!!!7000+ POUNDS OF GLASS!! YOU GUYS UP FOR A BUILD OR WHAT??
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Oh my Gosh this thread is long overdue for an update! where to begin. Kind of in a constant state of modifying updating and changing things around here like nothing is really static at all except the tanks. I'm selves, I suppose..lol
anyway, so a little over a year ago I started running Kalk to help with Lower PH and I think I may have posted some info on that.
Well I recently decided to scrap all that and go back to my just my calcium reactors kind of simplify things. I was running Kalk at night and the calcium ractor would run during the day and I really just had a hard time dialing in my alkalinity. It was really all over the place for about a year and I know a lot of my sps weren't exactly thrilled about this.
But since I pulled the Kalk reactor my alkalinity has been a lot more stable. PH been a little bit lower but my pH has always been on the low side ever since the basement days. lol
Curious, anyone run into problems trying to run a duel, calcium management system with the reactor and Kalkwasser?
anyway, so a little over a year ago I started running Kalk to help with Lower PH and I think I may have posted some info on that.
Well I recently decided to scrap all that and go back to my just my calcium reactors kind of simplify things. I was running Kalk at night and the calcium ractor would run during the day and I really just had a hard time dialing in my alkalinity. It was really all over the place for about a year and I know a lot of my sps weren't exactly thrilled about this.
But since I pulled the Kalk reactor my alkalinity has been a lot more stable. PH been a little bit lower but my pH has always been on the low side ever since the basement days. lol
Curious, anyone run into problems trying to run a duel, calcium management system with the reactor and Kalkwasser?
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I'm running both and I've only recently started having issues since I switched to doing kalk at night. Used to run it 24/7 and it was a bit more stable so I may switch back. Using a trident to turn off CO2 as needed so it manages itself well enough, but my alk swing went from 0.2 throughout the day to like 0.6. But my ph is running like 8.1-8.2 very consistently.
Haven't really seen much difference in the corals so I don't really know if one way is better than the other, just trying to get things dialed in to the point that I don't need to make adjustments or cycle equipment on/off very often to reduce wear on things.
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Yeah, I kinda reached a point where I think I was doing more harm than good. Just trying to chase pH. My back up system was just a rock. It was just humming along fine this whole time and it just made me realize that simple is always a better alternative
BirdGuy21
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What’s your typical pH swing? I’m in the same boat- running kalk and calcium reactor but not sure if I’m seeing an overall stability benefit.
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this is pretty steady. a couple hot days with the vent on low there, last week, but otherwise 8.2-7.9ish
BirdGuy21
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That's right around where mine has been staying now that I've switched to the CARx. Still dosing a little bit of kalk though. Windows have been open lately so that's helping bump it up into the high 8.2-8.3.this is pretty steady. a couple hot days with the vent on low there, last week, but otherwise 8.2-7.9ish
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yeah. jeez I dont seem to update this old bird as much is I could that is for sure.
Ashish Patel
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I got a notification on this thread and glad I did! Fun to go back in time and see the Battle Corals Expansion.. Nothing like seeing wood beams, new sumps and tanks! Glad your garage held up lol
Hi Adam...it's Chuck from Bondurant WY. Now that is very impressive!! Is that in your basement?Oh, you could say I've been cutting a "few" frags alright. Roughly 400 square feet of frags here ready to ship
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dang how did I miss this! no this is the new shop I built myself back in 2016. was the upgrade from the basement origins that looked more like this...
these 4 tanks are now my back up system up in the shop
and here is a current short of the upstairs, tanks in the above pic and on the far right
Troylee
all about the diy!!!!!
Don’t know how I ever missed this! That’s an amazing build my man! Just spent 2 hours reading every page lol!
Sent you a PM.dang how did I miss this! no this is the new shop I built myself back in 2016. was the upgrade from the basement origins that looked more like this...
these 4 tanks are now my back up system up in the shop
and here is a current short of the upstairs, tanks in the above pic and on the far right
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wow. many thanks! really apprieciate that. I spend a lot of time up there believe me.
Some day many years from now someones going to live here and decide to remodel that room and just be flabbergasted by what's in the walls ands stuff.
Lots of not typical residential plumbing Pipes going odd places. An excessive amount of electric apparatus and too many randomly placed floor drains. lol.
I'm sure they will say. " what on earth was this big weird room form?" lol
Hydroponics of course... lol
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yeah definitely. In fact. with the "odd" colored light beaming out the front window I think thats what most people already assume lol
