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05-21-2003, 11:26 PM
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Calcium consumption.
Just a view on the tanks consumption of calcium over the last little while. Most of my corals have been removed during the flatworm wars and no more will be added until the tanks "exited".
 During the last few months, my tank has shown me how much calcium I always believed coralline used. The only corals using it are the bubble for its base, a cup coral and some remaining monti digita frags. I have been trying to just run on kalk, with my reactor off. My calcium has dropped from about 420ppm to 330ppm. My tank evaporate a fair bit and its all kalk replaced, at least a couple gals/day, yet it cant meet the demand. I use a pretty heavy mixture also. No idea how some people keep up to their corals demand, with kalk alone, in a large tank. With my reactor running the last few days, its slowly starting to climb. My tank has lots of heavily coralline encrusted Fiji rock. As I have always said to those asking how to grow coralline, "be careful what you wish for". 
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05-22-2003, 12:05 AM
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I've been trying to switch from B-ionic to kalk for my 90G (with a light coral load but nuisance-level coraline), and my Ca also drops to about 330, forcing me to bring it back up with B-ionic (to about 380). I was wondering where in heck all the kalk was going - I've also tried using vinegar, following ReefCental recipes, but the kalk still has been inadequate to maintain Ca. I have suspected the coraline was sucking it up, but haven't worried about it too much as my few corals (monti, plate, hammer, one acro frag) have still been growing.
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05-22-2003, 12:47 AM
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You NEED a Reactor Jack
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05-22-2003, 12:47 PM
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Here is something interesting though. I was reading on another board, where another reefer, {Sue has one of the nicest sps tanks I have seen}, has done away with her reactor and just uses kalk and a weekly addition of a calcium powder. Her tanks are loaded 180 and 120 sps tanks.  Although I like my reactor, I sometimes wonder what other metals and such are being added by the dissolved media. Esp when you read some of the reports on heavy metals being stored in our rock and sand.
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05-22-2003, 02:10 PM
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starting to come out
Well as you know i have a 280 tank i just love and starting to run mrs wages pickling lime as kalk. And i have is toad tools leathers mushrooms, bubble mushroom, and some polyps.
 Now i have noticed the cute little white marks all over the tank. And so my question to everyone DAD ( DOUG LOWEY) has told me watch out what you wish for  ANd so iam thinking of not running the kalk as my top off and just use normal water as for the top off float switch. But really i don't have any corals that take CAL and but like the purple Corline and dont wanna loose it so whaat does everyone think.I know i will be getting a call from DAD tonight on i dont listen. But the good thing is my wife is starting a Daycare at home and i will be having $400 dollARS A MONTH FOR MY SELF yeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaa THAT MEANS WE GET A ro/di UNIT FOR FREE as a write off. I will get my new lights and new lots of stuff and pay off DAD what i owe him... And i think i will buy a reactor ..
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05-22-2003, 03:30 PM
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