Kalkwasser dosing to maintain high PH!

[jayteerq]

Hi guys! I've reached a little bit of an obstacle in my journey to achieving high PH. My natural PH levels hover around 7.5-7.6.
I added a CO2 Scrubber which got me up to 7.8.
I started dosing Kalkwasser and that got me to a stable 8.4 which im very happy about. Currently dosing about 5500mL a day in a 65g AIO.
My problem now is that I am dosing more than I am evaporating which means my water level keeps rising and in return im sure diluting my salinity gradually.
I'm wondering if anyone here has ran into the same issue while trying to achieve a high stable PH. Any tips or advice on what I can do to maintain a consistent water level with high PH?

I'm currently dosing 2 tsp of Kalk per gal through my Dos QuietDrive. It has a command to turn off at 8.4PH so it turns on and off throughout the day keeping PH in the range of 8.38-8.40.

Im also dosing about 20mL of AFR in the morning.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

 

[Chris.Reef]

If you want to dose more kalk you would need to evaporate more water, a fan might increase evaporation. I wouldn't go too crazy chasing pH though, anything above 8 is acceptable IMO and dips below 8 during the night are okay. If your alk and calcium are in range I would just dose however much kalk you can without lowering your salinity level.

 

[TPhan]

Whats your calcium and alk at?

 

[jayteerq]

Whats your calcium and alk at?

Calcium 420-450, Alk 8-8.5

 

[jayteerq]

If you want to dose more kalk you would need to evaporate more water, a fan might increase evaporation. I wouldn't go too crazy chasing pH though, anything above 8 is acceptable IMO and dips below 8 during the night are okay. If your alk and calcium are in range I would just dose however much kalk you can without lowering your salinity level.

Ok thanks, that's what I was thinking I was going to have to do. Im just hoping dosing at evaporation levels will still maintain my PH above 8.

 

[dz6t]

If you dose AFR, it is counter productive to maintain higher pH level. The way AFR supplement alkalinity is by producing carbon dioxide inside the tank then turns into bicarbonate which boosts alk.
In this process, it drops pH.

 

[jayteerq]

If you dose AFR, it is counter productive to maintain higher pH level. The way AFR supplement alkalinity is by producing carbon dioxide inside the tank then turns into bicarbonate which boosts alk.
In this process, it drops pH.

Ohhhh wow I didnt know that. Thanks! Guess im going to have to pick one or the other haha

 

[dz6t]

You can use soda ash to maintain alkalinity along with kalkwasser dosing. Soda ash has mild effects to keep the pH on higher side as well.
For calcium, you can use any calcium supplement such as ESV.

 

[jayteerq]

You can use soda ash to maintain alkalinity along with kalkwasser dosing. Soda ash has mild effects to keep the pH on higher side as well.
For calcium, you can use any calcium supplement such as ESV.

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[dz6t]

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Please contact 978-505-8232 to schedule a visit.
My hours for appointments is from 10 to 5 every day including weekends.

 

[FishieBusiness]

If you dose AFR, it is counter productive to maintain higher pH level. The way AFR supplement alkalinity is by producing carbon dioxide inside the tank then turns into bicarbonate which boosts alk.
In this process, it drops pH.

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[TPhan]

I am in Concord MA 01742 and my coral farm is in my basement but with its own entrance, that make it separate from the living area and I have parking too.
Please contact 978-505-8232 to schedule a visit.
My hours for appointments is from 10 to 5 every day including weekends.

I would advice against going to Dong's basement, only because once ur there you dont want to leave.

 

[jayteerq]

I would advice against going to Dong's basement, only because once ur there you dont want to leave.

lol! I bet! Vietnamese? Me too ^_^

 

[chadfish]

I would advice against going to Dong's basement, only because once ur there you dont want to leave.

Yeah, and you end up leaving with way more coral than you intended

 

[FishieBusiness]

Yeah, and you end up leaving with way more coral than you intended

Most definitely. It happens to me every time.