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  1. bklynmet

    Me, Myself, & Sherman too.

    I dont mean to hijak J. but I was trying to find out out what had happened to dhnguyen on RC... so I searched here... I saw what he was posting about ecotech w.r.t. your tank and figured that played into what ahppened.. and now read the stuff about the avatar - which had been in place for over...
  2. bklynmet

    Dow Flake Warning

    Is this 8000 ppm within the flake itself or after it's mixed in with water per the DIY recipe? Just trying to assess the impact of adding 100ml of DIY Ca to my 75g tank. Because in the end, if it only raises Bromide by say .2ppm within the tank itself, the impact would be minimal, would it not?
  3. bklynmet

    Randy Holmes-Farley has left us !!!!!!!!

    He is a pioneer w.r.t. chemistry in this hobby. I don't think we heard the last of him.
  4. bklynmet

    Dosing Kalk w/auto top off?

    I add kalk with the ATO. I topoff with a peristalic pump (sp?) that is controlled with my AC Jr to come on/off every 8 minutues (this varies depending on time of year and evaporation) for one minute at a time so pH isn't driven up too high to fast. This equates to about 1.5 ounces each minute...
  5. bklynmet

    Just got pH probe and ...

    ok. update. I 'tested my air' by basically doing Randy Holmes Farley's recommendation of filling a cup and aerating with fresh air and inside air for one hour respectively and comparing the pH. The inside air resulted in a pH 0.15 lower than the fresh air - meaning the inside air has more CO2...
  6. bklynmet

    Just got pH probe and ...

    phfish.. thanks... boomer and DonW have really been helpfull. Boomer - I did that yesterday just in a liter bottle adding 3 tsp (just to be sure there was enough kalk in there) and had the same result.. but wait - I now know why my AC Jr reads 11.5. I got an answer from Curt at Neptune - read...
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    Just got pH probe and ...

    yep .. 2tsp/gal of mrs wages... thats why I emailed Curt at Neptune to see if it's an equipment thing. (However, as stated the contorller was reading the calibration solution on target). The limewater/kalk is in a sealed container penetrated only by the airline tubing feeding the pump and very...
  9. bklynmet

    Just got pH probe and ...

    I think I'm going to prolong the photo period so it's on for for 12 hours from the time the first lights come on instead of the current total of 10. That should probably help as well. Same with the closed loop - increasing the time those pumps stay on for an additional 2 hours. I'm going to...
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  11. bklynmet

    Just got pH probe and ...

    update: ph is up to 7.98 this morning - before lights on.... husbandy: I have a resevoir receiving fresh RO/DI. The water is constantly mixed via pump. I add salt to water to get to proper salinity the day before a water change. Let it mix with the water being agitated by the pump. After 24...
  12. bklynmet

    Just got pH probe and ...

    Oh.. but I use Coralife Salt mix.
  13. bklynmet

    Just got pH probe and ...

    Don, you lost me.. IO? I use RO/DI water and premix the fresh mix at least 24 hours prior (actually it's constantly being aerated in a resevoir at a SG equal to the tank.). I should test the water in there and see where that's at for pH, ALk and Ca and see if that is that is the cause.
  14. bklynmet

    Just got pH probe and ...

    Boomer.. after getting things setup, things were working great for two days.. the pH was at 8.05 day and 8.01 at night... extremely stable though not the target minimum of 8.1. Alk was at 11dkH. Calc was at 430 and Mg being raised from 1200 and not measured then. New growth of coralline and...
  15. bklynmet

    Just got pH probe and ...

    DonW. You make a good point. I now see what you mean my the bypass - I looked at Deltec's PDF instructions. I don't have that issue because I topoff with a peristalic pump and have it running for no more than one minute at at time which equates to 1.65 ounces max each time it kicks on. I...
  16. bklynmet

    Just got pH probe and ...

    Boomer, pH if water in the kalk resevoir is 11.5. Note that I just upped the dosage from 1 to 2 tsp last night so about 1/4 to 1/3 of the resevoir is at the new dosage. I'll look into the bypass and seeing how that is plumbed. Thanks.
  17. bklynmet

    Just got pH probe and ...

    I adjusted my topoff pump to be on only during nightime hours with my AC Jr last night though a timer will work fine just as well. I get about 1.25 gals evap a day when not in summer and about 2.25 during summer. I'm concerned about the side effect of skimmer performance being affected since...
  18. bklynmet

    Just got pH probe and ...

    Boomer - you are correct in that I am only using 1 tsp per gallon. I'll up it to two and get it to topoff only at night. I hope the water fluctuation doesn't affect the skimmer performace in the sump. Surface is agitated during the day - with the closed loop on. At night, its not so much so...
  19. bklynmet

    Just got pH probe and ...

    Just got pH probe hooked up this past Friday and its been calibrated with 7.0 and 10 solutions. The probe is part of the AC Jr. Anyway, its great getting constant reading. Now, Ive know my pH tends to be on the low side but the monitoring is giving me the following - 8.15 during lights on and...
  20. bklynmet

    Setting up a 20g tank. Aqua C skimmer or ???

    thanks krish.
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