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AquaNerd Tip of the Day - 12/16/09 | AquaNerd

Tip of the Day – 12/16/09

By: Brandon Klaus

If you are running too large a calcium reactor on your reef aquarium, you might continually have low pH. Low pH isn’t a terrible problem, but in the long run it may inhibit coral calcification and cause other problems.

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  • cvye

    The way around this is to not fill your reactor, but adjust the amount of media you need to dissolve based on your system's current demand. That way you are not introducing too much CO2 in order to dissolve more media than your system can handle. CO2 can also be blown-off by aeration either after the reactor or in the reactor. Aquacare does this inside their reactors.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/AquaNerd AquaNerd

      i completely agree. there are multiple ways to reduce the pH decreasing effects of a calcium reactor. you can even drip effluent water into a protein skimmer to help it off gas.


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