Maintaining Levels in Tank

[iceman86]

I was using a doser and it got to the point I was dosing 250ml of cal and 250ml of alk every day. I had a hard keeping my levels balanced when my consumption got that high. I switched to a calcium reactor a few weeks ago and everything has been completely stable. This is just my experience. I know other guys who dose large amounts of cal and alk with a doser without any problems.

All depends what direction you want to take your tank.

[gmann]

Originally Posted by iceman86

I was using a doser and it got to the point I was dosing 250ml of cal and 250ml of alk every day. I had a hard keeping my levels balanced when my consumption got that high. I switched to a calcium reactor a few weeks ago and everything has been completely stable. This is just my experience. I know other guys who dose large amounts of cal and alk with a doser without any problems.

All depends what direction you want to take your tank.

Thanks, im going to try out a doser first.

[Potatohead]

Guys, it's CO2, not CO. If your CO2 tank leaks all that's going to do is make the plants in the room happy. It's more dangerous having a propane tank out back with the barbecue.

[tang daddy]

Originally Posted by Potatohead

Guys, it's CO2, not CO. If your CO2 tank leaks all that's going to do is make the plants in the room happy. It's more dangerous having a propane tank out back with the barbecue.

I was just going to say you can't get poisoned with your breath can you... ?
If it was car fumes then yah you could go to sleep and not wake up!

[DKoKoMan]

I would just make sure to check the connections once in a while. This way if anything is leaking you will be able to determine where the leak is and fix it

[maron6977]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

I was just going to say you can't get poisoned with your breath can you... ?
If it was car fumes then yah you could go to sleep and not wake up!

Try putting a bag over your head , see how long you last !
CO2 is what comes out the tail pipe of your car .
By the way , I run a cal reactor & no fear of leakage .

[tang daddy]

Originally Posted by maron6977

Try putting a bag over your head , see how long you last !
CO2 is what comes out the tail pipe of your car .
By the way , I run a cal reactor & no fear of leakage .

If you put a bag over your head you would suffocate quickly, but if you inhale someone's exhale breath I think you could last a few days weeks even, but you may suffer brain damage.

Say what??

Exhaust fumes from your car is carbon monoxide last I checked... unless your car runs on oxygen lol
People breathe out Co2 not the same but please correct me if I am wrong.

[Potatohead]

Car exhaust contains both

Anything is poisonous in high enough concentrations but carbon monoxide is MUCH more poisonous than carbon dioxide

[gmann]

sorry I didn't want to start another thread so since it was related figured id post here:

in terms of dosing would this be the correct procedure?

1. once calibrated, test params and use reef calculator to figure out how much is needed to reach desired levels
2. set dosing amounts
3. after monthly water change, re-test and reset dosing amounts based on new params
4. repeat step 3 after every water change?

not sure if I have a bad batch or not, but I noticed my aq reef salt produces a low ca. i am going to open another box, although I bet they will be part of same batch. Also considering H2Ocean since it has higher CA levels.