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09-19-2002, 09:55 AM
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pH problem
I have ca. reactor which is maintaining my ph from 7.5 to 7.9.I have an auto top off system which takes water from a 5gal. freshwater tank.I want to know what i can put in there to boost and keep my ph where it should be.
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09-20-2002, 01:17 AM
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Might have a look at this, if you haven't already.
http://209.151.83.92/forum/showthrea...&threadid=8036
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09-20-2002, 08:24 AM
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The Co2 rom the reactor has a tenedency to lower the PH in your system. The Kalk reactor will do two things. 1) Because Kalk has such a high PH it will offset this to some degree and make things more stable. 2) It will bring up the CA in the system . I have had much betterreadings and overall health in the system since it's addition. MROK12
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09-20-2002, 01:55 PM
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Without using a ca reactor, what could one expect from using just the kalk reactor, stirrer, mixer? Would it "play" with the balance anymore than just dripping kalk through the traditional methods?
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09-20-2002, 08:53 PM
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You get a better "quality" of Kalk with the reactor because it is not in contact with co2 at all unyil it hits the waters surface. The PH stays up longer because no atmospheric co2 is availble in the chamber. So the "product" is of a higher PH and more saturated than the drip method. I would refer everyone to The article on The reef tank by bill espisito. He also gives referce links too. I think that the reactor method makes it simpler than mixing daily. I get 5 days without a recharge right now. It works great with auto top off systems. as well
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09-27-2002, 08:39 AM
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Mrok is right and kalk is a good way to go, I just wanted to mention that if you didn't want to deal with the "mess" of dripping kalk, you can buy products designed strickly for buffering the PH and I've heard you can make them yourself too, although I havn't tried that. Anyway, you can pick up something like SeaChem Marine Buffer. It comes in a powder form, and I'm pretty sure there are liquid forms as well. Add a little bit of this to your tank and it will help bring the ph back up. It won't however give you the calcium you get from dripping kalk.
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