Calcium problems.
hmmm ok, so it looks like I should have my reacctor Alk more than double what I want my tank alk.. so this makes sence it will desolve more stuff.. I also realize that I will get Mg from my media also, and I suspected that after everything is ballanced that it will take care of that also ( Now I know that, Thanks Doug)
and this is why I said in the begining that I was going to use the suplament to bring it up to whare it should be then i will probably never need it again. (mabe I didn't do a good job of stating this) i was thinking of using the reactor in over drive to do it but my thinking there was that might depress my PH more than I like with the increased co2.
so I was thinking along the lines that if I can get it up to 1200 ppm then the way my reactor is set right now should be able to handle it..
my low Ca out put from my reactor, I am thinking it is because of the low ca level in the tank water.. my idea is (tel me if this makes sence cuz if it doesen't then I have to look at it again hehe ) that in the amountof time the water is in the reactor for my feed rate and such it can only adsorb so much Ca, so if I have 200ppm water entering I have 330 ppm water exiting, so I am picking up 130 ppm in the reactor. my reasons for this line of though is that when my tank water was 180 ppm my reactor out put was 290. so going along that lines if I can get my Ca level in to the reactor at 380, then it should be 510 out with the same bubble rate. now this could be out to lunch also but so far it is working that way.. I also relize that I could increase my co2 and get more of a spread but when I started getting to the levels I need tomaintain I would have to reduce the co2 again. so sence I am putting in more Ca than I am consuming right now I thought I was set whare I wanted to be.. (this is based on my slow increase of Ca in the tank.)
anyways I am enjoying the sugestions and don't think I ignor them I am thinking them over and trying to rationalize them and when I make a post like this it is to show my thinking so others can show me whare I am thinking wrong or that maby I have a point..
Steve
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