The LAST big upgrade

[michika]

You almost have to change the way you think about dosing to wrap your head around it.

For example, to raise Ca by 1ppm I have to dose 56.2mL. Which means to catch up from a 30ppm drop I have to dose 1686mL, or 1.686L. And it takes a little over 4 cups of Calcium Chloride to make up that batch. Its a little bit of a mind-blowing moment actually.

I know myself and my sanity will not hold out for daily re-mixing of additives, so the 1g jugs for dosing aren't really sufficient, but like you said...the optimal solution and all...

[mseepman]

I would hope that a decent Kalk reactor in addition to dosing would balance that out a little. How much top off do you go through in a day?

[michika]

Not that much actually and the amount has been dropping as overall temperatures have been rising. I'd say about 5-10g/day. In the beginning it was closer to 10g, now I'd say more like 4.5-6g depending on how dry the weather is.

[lastlight]

ouch 1 yellow remains from the 9 you added?

[michika]

Originally Posted by lastlight

ouch 1 yellow remains from the 9 you added?

Sadly so. I feel terrible about it too. They just vanished sometime between lights out and when I'd get home from work the next day. I do want to try more, but I'm not rushing it because I'm so nervous about it.