Help me dial this in...

[golfish]

Originally posted by NM reef
.when I check the alk of the effluent I should be 3 times higher than the target range of the system? Did I understand that correct? System has maintained a calcium of 420-450 and a alk of 7.8-9.0 dKH for a long time now. So....if I understand correctly I can check the effluent alk and it should be 25-27 dKH.....is that right?
yes, but don't worry about being exact. I'd shoot for about 20-25 and let it run for a week and adjust as needed. If you see a good steady bubble count then Id adjust the effluent. If the bubble count is kind of erratic I'd speed that up and adjust the effluet.
Don't worry about the ca level, that will fall is as you get the alk adjusted.

 

[golfish]

Originally posted by ReefNut
Hmmm, I've seen that somewhere before
golfish was referring to NM's calcium reactor...
yeah.. its on the myreef c-reactor directions
SolonFairy was referring to the this... "common thought is that the eff from chamber two is around .2 pH higher than chamber 1"
Just a miscommunication thing...
is that what you call it? I call it paranoia

 

[solonfairy]

what do you expect?
not paranoid... just cover my ***
you sir, on the otherhand, are a beautfiul person

 

[nm reef]

Ain't life grand.....
Thanks for the clarification...I'll test the effluent tomorrow. I already knew the calcium would fall in line but that was new to me about the effluent alk level...I may have seen or heard that bit of info before but it failed to stick...thats what happens when you get old....