Options for maintaining ALK?

[RuffReef]

Our club frag tank is so full it's consuming about 1 dkh per day so I am having to dose but Magnesium and Calcium stay steady. Besides setting up a CARX what can I do to not have to dose alk every day?

 

[johnwin84]

How about kalk stir

 

[RuffReef]

THought about that.

Could I buffer the top off water as a temporary fix?

 

[Reef Bullet]

THought about that.

Could I buffer the top off water as a temporary fix?

Yes. I did that for quite a while and it worked very well. You just have to figure out how much to buffer and regulate how much water is being replenished each day to make up for evap. Can be tricky if evap isn't the same each day and depending on how your ato is set up to work.

 

[hbtl_ofndr]

Why not just set up a two part doser? What is the Ca consuption? My DT uses about 1.54 dKH and 10 ppm per day...

 

[RuffReef]

Why not just set up a two part doser? What is the Ca consuption? My DT uses about 1.54 dKH and 10 ppm per day...

Barely any calcium is used, about 10ppm per month. Alk though is 1dkh per day

 

[pgr11]

Is an apex on the frag tank? Is so get a brs dosing pump and just dose for alk.

 

[RuffReef]

Reefkeeper lite

 

[wickedfish]

Start with one tsp of kalk per gallon of rodi. Stir the crap out of it then let it settle. Add the clear stuff to your reservoir. It will keep up. If you wanna get fancy use the brightwells plus 2 or plus 1 can't remember the name.

I have a 5 gallon bin of kalk ill trade for a get out of jail card. Jk it's free come and get it, "I am so not a raper."

 

[hbtl_ofndr]

Reefkeeper lite

BRS is easy to program on RKL too. lmk if you want help...

 

[Reef Bullet]

I tried using kalk in my top off water and out didn't work for me. I didn't have to dose as much alk but still had to dose a good bit daily and kalk was messy and a pain in the butt to mess with. Also really had to watch the ph so if you do decide to mess with kalk, you might consider doing it in conjunction with vinegar. But all in all, I would just start dosing alk in your ato. Much easier and more accurate!

 

[hbtl_ofndr]

Also, you would only need to dose about 10ml / day with this to keep the frag tank where it needs to be. Hook it up to a doser and for get about it for a few months

http://www.marinedepot.com/Aqua_Vis...s-Aqua_Vision_Aquatics-QI01066-FIADTP-vi.html

 

[RuffReef]

Maybe I'll just buy the BM-T01 so the club can start getting SPS

 

[hbtl_ofndr]

Do it! (but consider the BRS dosers. much better quality IMO)

 

[RuffReef]

You think so? I've heard great things about the BM pump.

But if I'm going to spend $400 on doses why not just setup another CARX?

 

[hbtl_ofndr]

If you get the BRS you are only spending $70. The company that makes it makes medical equipment. If I had an IV dosing me with something I'd trust the BRS over the BM.

 

[johnwin84]

I have the bm dosing pump that I'm willing to sell. But truly I would have bought the brs of I had more space back then.

 

[SchnitzelReef]

BRS doser and hook it up to ur RKL


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