SODA LIME: ANYONE DOING BULK BUYS?

[OldReefGuy]

Anyone local doing bulk buys that would want to share in the buy-in?

 

[joseserrano]

Buy a sack of picking lime

 

[OldReefGuy]

Buy a sack of picking lime

For a co2 scrubber?

 

[joseserrano]

For a co2 scrubber?

Sorry just saw lime. Cheapest Ray is a 5G jug from a medical supply place

 

[bakbay]

Anyone local doing bulk buys that would want to share in the buy-in?

Thought you’re not going the CO2 scrubber path and leverage outdoor air instead?

 

[OldReefGuy]

Thought you’re not going the CO2 scrubber path and leverage outdoor air instead?

Still not getting PH up.....i did the outside air thing..it still wont get up past 8.2....so I figure I will try with scrubber attached to outside air line

 

[bakbay]

Yup — I recalled the conversation 🤣
http://www.socalireefs.com/index.ph...of-buying-a-co2-scrubber.112457/#post-1111586

Go JorVet - 5lbs. If you get a better deal elsewhere and do a massive 10lbs each, I’m in! I’m actually almost out of media - lol

 

[Tommy Ngo]

Still not getting PH up.....i did the outside air thing..it still wont get up past 8.2....so I figure I will try with scrubber attached to outside air line

Have you tried dosing Kalk?

 

[bakbay]

Kalk will raise Alk & Ca but limited by evaporation rate. I’ve done Kalk before but was not be able to keep up at full saturation. Besides, it was rather messy (for me) hence the CO2 scrubber route.

 

[Tommy Ngo]

Kalk will raise Alk & Ca but limited by evaporation rate. I’ve done Kalk before but was not be able to keep up at full saturation. Besides, it was rather messy (for me) hence the CO2 scrubber route.

I don’t have any problem running kalk in a reactor. As for Alk and Ca consumption while dosing kalk, I have to dose additional 2 parts for my tank. In my opinion kalk is cheaper than doing CO2 scrubber just to raise PH.

 

[bakbay]

I don’t have any problem running kalk in a reactor. As for Alk and Ca consumption while dosing kalk, I have to dose additional 2 parts for my tank. In my opinion kalk is cheaper than doing CO2 scrubber just to raise PH.

I literally had to add multiple fans to get evaporation up to keep up with demand. Yes, if you got 2-part, that will supplement while higher Alk -> higher pH. Both Kalk & 2-part solutions were too messy & time consuming for me. All I do now is CO2 scrubber for a quick win.

My setup is CaRx (replace every 11-12mos) and CO2 scrubber ((replace every every 3-4wks). Yes, we live in a primitive world and it sucks to keep up with the CO Jones. Ha

 

[OldReefGuy]

Have you tried dosing Kalk?

Yes. I dose Kalk everyother night.....along with a fuge....still no luck....so the last thing I think is the scrubber route....lets try that.

 

[bozoreefer]

That’s why you shouldn’t put kalk in ATO


Put fully saturated kalk in a bucket on its own and dose it like you’d do with 2 part

I dose 1000 mL of kalk daily

There’s a calculator that shows how much fully saturated kalk you should dose a day depending on your dKh and Cal consumption

https://www.hamzasreef.com/Contents/Calculators/KalkContribution.php


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[bozoreefer]

That’s why you shouldn’t put kalk in ATO


Put fully saturated kalk in a bucket on its own and dose it like you’d do with 2 part

I dose 1000 mL of kalk daily

There’s a calculator that shows how much fully saturated kalk you should dose a day depending on your dKh and Cal consumption

https://www.hamzasreef.com/Contents/Calculators/KalkContribution.php


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Noticed you already dose kalk. Maybe it’s not enough? Not ful saturated? You can check if it’s fully saturated through conductivity.

Per randy Farley

“The best way to measure limewater saturation is by conductivity. Saturated solutions have a conductivity around 10.3 mS/cm at 25 deg C.

pH is a poor man's way, and can give a rough guide to the saturation. “


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[pledosophy]

IME the way you store and dose kalk can make a big difference. My dosing solution is in an almost air tight container, with a styrofoam float. If you can keep your kalk solution at a high pH it takes much less of it to get the job done. I still have to run an ATO on my tanks in conjunction with the kalk dosing.

There are many variables with kalk that will lower the pH of the solution and not give you the desired results. It does work, but it is a bit tedious. I can see why people would want to do other things.

 

[five.five-six]

IMO, the best way to use saturated limewater is with a reactor feed by a peristaltic pump from Ro/DI water. You can actually use tap water safely with this method as the high pH will drop most TDS from solution turning it into fin sand that drops safely to the bottom of the reactor. The key is that the peristaltic pump only pumps fresh water into the reactor. The peristaltic tube will last a lot longer this way.

I use saturated limewater (Kalkwasser) for 100% of my evaporation makeup and the biggest problem I have with my SPS is how much time is consumed clipping the overgrowth and finding a way to dispose of the frags and colonies. I really like the Avast Marine reactor, the AC motor seem robust and it’s the least trouble to clean of all the models I have tried.