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09-10-2005, 02:53 AM
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kalk reactor&calcium reator
just wanting to know if you have both running on your tank and why
i have both and have seen others who use both at same time. i dont have my calcium reactor running at this moment,but my kalk reactor is.i am planing a new take and it will be mostly sps. please dont slame me as i wish to do it right and not mess it up. so far everthing in my tank is doing great. any imput would be nice thanks
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09-10-2005, 03:01 AM
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I believe the calcium reactor is a better supply of calcium, but can lower the Ph in the tank. the kal reactor raises the Ph in the tank. So between the 2, you get a stable Ph. At lease that's my understanding.
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09-10-2005, 03:08 AM
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reactors
ya thats my thinking because kalk is like a ph of 12 to 13
and calcium is at about 6.5 to7 something
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09-10-2005, 04:34 AM
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basicaly think of them as dping the same things but different, both raise Ca and Alk, but a Ca reactor is better at raising Alk than it is at raising Ca and a Kalk reactor is better at raising Ca than it is at Alk. you also get a bit of PH benifit they say with the Kalk but I have never seen that.
Steve
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09-10-2005, 10:35 AM
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I have a reactor and dose kalk. I was keeping up with just additives until I eradicated phosphates and watched consumption on both soar... but a tank with clams & stony corals will do that.. it means they're growing
 I'll be adding a Kalk reactor soon..
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