Caribsea ARM
It’s a brand new probe
Did you have issues that I’m having ? Melting point below 6.0 when using arm
The only real way to know is if your testing your effluent. People tend to keep it anywhere from 30 to 50 dkh.Does anyone else use this media and have it at 5.76 melting point?
My dkh is consistent 8.2 using Salifert .
I’ve also read that this media in general requires more pH to melt , but seriously 5.76? The average media is 6.6 - 6.8
With the extra course ARM that i'm using maybe that's why i'm needing low ph numbers to make it melt.
Effluent is at 18dkh/70ml per minute/6.18ph
My current effluent is 24.5 dkh
Seems about right. There are limits though. You may need a larger capacity unit at some point if you run out of steam. But basically you got it from my limited understanding of how it all works. Also the flow rate is a huge part. You could easily get to 50dkh with 1ml a minute of effluent at a higher ph with 25lbs of media. Just as you may not even be able to hit 50dkh at 500ml a minute at a ph of 5 with 4lbs of media. Those numbers are completely made up just to exaggerate the situation. Also, my understanding could be completely wrong so someone smarter than me could chime in.
I'm at 15ml per minute of effluent. Any less and the line gets clogged. i HAVE thought about reducing the drip to increase the effluent dkh at this point.. of course Increasing bubble count right now at 5.76 just raises other questions now - Am i burning through co2 media because of the low pH i'm running my carx
I had the same issue with that Brand. Switched to 2 Little Fish Reborn media. Much better and significantly higher melting point.
I don’t think you’re burning through media. It starts melting lower than others, but I would think it to be comparable to running another media at a higher ph, or at least close. For reference, my reactor is 6” diameter and I lose about one inch of media a month and a 5lb bottle of co2 every three months. I think the trade off with arm, especially the extra coarse, is the debris/residue left behind. People love tlf reborn, but I have heard (so you can take that with a grain of salt) that you may need to clean out your reactor more than if you run arm. I would have gone tlf as it has great reviews, but I personally have seen that it is not always readily available. If you go that route, I would have extra on hand.
Ha! She’s probably right, they always are! If your Alk is stable and you’re only dosing 15ml a minute…..is there really an issue?This is the first media i've used since starting the carx. I wonder if just switching out the media to something else would fix this issue
My wife is already telling me to just leave things alone because corals are thriving
