imdaring
love my reef
??? What happened to my tank went to the beach toady and came hoe to this? I started to use MRS. Wadges pickling lime 1 tsp per gal of top off water would that be what is doing it??? HELP
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winyfrog
Yep!
Is your top off working properly? normally when a system dumps that much in its due to your auto top off failing.
How do you mix the pickling lime in your top of chamber? Power head? what is its cycle?
Did you do a water change yet?
How do you mix the pickling lime in your top of chamber? Power head? what is its cycle?
Did you do a water change yet?
ndepratt
Equipment Junkie
oh sheesh.... what's your calcium and alk testing out to be!?
looks like precipitation?
looks like precipitation?
XxKnuckleheadxX
Reef enthusiast
looks like precipitation to me..
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imdaring
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KH 161
cal 460
cal 460
XxKnuckleheadxX
Reef enthusiast
yikes 161!!!!????? you sure?!
yote
In Memoriam
KH of 161=9 DKh which aint bad.
Calcium looks good.
Did you strain off the clear kalk from the powdery stuff at the bottom?
Calcium looks good.
Did you strain off the clear kalk from the powdery stuff at the bottom?
XxKnuckleheadxX
Reef enthusiast
oh i thought he meant dkh..
think it could be an bacteria bloom?
think it could be an bacteria bloom?
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imdaring
love my reef
NO how do you starin it??? this is the first time using pickling lime?
imdaring
love my reef
did a water change and have cleaned the spongers 2 x's now and I have also been blowing off the rocks and this is how it looks now
PROGRESS
PROGRESS
ccCapt
Reef Hacker
Don't even bother testing untill everything settles. The test kit is reading the suspended particles now. Your alk will end up being very low when the tank clears up. You basically threw your chemistry out of balance and caused a precipitaion event. The carbonates that precipitated will not dissolve back into solution so you will have to dose to bring them back up.
I'll throw this in too, even tho I don't think anyone ever reads all these informative links I post.
What is that Precipitate in My Reef Aquarium?
"The following important points should help in dealing with a limewater overdose:
I'll throw this in too, even tho I don't think anyone ever reads all these informative links I post.
What is that Precipitate in My Reef Aquarium?
"The following important points should help in dealing with a limewater overdose:
1. Don't panic! These overdoses do not usually cause a tank to crash.
2. The primary concern is pH. If the pH is 8.6 or lower, you need not do anything. If the pH is above 8.6, then reducing the pH is the priority. Direct addition of vinegar or soda water is a good way to accomplish this goal. Either one mL of distilled white vinegar, or six mL of soda water, per gallon of tank water will give an initial pH drop of about 0.3 pH units. Add either to a high flow area that is away from organisms (e.g., a sump).
3. Do not bother to measure calcium or alkalinity while the tank is cloudy. The solid calcium carbonate particles will dissolve in an alkalinity test, and all of the carbonate in them will be counted as if it were in solution and part of "alkalinity." The same may happen to some extent with calcium tests. Wait until the water clears, and at that point, alkalinity is more likely to be low than high. Calcium will likely be mostly unchanged.
4. The particles themselves will typically settle out and disappear from view over a period of 1-4 days. They do not appear to cause long term detrimental effects to tank organisms.
5. Water changes are not necessarily beneficial or needed in response to a limewater overdose."
2. The primary concern is pH. If the pH is 8.6 or lower, you need not do anything. If the pH is above 8.6, then reducing the pH is the priority. Direct addition of vinegar or soda water is a good way to accomplish this goal. Either one mL of distilled white vinegar, or six mL of soda water, per gallon of tank water will give an initial pH drop of about 0.3 pH units. Add either to a high flow area that is away from organisms (e.g., a sump).
3. Do not bother to measure calcium or alkalinity while the tank is cloudy. The solid calcium carbonate particles will dissolve in an alkalinity test, and all of the carbonate in them will be counted as if it were in solution and part of "alkalinity." The same may happen to some extent with calcium tests. Wait until the water clears, and at that point, alkalinity is more likely to be low than high. Calcium will likely be mostly unchanged.
4. The particles themselves will typically settle out and disappear from view over a period of 1-4 days. They do not appear to cause long term detrimental effects to tank organisms.
5. Water changes are not necessarily beneficial or needed in response to a limewater overdose."
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JAG107
Reef enthusiast
This is why I quit using kalk with my ATO. It also got the valve stuck really easily, meaning more time cleaning it. I stick to Randy's 2 part now. Hope everything works out man, you gotta lotta nice corals in that tank!
imdaring
love my reef
tank is clear as a bell.. I need to rinse the sponges one more time and it should be good ..what is Randys 2 part? so do you recomend not using pickling lime?? I need to clean out my ATO tank
ccCapt
Reef Hacker
Why are you dosing in the 1st place? Do you know how much alk/ca your tank is consuming daily? As you see, you can't just guess what you need or don't need to supplement.
imdaring
love my reef
I don't dose anything in my tank at all I had heard that using the pickling lime would help my PH becase it is always low thats why I started to use it .. I put it in my ATO 3 days ago
ccCapt
Reef Hacker
But you did...and that was the kalk.
What Your Grandmother Never Told You About Lime
Here's another article to read if you think you are having low pH problems. BTW, what does your pH usually run?
Low pH: Causes and Cures
dcantucson
Reef pro
Much better! That's a nice lookin' tank!
imdaring
love my reef
here is the tank today the outside of the glass is cloudy from me messing with it yesterday but it's clear as a bell
dcantucson
Reef pro
Beautiful!
imdaring
love my reef
I can't wait to set up my new 90 gal
