Poll: Do you use Calcium Reactor or Dosing Pumps?

[_sludgefactory]

What's your lighting like? I would think that might be a main culprit in your problem.

 

[_sludgefactory]

Also, bulk reef supply has some nice cheap dosing pumps. Bubble magus makes a nice one too.

 

[prsnlty]

I have a combo led/t5/pc over a 125g
ATI coral+
Ai sol blue/ 2x 24" pc (50/50 and 420/460) / ai sol blue
ATI purple+

No more fit in the canopy lol. The 180 will get 2 more ATI blue + added

 

[prsnlty]

Forgot to mention the t5s are 60"

I'll check out brs, thanks

 

[_sludgefactory]

How about water flow?

 

[prsnlty]

Lots. 2 wp40s a sandbed spraybar for currant coming up from the rocks and 2 more returns.

 

[pirate2876]

Cal reactor. Wouldn't go back.

 

[_sludgefactory]

Well I don't know. I can't tell you that my for a while I was getting pretty lazy and my levels were all over the place and I still didn't lose any acros. But I might have just been lucky.

 

[prsnlty]

This is why I feel a dosing pump may do the trick

 

[_sludgefactory]

Well hopefully you get it sorted out.

 

[prsnlty]

Thanks, me too

 

[kireek]

I would say most people do 2 part because it's easy and cheap. Calcium reactors are difficult and expensive.

I am in this category.I use BRS supplements.

 

[_sludgefactory]

I am in this category.I use BRS supplements.

I use brs kalk and Epsom salt for mag. Plus I add vinegar to my Kalk to improve the efficiency and aid in carbon dosing.

 

[Aquafan]

Dosing pump with controller , 2 parts

 

[thefullmonti]

Two part with my apex

 

[Touring]

Lol, this makes no sense.

 

[o2manyfish]

The majority of my topoff is Kalkwasser. During the summer time I may got through over 35gallons of water a day. The majority is Kalk. If the system pH is too high the RO water is diverted past the Kalk mixer. I used to believe that I only needed to add Kalk to the mixer when the slurry at the bottom was depleted...So I would add Kalk every 4-6 months. I learned this was wrong. There is lots of 'crap' left after the Kalk is mixed in solution. I added a pH probe to the Kalk mixer, and now I know when to add additional Kalk. In the winter time it's every 2-3 weeks. In the summer time with bigger evaporation number its every 10-14 Days. Each time I add Kalk I am adding 4-10 cups. I have a custom Avast Kalk Mixer which is almost 10gallons.

I use Calcium Reactor 24/7. Adding a pH probe into the Reactor helps dial it in quickly and more importantly lets me know right away when the Rx is clogged, out of CO2 or out of media. All my equipment is outside, so I don't 'check' it regularly.


Adding both the Kalk and Calc to the Apex with pH probes was a huge step in making both devices more stable and reliable.

Dave B

 

[HiImSean]

I've got a CaRx sitting upstairs for a few months, just haven't hooked it up yet.

 

[dieselkeeper]

Geo calcium reactor on a controller on a SPS dominate tank. Very easy to set up.

 

[Reef head]

2 part. 160mls of alk and 92mls of cal./ day. East set up and to dial in. Leave it alone. You need to replace the pump tube 1x per year at 5 bucks. I got my set up for 150 bucks.