How to manage ionic balance while using kalkwasser, a calcium reactor and three part?
1. When dosing kalkwasser with a kalk reactor, can I use Tropic Marin Balling Part C to keep the other elements not replaced by kalk at the proper ratios? Does someone have a calculator or formula for this?
2. What is the best overall approach to manage a 450-gallon SPS dominate system based on the following requirements in descending level of importance?
1. When dosing kalkwasser with a kalk reactor, can I use Tropic Marin Balling Part C to keep the other elements not replaced by kalk at the proper ratios? Does someone have a calculator or formula for this?
2. What is the best overall approach to manage a 450-gallon SPS dominate system based on the following requirements in descending level of importance?
a. Maintain all major ions, minor ions and trace elements with limited deviations from desired levels
b. Redundancy with Alkalinity supplementation.
c. Promote pH of 8.3
d. Automation
e. Ease of use
f. Price
3. Does this approach seem reasonable to manage major ions, minor ions and trace elements? a. Kalkwasser reactor used in conjunction with Tropic Marin Balling Part C to maintain ionic balance. Both managed through dedicated dosing pumps.
b. Calcium reactor run with large Reborn media 90% and ZeoMag 10% in first chamber. Second chanber with ARM media. Run from a Versa Continuous Dosing Pump.
c. Three Part Dosing using Randy Holmes-Farley recipe found here.
i. Can I substitute the Magnesium part of this recipe for Tropic Marin Balling Part C? If so, what is the dosing ratio? Still at 16%?
ii. Please contribute for acceptable source of Calcium Chloride.
1. ESV?
2. BRS?
3. Other acceptable vendor recommendations?
iii. Please contribute for acceptable source of Sodium hydroxide.
1. Acceptable source?
2. Other acceptable vendor recommendations?
3. Can Soda Ash be substituted for Sodium hydroxide if the pH raising effect was to much? If so what is the mixing ratio?
d. Continuous water change system ~5.5 gallons per day. Works out to around 30% per month used to manage any inconsistencies in ratios.
e. ICP testing every three months to verify levels.
f. Kalkwasser and a Calcium reactor will make up 95% of my requirements. Three part will be used to make daily small adjustments. All three methods managed through Neptune, Alkatronic and Trident.