Using lime for Ph?

[justjes45]

Hi I need some quick help please. I am battling dinoflagellates for the first time. I have a 30 gallon Nuvo tank that has been up and running for about one year. I was told to use "Mrs. wages pickling lime" as a way to control this problem and raise the pH. I have no idea the measuring amount to use or how often to use it –
Have any of you tried this?

 

[bobman]

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rhf/

Read it over and over but there are better ways to tackle Dinos

 

[Downbeach]

Here's some reading:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/rhf/index.php

http://kb.marinedepot.com/article.aspx?id=11226

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/how-i-beat-dinoflagellates-and-the-lessons-i-learned

 

[justjes45]

OK – I'm losing my mind. It seems as if my problem is getting worse & worse. I do not know if it is worse on the road to better or if I am slowly destroying my tank.
One year in, and all was fine. ( well fine for a beginner... I am getting there..)
Now I have been told what i have is "a dinoflagellate problem".
I cut the lighting program down, and started dosing with hydrogenproxide.
Last night I started dosing with the lime, and now my tank is a fuzzy snowy mess.
I triple checked the doses on everything... Thank gosh my two fish are still swimming....
Is this ok? I was told to stop the water changes because it introduces new nutrients for the Algea to eat...
My corals are SOOO angry with me right now..
My closest LFS is about an hour away but I have had a lot of conflicting advice in he past- I am thinking about taking a road trip to another one, but it is like 2 hours away...

Here are my specs:

30 Gal Nuvo tank
Live sand/Rock
Two fish ( clown and chromis)
Two peppermint shrimp
Asst Zoas and Assorted corals
Clean up crew- very diminished now I think due to the dinos

Ammonia nitrate and nitrite and are all zero ppm

Phosphate .25
Calcium 440
Temperature 76°
Salinity 126
And my pH was low I'm trying to raise that with the lime.

Hope you all can help!!
I AM NOT QUITTING THIS ADDICTION!!

 

[Keithcorals]

Whats your ALK if its above 8 you're likly not going to be able to raise ph for more than a few minutes with lime/kalk. A co2 scrubber or maybe the air line from the skimmer run outside would help if your ph is really a problem.

How are you testing ph?

 

[justjes45]

With an API test kit.

 

[Keithcorals]

I wouldn't mess with ph without a ph probe as long as your ALK is good it's not likely the problem. I tried keeping mine higher with kalk and it would only go up for a short time after being dosed. Got a dosing pump to dose it slowly and it made almost no difference in my pH.