Getting Mg, Alk and Ca fluctuations under control

[danh]

My ph graph on my Apex shows several ph spikes per day. Some up to 8.35. I believe that those are from when the apex takes an ph reading shortly after or while the ato is on... Which means that it's still got the ph effect.

 

[Adam]

"Kalkwasser loses its effectiveness for altering ph and calcium/carbonate quickly and often this approach does little"

I don't know, I've never used it but I've read that in several places.

My eventual plan is to have a calcium reactor and everything I'm doing now is a bandaid until I get to that point. It's also giving me hands on experience maintaining and learning the system with a lesser chance of making a big mistake.

 

[danh]

BRS mentioned not to try to keep re-mixing it when some falls out. I read a few other places before I decided and I didn't see that part.

I don't want a calcium reactor. I'll try 2 part next year if I can't get this figured out.

 

[danh]

I just watched BRS's new video from today. It suggests that when you move your ph from 7.8-8.0 to 8.2-8.35 in their case, CA and Alk dosing had to be changed dramatically. I wonder if the new weather and open windows over the fall boosted my ph high enough to dramatically increase the kalkwasser necessary for the consumption.