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03/01/2008, 06:27 PM
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Whats easier a dual chambered calcium reactor or a kalk reactor to keep your PH @ 8.4
Whats easier, using a dual chambered calcium reactor or a kalk reactor to keep your PH at 8.4?
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03/01/2008, 06:28 PM
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Mangroves are kool.
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lazy=reactor; willing to do it but kinda lazy=kalk
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03/01/2008, 06:38 PM
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Kalk reactors tend to increase ph and calcium reactors tend to lower ph.
A dual chambered calcium reactor should keep effluent stable though.
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03/01/2008, 09:15 PM
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So why do you want to keep pH locked in at 8.4? (Just asking out of curiosity) pH swings naturally anyway, doesn't it? Is there a reason to keep it that high?
I do use a dual chambered reactor. My pH hasn't been affected yet, but my consumption rate isn't that high yet either so we'll see.
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03/01/2008, 09:38 PM
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I use a cal reactor and I think its the way to go. It will take a few weeks to get it ajusted perfectly but then its home free.
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03/02/2008, 01:42 PM
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If the ph doesn't go under 8, you're fine. You shouldn't need either to keep ph correct. It would just be putting a band-aid on the problem. If the band-aid falls off(run out of co2, etc...), you're gonna run into issues. I don't have a problem with reactors to aid in coral growth, but they shouldn't be needed to keep ph in check. If anything , the kalk reactor may help compensate for the low ph of RO if nothing else is being done(which it should be) to balance it. JMO.
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