WTB kalk reactor

[gonzapa]

Please let me know if anyone has one at a decent price

 

[Dre]

What's the difference between a calcium reactor and a kalk reactor?

 

[gonzapa]

What's the difference between a calcium reactor and a kalk reactor?

Kalk reactor disolves calcium hydroxide into the water colum which raises your ph as well as adding calcium to the water.

A calcium reactor uses CO2 to lower PH in the water to disolve "coral skeletons". In theory the skeletons have the same calcium and elements that coral needs to grow.

 

[Dre]

You learn somethink everyday.Any particular reason why you want to use a kalk reactor.Do you have to add calcium hydroxide for the reactor to disolve.I just bought a ph controller and realized that i may have lost some corals in the past because my ph was too high 8.6 and up .

 

[gonzapa]

You learn somethink everyday.Any particular reason why you want to use a kalk reactor.Do you have to add calcium hydroxide for the reactor to disolve.I just bought a ph controller and realized that i may have lost some corals in the past because my ph was too high 8.6 and up .

I have the opposite problem. If I dont dose kalk my Ph hovers arround 7.8

 

[Dre]

I think it's easier to raise ph .So what do you think is worse high ph or low.I'v seen corals just melt or pop open after the ph peeked at 8.7.