Alk consumption

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If a calcium reactor is not keeping up with the alk consumption, what do you change?
 

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increase bubble count to melt more media[/QUOTE

do this, and bring up the alk to where you want it manually. It should dial in. FYI, as corals grow, and that very desired purple algae grows everywhere, the demand will increase for all elements, so the ca reactor isnt really a set it and forget it. you should still test at least once a week, and adjust if necessary.
 
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Ph is 6.5 and drip rate is about 75mls/min and using regular media
Seems like a pretty fast drip rate. For comparison... I run 20mL/min with 6.6pH, but my demand is very low right now. With that high of a drip rate, you must be going through lots of co2 to maintain 6.5pH. If the media is not old, I would make sure pH meter is on calibration, lower pH for better media melt. Is this a new setup or has it been dialed a while? Tell us more about your calcium demand and other dosing methods.

Calcium reactor will do both calcium and alk supplementation. Dial it in to hold your alk stable. Dose cal and/or alk manually To where you want to levels at, if they are too far off. Then reactor should do the work. Do test weekly to ensure its maintaining all where you want it.
 
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Noob. Stick with ur doser. Calcium reactors are super hard to figure out, it might take 30 maybe 40 minutes of reading to understand it. If u don't know how to raise alk, u shouldn't be using one.
 

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A ca reactor is not difficult really. I think you are just missing some info on the ins and outs of one. A doser is easier, but u still have to do water changes. With a ca reactor you dont
 

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