Several ways to skin a cat. Truth be told, there are going to be adjustments either way. May be easier to do it now before going down the rabbit hole with Kalk, which we all know has several methods in itself, especially with dosing less than fully saturated as this can leave a lot of variance in terms of consistency.
To your point, I periodically adjust my dosing rate and my tank is fairly stable and mature. It will take a while to dial in regardless. Cheers.
So I’ll dump previous batch of kalk and mix up a new one at full saturation 2tsp per gallon. I’ll adjust pump to add 7.6ml an hour to get my DKH to 9 and then I’ll cut dosing test for a day and see where that lands me
The main issue is maintaining demand without going over your evap. The ACI method aside, I landed on dosing about 1/2 my evap rate at night for a PH boost, and dose ESV 2 part 24/7.
Yes my system is low need. 8 month old tank with about 10 sps frags and another 8 or so lps with coralline growing. I’m not detecting big drops testing daily on salifert however I’ve gone from mid 8s now into mid 7s. I want to maintain alk at 9 or so that’s why I chose kalk, will eventually supplant with a 2 part on this system and my 112g
Not sure why you say that, but of course it does depend on evaporation.
My tank got kalk only for 20 years, getting about 2 dKH per day.
Randy to reconfirm with you. I’m wanting to up alk from 7.7 to 9. It’s an addition of 1247ml that I’m going to break up over the course of 7 days, dosing hourly. That equates out to 7.6ml an hour or 182.4ml a day. In a weeks time, saving for consumption that should arrive me at 9dkh? Also will dump my 1/2tsp per gallon solution and go fully saturated at 2tsp per gallon. Sound square?Not sure why you say that, but of course it does depend on evaporation.
My tank got kalk only for 20 years, getting about 2 dKH per day.
Due to inaccuracy in my testing and/or possibly changes in my consumption rate, I typically rely on 3 test data points to draw my consumption rate trend. Testing at least 24 hrs apart. I also test at the same time everyday, in the evening before my nightly Kalk dosing starts. This approach has been reliable for me. I know my alkalinity is a little higher in the morning, likely because Kalk doses over night.
Assuming more stable pH is a good thing and most people have a pH drop at night, dosing at night helps mitigate the drop. I know in my system is keeps the day/night pH swing much less when I dose Kalk at night.
