Knowledgeborn07
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How do you lower the alkalinity when everything else seems to be fine??
ALK help
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Haole
"Village Idiot"
Either a water change or it will gradually fall in due time as long as your not adding anything into your water that is making it rise.
Will pickle lime in top off water cause the alk to rise?
Haole
"Village Idiot"
It’s possible if too much is dosed too quickly into the system. From my understanding pickling lime is a cheaper form of kalkwasser which if used in a top off fashion should be administered gradually throughout a 24hr period. Like in a drip setup.
I'm trying to keep it simple and automated. I'm using an auto top off with pickle lime in the ro/di water. My alk is a little to high, maybe I should back off on the lime and see if it drops.
Haole
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Knowledgeborn07
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If I cant get my hands on RO water can I use distilled?
I've never used but have read that its very good for salt water tanks. Pure and clean.
Thanks for the help! I'm making it up as I goSounds like a good plan!
Haole
"Village Idiot"
Ha, ha Fishead don’t we all! :lol:
You can but RO or RODI is usually much cheaper!
Knowledgeborn07
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OK onto my next question. I have a 260 w coralife compact lighting unit. How many hours a day should I keep the lighting on and do I run my actinics with full spectrums at the same time? I know actinics come on first and off last but do they stay on after the full spectrums come on?
Haole
"Village Idiot"
Ten hours is usually the norm...
Actually the actinics are more for your pleasure so it’s up to you if you want them on during the whole photoperiod or not. Most people usually do.
Actually the actinics are more for your pleasure so it’s up to you if you want them on during the whole photoperiod or not. Most people usually do.
DonW
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Pickling lime aka kalkwasser is a balanced ca and alk additive. Its not going to raise alk alone. Is the ca also high?
Don
