[SuperFudge]

Daryl,


The numbers look fine.

I would tweak it a bit, and gave a couple suggestions at the bottom of the post to do this...but before doing it...there seems to be something else that is the problem.

Looking at the numbers youve posted, the rates should have been adequate for a well stocked tank im sure.
What you are being left with is telling me there is waay to high of alk consumption...while CA is only having a moderate to low demand.

I noticed in another thread you are currently using the blu coral method..
Correct me if im wrong, but this requires that you feed quite heavily.
If the skimmer is not keeping up to the additional bioload, the alk will drop considerably as a result...while the Ca remains normal.
Has a low alk only been a problem since the new feeding method ?

I bet between the salt and heavy feedings, this is whats giving you the skewed parameters.

Can you wet skim with your current skimmer ?

If you are set on using the current salt, and want to try and get a bit more out of the reactor, I would increase effluent until ph has raised to 6.6-6.7 in the reactor.....probably closer to an effluent rate of a drop per second.
If ph is still climing beyond within the reactor (after a day or two) then add only co2 until this comes back down to 6.6-6.7.
When this stabilizes..48 hrs after last tweaking ,test.
Adjust again the same way if more is needed...monitor calcium to make sure this isnt increasing too much.

Marc.