Reactors and Additives

[reefburnaby]

Hi,

I guess I should point out that my Ca reactor adds most of my alk in to my tank. I only add a dose of buffer every month.

Did you know that we are using the same philosophy (high alk and medium Ca). So, I dial in my reactor to have constant Ca levels (380 ish) and my alk is never allow to go down past 10 dKh. The reason why I try to keep Ca levels constant is because I don't want it to go out of control and hit 500 ppm (which means calcium snow). I think that is much worse than having my alk dip to 10 dKh or as high as 12 dKh. Also, high Ca ppm causes faster buildup of calcium deposits on equipment and such.

- Victor.

[ 30 January 2002: Message edited by: reefburnaby ]</p>