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No GFO. pH gets down to 7.8 at night and up to 8-8.2 during the day. Monitored by apex jr
Can’t keep Alk up
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No idea. Could be lots of things we don't know.
Did you buy B-ionic concentrate and forget to dilute it?
pH is higher for some reason? (maybe measurements isn't accurate now)
Phosphate or organics are lower?
Alk is higher than you think due to bad alk testing?
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Concentrate was diluted upon purchase.
I will recalibrate pH probe
PO4 is in line
I don’t mess up a simple titration. Quantitative analysis made me a different person.
Do you dose anything else?
Only other thing I can think of is was the concentrate frozen when you got it or how old is it?
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It’s been closest kept before I got it. Dose esv 2 part is all.
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Have you checked any pump impellers, PH impellers, or heaters for precip(looks like a brownish crust)?
Checked the sandbed to see if it's turning hard anywhere?
Checked the sandbed to see if it's turning hard anywhere?
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Regularly clean those. Coralline is good lol
homer1475
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Maybe I missed it, but what size tank are we talking here? I do see quite a bit of coralline.
I dose 153ml of randys diy 2 part into an 80G(roughly 1.3DKH)
I dose 153ml of randys diy 2 part into an 80G(roughly 1.3DKH)
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75 gallon DT. 100 total volume. 115mL of alk supplement or total between the two?
I put in 48mL on top of my daily 40 in the last 24 hours of alk only and haven’t moved it .1 dkh
homer1475
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I actually had to go check my apex, and edited after you quoted.
I dose 153ml of Randy's diy 2 part, part 2 for alkalinity(roughly 1.3dkh), and 153ml of BRS calcium chloride daily. I have no where near the coralline growth you do, but have several mature colonies of SPS.
He’s literally dosing it right in front of a power head. OP I would clean the coralline off the power heads because that severely decreases the output. I know you are a seasoned reefer but those need to be cleaned.
Also not entirely sure the powerhead is actually on.
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I would try Randy's diy 2part its super cheap and the new recipe can boost ph...I think I dont use the newer sry
Test with that a few days then back to what you have in stock and see what changes?
Test with that a few days then back to what you have in stock and see what changes?
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Can you provide the link or ingredients to his 2 part please?
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That was specifically for the picture. I have very mature colonies and corals. Flow is pretty high in DT.
homer1475
Figuring out the hobby one coral at a time.
homer1475
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or literally for part 2 of alkalinity....
Mix 297grams of arm and hammer baking soda to 1 gallon RO/DI. I start out with like 3/4 of a gallon, and my baking soda, then fill to 1 gallon.
Use this calc to figure out how much to dose.
Mix 297grams of arm and hammer baking soda to 1 gallon RO/DI. I start out with like 3/4 of a gallon, and my baking soda, then fill to 1 gallon.
Use this calc to figure out how much to dose.
