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19 ¤_ 2004-03-31 14:18 
PP-HK wrote: ¦ý¦³¼Ë¦n©_©Ç, ´N«Y¥H«eÓ¬ûo¬Jkh«Y11¨ì, ¦³ÉA¦]¯À·|¥OÊ\¶^o¥ªËݦh©O? ¤£¹L§Ú¯u«Y¦n@³£ÉNtest¹Lph¦Pkh¤F¡C¥t¥~´Nºâ¤µ¦¸½ÕµfÊ\¤W¥h, ¤S·|ø·|¦n§Ö¤S¶^µf¸¨o¾¤©O? The encrusted bone of coral and coralline algae are made mostly of calcium (Ca) AND carbonate (CO3). They will pull those ions from the water. That is the reason why you need to add both of them in your tank. Kalkwasser (lime water) is a good way to add them because it is a balanced additive of Ca and CO3. There are additives that only gives you ONE part. e.g. Kent Turbo Calcium and Liquid Calcium, only gives you the Ca part but the Kent's buffers gives you the CO3 part. I haven't read your tank log yet, so I am not sure how/what you add as suppliments in the tank. But I think you need to adjust you lime water dosage. In addition to lime water, are you also adding the calcium additives without adding a balanced amount of buffer? Changing water frequently will help to replenish the Ca and CO3 but dosing limewater (or calcium + buffer) should be your primary means of replenishment. Testing the water's Ca and KH periodically will give you a picture of your tank's need. Adjust the dosage with these measurements in hand. Our target Ca and KH concentration is over the saturation limit of water. There is another mechanism involving magnesium to prevent CaCO3 precipitating like a snow storm in the tank. Anyway, it is very close, so, adjust your dosage slowly and make sure you don't over shoot. You may ask what happen if you over-shoot, right? Let's take kalkwasser as an example. Kalkwasser = lime water = Ca + OH in a water solution. The solution is very alkaline. pH = 12. Obviously, if you pour too much and too quickly in you tank. Your ¤õI¥J will ¥X¤ô¦L or even die. Even if your organisms can take the beating, your tank pH will be too high (in the higher 8.x range), the saturation limit of CaCO3 will be lower. You will then have a lot of precipitation on your pump and heater. Instead of adding Ca and CO3 in the water, those level will drop and you wasted your money. That's why we usually drip the lime water in our tank slowly. Measure and adjust the dosage. That's it, quite simple. Most experience reefer know what to do with their tank without even knowing the underlining reason. Too bad is that most FS sales bullshits us dosing additives. Oh, by the way, in case you wonder why I said lime water is a balanced additives. Yes, it doesn't have carbonate in it. But it will pull CO2 from the air and gives you carbonates. Just make sure you don't let it to pull CO2 before adding it in the tank, otherwise, you end up with water and a lot of CaCO3 solid in the bottle. |
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