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06-12-2007, 11:51 PM
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Hey Christy, What is the PH of your effluent?
I'm having the same problem. I just tossed the jug and forgot to check what the recommended PH of this media was supposed to be? J 
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06-12-2007, 11:59 PM
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06-13-2007, 12:26 AM
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I dunno, my pH meter croaked like a week after I got it, stupid POS. Anyway, I'm getting one of those salifert kits, I'm tired of crappy meters and their crappy probes not working. I'll have to test the effluent when I get home. I dunno, maybe I need to turn down the effluent and let the CO2 have a longer visit with the media? Beats me. At this point all I do know I'll be Suzy Homemaker with the baking soda when I get home on Friday
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06-13-2007, 02:03 PM
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You betcha, nobody else is gonna do it for me
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06-13-2007, 03:39 PM
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I didnt notice a huge difference in parameters after going to larger media, but i liked it because i did notice the dissolving was much more even.
Flow through the reactor was better, and less channeling through the media. I had switched from the old ARM because i was sick of the mush it made after a month or so, in the base of the reactor. Caribsea has come out with its version of the larger media, im gonna give that a try...my last try with hagen`s large substrate was a bit of a disaster...i think the barkmulch in there shoulda been a sign not to use it in the first place... :P Marc.
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06-13-2007, 03:43 PM
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Bwaaha, what are you talking about? The barkmulch helps give it that "peaty" quality and provides fiber for your corals.
Hagen? pfft. you should know better As for my own issues (of which there are many but we'll address the alk problem for now  ) theres a chunk of foam in the bottom of the reactor that stops the finer media from flowing through and destroying the pump, I'm going to take that out and replace it with a larger mesh to try to get more flow through the reactor since this media is supposedly designed for a higher flow reactor. Then I'll dial down the drip rate and give the CO2 more time with the media. Hopefully that gets the job done. It sounds good anyways.
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