Calcium Reactor vs Lighting

[Travis Wagner]

Hello! I can’t determine what upgrade would be most beneficial for my tank. I’m currently dosing bulk reef supply 2-part and running two radion G4 xr30 and one radion G3 xr30 on my Red Sea 525. I’m featuring a mix of LPS and SPS coral, mostly frags starting to grow out. Would I benefit most from installing a calcium reactor, or upgrading to a T5 hybrid lighting fixture? Any thoughts are appreciated.

 

[James77]

Are you dosing automatically, or manually?

Why are you feeling the need to upgrade?

 

[Travis Wagner]

I’m dosing automatically, I don’t have access to my schedule but in an attempt to maintain my alk near 7.0 I’m adding 40ml of soda ash each day. I was worried this was excessive and was thinking a reactor would make it easier to maintain alkalinity. Lighting was mostly just searching for what would be considered an ‘ideal’ setup

 

[Hemmdog]

I’d go with the hybrid.

 

[vetteguy53081]

If you’re dosing already, go for the upgrade with lighting

 

[Travis Wagner]

This is my tank at the moment, currently dosing 105mL of soda ash through the day and barely able to main 7.0 alk- that’s why I was considering a reactor