Hate my calcium reactor

[eholceker]

I am about to go insane and am looking for help. Haha. I just got the aqua c calcium reactor last week and I can not fine tune this thing. I am running the ph in the reactor at 6.3ph however the effluent dkh is only 13dkh. Not sure what is going on but at a ph this low should be spilling out a pretty high alk. My cal and alk levels keep crashing in my tank. Currently the levels are at 7dkh and 380 cal. The low alk is causing my ph to top out at 7.9. Not liking this at all and have no idea what is going on. Is it the media I am using? Bad controller? My ph probe is new and just calibrated.

 

[jpelzer]

You don't count that as high alk? Calc reactors are good at maintaining things, water change would be faster/better way to bring tank within your target, then keep it there with the reactor.

 

[Xavier613]

I'm pretty sure if you slow the effluent rate that you will get a higher alk output... or turn up the co2 ammount to a higher bubble count. Both will result in higher alk

 

[eholceker]

I am losing about 2 dkh a day. That alk number out of the effluent is not keeping up the demand. The main issue is I am running the ph in my reactor 6.3 and am to sure if I should go any lower.

 

[jpelzer]

You keep the pH the same, increase the drip rate will force you to increase the co2 rate to maintain the same pH.