So I've been having issues with my 2 part manual dosing and I'm to the point that I'm thinking of a calcium reactor (thanks for those who gave advice to my reactor post last week) but want to make sure it's not a bigger problem.
Tank 125 gal
Sump feed tub approx 30 gal of water half full
Refugium 20 gal
Lightly stocked coral
Kalk reactor running lightly
So I've manually dosed BRS 2 part for years without many problems and hadn't been checking levels for awhile and went away for a few days and the person taking care of it confused my directions and under dosed but didn't think that should be a big deal. When I checked my levels were all very low (probably already low before I left) Mag 1000, Alk 6, Cal 290. So I started increasing my doses from 200 ml of alk and cal to 400 and some days 600 (over dosing I think??) for several weeks and cant get the cal over 375 +/- and the alk over 7.5 +/-. Not terrible but can't seem to get to Cal 400-450 and alk 8-9. Mag is at 1200, little low. Also tank glass is turning white and pumps require much more maintenance. Switched from dumping in my sump to gradually adding high flow area of main tank. Not much difference.
So I was hoping maybe a calcium reactor would solve my problem but would like to know what's going before I make that investment. Any thoughts/suggerstions would be greatly appreciated.
thanks ken