have you tested your magnesium?

with what your saying it sounds to me like your Mg is low. this will keep
you from being able to get Ca levels up.

kc

"Rick" wrote in message
t...
So what do you think about the high Alk levels? You think it's fine? How
about it's affect on coraline algae growth?


"Marc Levenson" wrote in message
...
Try adding it a tiny bit at a time, over 30 seconds -- per part.

Last night, I poured in the 15ml in my 29g all at once across the full
length of
the tank. Grabbed my flashlight to see what occured, and I had snow.
In
other
words, precipitation and essentially useless. You don't want it to
flake
because then it basically did nothing. I added another 15 ml slowly and
need to
test my water today. grin

Marc


Rick wrote:

Marc,

When I dose part 1 it does get cloudy and I have noticed flakes with
that. I
figure that is was carbonate precipitation. Which I don't like one
bit.
I
will dose slower with that in mind.

When I dose the calcium part, part 2, in do it in 5 - 10 ml batches.
It
does
not cloud nor flake.

When I make up Kalkwasser, it flakes a lot in the container.

-Rick

"Marc Levenson" wrote in message
...
Rick, I dose 30ml of B-Ionic daily in my 55g and my Ca and Alk are
both
high.
460 Ca and 13 dKH last time I tested. pH ranges between 8.1 and
8.38
daily.

When you dose, do you pour it in very slowly, making sure it
dissipates
without
turning to flakes? If it does, the dose was just wasted.

Marc


Rick wrote:

Ooops sorry, forgot the other issue which i think is related. pH
has
trouble
going over 8.1. I want this to be 8.3 but no dice with the Alk
issues. I
had
hoped that with constant dosing and monitoring that it would
slowly
but
surely settle out higher. But is has been 8.1 since the day I set
it
up.
Inhabitants dont seem to mind. Sabae anemone is always eager to
display
himself, valintini puffer wont stop playing in the PH streams and
the
maroon
clown is forever cleaning house for the anemone.

-Rick

"Rick" wrote in message
news I am having some problems maintaining calcium and alkalinity.

Lately I have been testing several times a night, in batches of
3.
Three
in
regular res mode, by following the posted directions. And three
in
what I
call super-res, by doubling the components.

Calcium won't go over 375 ppm (confirmed with 2 seperate test
kits
both
with
standards) But it is constant there. Doesn't change from day to
day.
(even
running the tests in super sensitivity mode.)

Alk runs high from 3.2 to 5.2 meq/L.

I dose with 2 part B-Ionic and/or Kalkwasser. When I use the 2
part,
alot
of
times I end up just dosing part 2 (calcium component) so not to
over-do
the
alk. When I am dosing Kalk, I set it up on a drip, totals about
1
gallon
per
day. (Which just so happens to be about what i loose in evap) I
make
the
Kalk up in 2 gallon batches.

When I dose B-Ionic I end up dosing about 50 ml of part two in a
46
gallon
bowfront. This amount seems enough to maintain the calc, but not

raise
it.

I would like to get calc to 400 to 425. Any advice?
Also, I would like to get the Alk down. Not dosing for a while
works
but I
was wondering if there is a method that can be used to raise it,
besides
water changes. (do enough of them @ 20% each month)

Best regards,

Rick

System
46 Gallon Bow Front (Reef) 9 months old
10 Gallon Sump
Prizm Skimmer
Wet/Dry Trickle Filter with Hangon Prefilter/Overflow (it works
great,
thanks for asking)
Carbon in drip pan. 1/3 replaced bi-weekly
Minimal Bio-Load
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Calc 375
Alk 5.14 (meq/L)
Iodine .06 ppm

60 lbs Aragonite Live Sand
45 lbs Live Rock

Dosing
B-Ionic - Daily as per requirements (usually 50 ml part 2)
Iodine - Daily .5 ml
Trace Elements - Weekly 3 ml
Kalkwasser / Freshwater - Daily about a gallon (when Kalk its by
drip)



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