cwegescheide
04/26/2006, 05:16 PM
Hey Randy,
Glad your back from vacation!! Where did you go? Anyplace really interesting? I'm sure you've got a slew of posts to respond to.. :D
Well here's one more. Is my tank using calcium quicker than Alk? The reason I ask is that my Alk has a tendency to raise quicker than my Ca pretty consistantly. I tested my MG and it seems to be around 1300 if not higher (its been a few weeks since I've tested)
My Ca is 420 and my Alk is 4.1 meq/l using sailferts. Doesn't seem to be keeping at porportional levels.
Also another thing. Would you think its entirely plausible that corals don't use calcium and alk at a fairly consistant rate? For several weeks my alk was rock solid around 3.5 meq/l and Ca 420.
I do have about 40 different species of acro's in my tank and they are growing, some more than others. 2/3 are decent sized frags and others are small colonies.
I'm also thinking that my PH probe in my Ca reactor might need to be recalibrated possibly? Its only been a few months if that I've had it in there. I'm thinking that maybe the reading in my neptune might have drifted and is actually lower than what it actually reads dumping a stronger solution of alk and ca into the tank? I was hoping to get my tank as stable as I can but its not really working out like I thought it could. I'd just like to not have to fiddle with the thing every week when I get home. Alk just always seems to creep up from 3.2meq/l to closer to 3.8 (sometimes higher) in the course of a week. Should I be able to keep my alk more consistant? I'm just worried about RTN etc from Alk imbalance.
sorry for the long post. Thanks Randy!
Chris
Glad your back from vacation!! Where did you go? Anyplace really interesting? I'm sure you've got a slew of posts to respond to.. :D
Well here's one more. Is my tank using calcium quicker than Alk? The reason I ask is that my Alk has a tendency to raise quicker than my Ca pretty consistantly. I tested my MG and it seems to be around 1300 if not higher (its been a few weeks since I've tested)
My Ca is 420 and my Alk is 4.1 meq/l using sailferts. Doesn't seem to be keeping at porportional levels.
Also another thing. Would you think its entirely plausible that corals don't use calcium and alk at a fairly consistant rate? For several weeks my alk was rock solid around 3.5 meq/l and Ca 420.
I do have about 40 different species of acro's in my tank and they are growing, some more than others. 2/3 are decent sized frags and others are small colonies.
I'm also thinking that my PH probe in my Ca reactor might need to be recalibrated possibly? Its only been a few months if that I've had it in there. I'm thinking that maybe the reading in my neptune might have drifted and is actually lower than what it actually reads dumping a stronger solution of alk and ca into the tank? I was hoping to get my tank as stable as I can but its not really working out like I thought it could. I'd just like to not have to fiddle with the thing every week when I get home. Alk just always seems to creep up from 3.2meq/l to closer to 3.8 (sometimes higher) in the course of a week. Should I be able to keep my alk more consistant? I'm just worried about RTN etc from Alk imbalance.
sorry for the long post. Thanks Randy!
Chris