@@6jdhd Awesome news 👍

Agree 👍

Thank you 👍

Your very welcome 👍

Correct, I totally expect that once I peg the PH up to 8.3, I will have to start slightly using my calcium reactor to fine tune the dkh.

I updated it daily until I got to 8.28 - 8.30

Nothing at all.

You can leave it the way it is. However you will need to keep increasing your dosing volume until you nearly match your evaporation

It could, yes. I just had to slightly raise mine roughly, 1"

As long as you are not far exceeding your evaporated amount it shouldn't be much of a impact on salinity. This is what my personal observations have been so far.

@@niagarafirecorals makes sense, thanks

I would stop doing this until you have a need for dosing in the first place. With no demand for CAL, ALK ie corals you have no reason to be dosing which is the reason for your DKH being so high. Most run a DHK of 7.5 to 9 and 17DKH is very concerning.

pH can't be controlled to 8.2 to 8.3 without the dkh. should i allow the tank to go back to normal alk levels and add corals before adding corals ? @@niagarafirecorals

@danb5774 That is correct. Once you have demand for the dkh then using the method will work and your dkh will not rise so high

Technically it could work that way but you would have to double the 13.33. You will find that some days it does dose for longer or shorter periods

The flow rate will be determined automatically by the total amount being dosed.

No, the consistency is not the same. I still own and have used a stirrer and it would not work with this method.

As the OP said, it’s too difficult to keep the concentration in Kalk stirrer stable. The saturation stays relatively stable in a storage vat.

A stirrer is a totally different setup and will not work for doing this method.

why won't this method work with kalk stirrer or reactor?@@niagarafirecorals

@nicolewilson8891 The reason it doesn't work is because the stirrers/reactors fluctuate PH levels constantly, whereas mixing and running from a holding vessel with a lid is much more stable.

​​@nicolewilson8891 Because you're using saturated kalk, you don't need a stirrer. In order to use saturated kalk, you need a big bin to hold water.

If done properly yes you really shouldn't require it. I have not used mine since starting thus. 👍

Yes

That's correct mix it up once and that is it. I clean the brute out as needed with buildup on the bottom 👍

No you can leave the old kalk in there and just clean out your container once a month. That's what Chris does. He does not mix a fresh batch every time he adds new kalk as needed. Your kalk ph need to be at 12.5 evey batch.

Mine does the same thing and then drops below during the 12 hrs it's not dosing. Make sure your ATO is never coming on at all.

@@niagarafirecorals same thing was going on with mine until i got rid of the first 2 lines of code

You will need some type of controller it does not have to necessarily be a Apex.

Wow

@@niagarafirecorals I was on 3rd floor apartment and ph was so suppressed this method was not working. I have a 75g display with 30g sump. Co2 scrubbing work very well for me. We are in a house now and kinda re established the whole tank so when I actually see a need for alk dosing I might try it again. I also bought a calcium reactor to dose when needed, hoping to use that and co2 scrubbing maintain ph. My skimmer shuts off at 8.3 and my swing is 8.1 to 8.3ph. I tend to get 30days of use on half a $25 bag of media. Btw you have stunning corals. Too bad you can’t ship to USA?

​@@andrewgutt276Thank you 👍