the solution once mixed as you don't want that white gunk in your tank. So id add the mix directly to your 2gal ato

 

[Jeffery Kilpatrick]

Ok ty for the heads up

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[Jeffery Kilpatrick]

Just did a 2 gal water Chang and sitting about 360ppm calk

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