I own a full Berlinese 300 lt. tank.
Is 3 month old, and is going well.
I have a kalkwasser reactor, filled with 3 spoons every week of CaOh. All values were OK, also if only in this days I've a fully understand and operative reactor ( Ca was OK before, because I've mainly little acro frags).
I've read of the advantages of deep sand bed and I added 15 days ago 5 cm of aragonite sugar sized sand.
From that day the kh dropped from 9 to 5 KH (2 meq), and, more important, adding the Kh buffer from Kent and another brand (Elos) the KH go up only to 6, and for only one day! After, goes back to 5. Think that I've added nearly all a medium bottle of kh buffer in one week.
Now my values are
Ph 8 morning, 8,4 evening.
Kh 5-6
Ca 400
Mg 1150
Now, I've read that a new aragonite sand bed can bond a lot of kh hardness, but I become worried. When it will end to make this? Is possibile that 'll never end , or that my sand bed will become petrified?
The only problem for now that I am able to solve alone is to add more Mg.
Someone can help??
Many many thanks, and excuse my bad english,
Marco
Is 3 month old, and is going well.
I have a kalkwasser reactor, filled with 3 spoons every week of CaOh. All values were OK, also if only in this days I've a fully understand and operative reactor ( Ca was OK before, because I've mainly little acro frags).
I've read of the advantages of deep sand bed and I added 15 days ago 5 cm of aragonite sugar sized sand.
From that day the kh dropped from 9 to 5 KH (2 meq), and, more important, adding the Kh buffer from Kent and another brand (Elos) the KH go up only to 6, and for only one day! After, goes back to 5. Think that I've added nearly all a medium bottle of kh buffer in one week.
Now my values are
Ph 8 morning, 8,4 evening.
Kh 5-6
Ca 400
Mg 1150
Now, I've read that a new aragonite sand bed can bond a lot of kh hardness, but I become worried. When it will end to make this? Is possibile that 'll never end , or that my sand bed will become petrified?
The only problem for now that I am able to solve alone is to add more Mg.
Someone can help??
Many many thanks, and excuse my bad english,
Marco