NSW test results (1 Viewer)

[R-BallJunkie]

i posted this info elsewhere, thought id post here as a courtesy for those who are curious. i think it would be very hard to mimic the results, given the cause and effects....trying to raise calcium in an aquarium environment.

C

 

[flexrac]

First off, thanks for this.
Based on these readings my system should handle sps with no issue, but that does not seem to be the case.

Im willing to bet that because we get corals from diff oceans, the params are diff and that's why some corals die and some don't in our systems, under our settings.

Good example, i hooked up a calcium reactor to my tank after running out of kalk, things were going great until i decided to take a alk test, results said i had 14 dkh, everything was fine but i thought it wad too high, so i turned off the reactor, next day, i had dying corals.
Followed by, what could be non related cloudy water.

Some sps survived others outright dead.

 

[BigRick]

That's some crazy parameters chuck.

 

[rxonco]

What's crazy? I think we keep our tanks way off of what they actually show up in the ocean.

 

[Ostentum]

First off, thanks for this.
Based on these readings my system should handle sps with no issue, but that does not seem to be the case.

Im willing to bet that because we get corals from diff oceans, the params are diff and that's why some corals die and some don't in our systems, under our settings.

Good example, i hooked up a calcium reactor to my tank after running out of kalk, things were going great until i decided to take a alk test, results said i had 14 dkh, everything was fine but i thought it wad too high, so i turned off the reactor, next day, i had dying corals.
Followed by, what could be non related cloudy water.

Some sps survived others outright dead.

Have to be very very very careful with the reactors. I have mine at 1 bubble per sec and 3 drops per second with 35 sps. Without the reactor I will drop 1.5-2 dkh in a day, so you can see just small little changes can really effect the alk in your tank

 

[flexrac]

well with no sps left, i am shut down the reactor and going back to kalk until i reach your status.

once again thanks for posting this chuck.
How about shipping me some quality ocean water.

 

[R-BallJunkie]

well with no sps left, i am shut down the reactor and going back to kalk until i reach your status.

once again thanks for posting this chuck.
How about shipping me some quality ocean water.

sure...send me a down payment, 2,000 usd, and i will see what i can do.

one of my original statements was the difficulty you will have in attempting to match NSW. the dkh values will be off. i firmly believe 90% of reef keepers do not need a calcium reactor. you have the odd exceptions with those that have high calcium demands, like FC's tank. most of us can get by with just a kalk reactor.

FWIW, ive keeps and grown SPS with high Dkh. i think a low value will hurt more than a high value.

GL
C