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Hello do you have any more boxes of salt available for purchase? thanks

This might be another method. Thanks Ron. My tank isn't that big so I'm sure there would be fluctuations of pH from the Kalk! I read online Simeon used a turkey baster with boiling hot water and slowly dispensed it over the Xenia. I might try this as long as they aren't very close to any SPS.

I'm thinking of using a combination of both techniques. This is great. With the flame Angel I'm guessing it is determined by an individual taste. I would have never thought of gauze! I will try for sure.

Really?!? Did the flame completely demolish the coral? Or did it just nip?

That sucks as it is growing on the base of some corals! And the rocks they are encrusted on! Thanks for the reply!

Greetings and hope everyone had a good thanks giving holiday. I have been having problems with Xenia growth ever since I can remember. I have gotten them down to a low number in the tank. However, they aren't completely gone. I want them completely gone. My nitrates nitrites are 0ppm, PO4 0.2 ppm, pH around 8.0.. Basically all parameters are where they should be. I have an SPS dominate tank with a few LPS. I have tried Kalk past, removal of rock/butane lighter, removal of rock/very hot water/ tooth brush, razor blade, lowering overall tank nutrients, No matter what I do they keep coming slowly but surely! I'm looking for a natural way to get rid of them. Shrimp, nudi, fish?? Anyone with any experience with a natural sure fire way to get rid of them? Please help!!

I could run the air intake outside, I have read about doing this.. The question is how. I don't think I should drill a hole in the wall or in the window pane! My dad would not like it ha! But I'm really intrigued about the bio ball idea. That seems like a more practical option for me at the moment! Thanks

Thanks for the Input miggs, what does the CO2 scrubber consist of?

Thanks Ducati, I'm just hesitant about keeping the cal reactor on 24/7. I just think my pH would drop very low at night if I did keep it on 24/7. Wouldnt the Ca and Alk still flux because there is a 90% decrease in cal and Alk uptake by coral at night as opposed to during the day?

Hello Fellow Reefers, I have a calcium reactor set up in my reef tank. I am having slight difficulties (as most people have with a Ca reactor) with my pH staying on the lower end of the acceptable scale. The pH swing is from 7.75 at night before the day lights cut on to 8.00 just before the day lights go off in the evening. I currently have a lighted fuge with exorbitant amounts of Chaeto growth set up to turn on opposite the DT photo period, a smaller second chamber with small grain aragonite, and I have the effluent from the Reactor plumed in from the top of my skimmer. When I plumbed the effluent in the top of the skimmer, it helped the pH to raise to 8.00. Before it could go no higher than 7.78. Crazy right! I also aded some Jeabo power heads that give some nice waves and slight agitation at the air and water interface of the DT. I must mention that I turn off all of my ca system and components during the night to mitigate the pH drop and run it a little harder during the day. Alk fluctuates between 9.30 - 10.50 and Ca flux is between 440 - 500 all throughout a 24 hour cycle. In other articles it states plumbing the effluent into the skimmer will help to blow off excess CO2 thus raising overall tank pH. However in doing so, some alk and cal from the reactor are also precipitated or collected with the organic waste from the skimmer. Any word/experience regarding this? I have a DIY 3 gal calk reactor that is pretty effective at raising the pH as long as there is fresh limewater inside. It is plumbed inline between my automated top off reservoir and my sump tank. I have not employed it just yet because I wanted to get an understanding/measure of my water chemistry throughout a 24 hour cycle first. My main inquiry is about the fluctuation in pH, alk and Ca and any insight on changes I can make to my existing setup to bring the pH up before I incorporate my kalk reactor. Im sure the flux in my water chemistry daily is not the best scenario for the coral in my tank (by the way I have my tank jam packed with SPS, LPS and these stupid Xenia all healthy and growing). Any information pertaining to my alk and Ca levels fluctuating? Any info on the struggle with the pH? If i could just get it to stay between 8.1-8.3. I love this forum. You guys are so freaking helpful and I know I ll get some great responses! Cheers!!!

How's it going? How much live rock do you estimate you have?

Do you still have any equipment left?

The other big problem I have is my pH. My reactor (I'm assuming) keeps my DT pH depressed around 7.8 durning the photo period. I was thinking the higher dkh would make a pH drop less prone to fluctuate. I dosed kalk through my ATO top off reservoir and I didn't do too much for my pH. Bringing it only to 8.0. Any more tricks to keep the pH up? Oh ya and I just obtain a lot of Chaeto from a buddy and set up some LEDs over them in the sump. Should help stabilize the pH a bit!

Thank you kindly everyone. Origami, very informative. Yes I have done the first method you have stated before and I could get the effluent much more saturated. The second method is what I have adopted now! This makes total since. I was confused because I would watch YouTube and some people would have there set up dripping and others streaming.

Greetings Fellow Reefers, It's a privilege to be here! After much diligence and consistency of good friends I have finally joined! I've been in the hobby for 10+ years and I've owned Calcium reactors for a good five of those however I'm having issues with my current set up. I have a Geo 624 with a small industrial grade peristaltic pump. The chamber has 16lbs of extra corse large grain ARM media. Here's the problem. I want to keep my dkh in my DT higher around 9.5 but it only stays around or just below 8.4. I can't get my effluent dkh any higher that 12dkh no matter what I do. I read it has to be a minimum of 35dkh coming out the effluent. I did put extra course media in the reactor which I know is a little harder to dissolve, but is it supposed to be this difficult?? Any help would do me GREAT right now! Thanks.