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11-07-2007, 06:44 PM
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checking alk test kits
If you need to check the reliability of your alk test kit, here is a good check:
1.1350 grams of baking soda in 1 gallon of distilled water=10dkh Cheers! Phil
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11-08-2007, 12:42 AM
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Well I have stopped the Pickling lime, and converted to RO/DI top off and will be using my Sea chem Reef builder and advantage to bring the alk/cal up until i can get a better style of kalk probably from Ben
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11-08-2007, 03:00 AM
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Hi last month i had a spike way over the top was using a hagan kit and that was showing results that were correct ,lfs did test for me and did get same results so high we never did get an accurate number, since then bought I salifert kit and I am still hi in alk but my cal is up to normal and mag is 1300
It took me a month to just get to this point I did add cal additive and a new salt to help the solve problem but also did lots of water changes I guessing in the last month probably the total capacity of my tank. (in the mean time though I did lose corals and inverts after 3 days++) just so you know I do not have all the other equipment (cal reactor etc) that's my 2 cents
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11-08-2007, 03:07 AM
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ya the CAl is 450 and the mag is good I really dont know why its doing it may be its the lime i have hardly any pickling lime in there and the top off is a 20 gal tub but im going to see how much that im going thur and dose with sea chem..
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think.
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11-08-2007, 04:54 AM
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Check the TDS of your RO unit, could be the problem is the source water.
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11-08-2007, 01:01 PM
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i have a TDs on my unit its coming out at 0ppm
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11-08-2007, 03:49 PM
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Well I tested my Alk in the 20 gal tub that I have been using for the top off and it was sitting at READY FOR THIS 39.6DKH. Im not a smartie pants ,but that does seem really high doesn't it now I'm really confused. When Doug was testing the water when I was gone it, wouldnt come up past 8 DKH and now once I got home its sky rocketed. All I did was add 4 TSP to the 20 gal tub. Now tell me that it didnt make it sky rocket that much would it.
What is the proper dose for Pickling lime to 1 gal of RO/DI i have checked my tDs and the water is good and 2 days ago the tank was at 14.6 ALK and the CAL was at 450PPm. should I wait to see what happens or try another route with the pickling Lime. I thought that 1 TSP of PL for 1 gal of RO/DI water was the direction given on the net.
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think. Last edited by Skimmerking; 11-08-2007 at 03:51 PM.
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