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@Weevo , I cannot confirm or deny yet as I havent used CarboCalcium myself. Just want to make sure that it is not a specific tank issue instead of a known issue.Well that's ******
No. This is not something that we normally see. Once you mix the powder into a solution, it should stay in solution without any issue. Is it fully dissolving for you when you first mix it?@Lou Ekus ,
Is it a known issue with the powder version that it clogs dosing lines and causes that white stuff in the dosing container?
When I mixed the whole container with rodi it took awhile to mix some what fully but the stuff that just sits and the bottom of the dosing container is not powder, kinda looks like mucus alittle and that never mixes upNo. This is not something that we normally see. Once you mix the powder into a solution, it should stay in solution without any issue. Is it fully dissolving for you when you first mix it?
When I mixed the whole container with rodi it took awhile to mix some what fully but the stuff that just sits and the bottom of the dosing container is not powder, kinda looks like mucus alittle and that never mixes up
It was a new dosing container that I wash well in rodi water and alittle vinegar, same with the lines@Weevo ,Maybe the mixture reacts with something that was in the dosing container before? What was in it before? Or in the dosing lines?
Vinegar is a carbon but that surprises me because CarboCalcium also has carbon in it so I would not expect it to react. Can you test it out? Take a glass and put vinegar in it and add some of the mixture. If vinegar was the issue (and there was some left in the container), you should be able to see a similar reaction?It was a new dosing container that I wash well in rodi water and alittle vinegar, same with the lines
How much water did you "mix the whole container" into? And what size container did you mix from? If you were using the 700g size of powder, you would have needed to mix that full amount into about 3.25-3.5 gallons of RO/DI water. If you were mixing the 1,400g container of powder, you would have needed to mix that into about 6.50-7 gallons of RO/DI water.When I mixed the whole container with rodi it took awhile to mix some what fully but the stuff that just sits and the bottom of the dosing container is not powder, kinda looks like mucus alittle and that never mixes up
@Lou Ekus ,
Is it a known issue with the powder version that it clogs dosing lines and causes that white stuff in the dosing container?
700 grams makes 1.3 gallons and 1400 makes 2.6. I made 1.3 gallons with rodiHow much water did you "mix the whole container" into? And what size container did you mix from? If you were using the 700g size of powder, you would have needed to mix that full amount into about 3.25-3.5 gallons of RO/DI water. If you were mixing the 1,400g container of powder, you would have needed to mix that into about 6.50-7 gallons of RO/DI water.
Sorry...brain cramp. Your numbers are right on correct! I don't know what you are seeing in the bottom. We have not seen that issue before. Can you post a picture?700 grams makes 1.3 gallons and 1400 makes 2.6. I made 1.3 gallons with rodi
He posted pictures here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/h...-calcium-or-carbo-calcium.410153/post-6566283Sorry...brain cramp. Your numbers are right on correct! I don't know what you are seeing in the bottom. We have not seen that issue before. Can you post a picture?
I don't know exactly what to say about this. We just have not seen this issue before.He posted pictures here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/h...-calcium-or-carbo-calcium.410153/post-6566283
Haven’t tried the powdered version like the topic starter did because it’s hard to get in the Netherlands for some strange reason. Product code is not available for them. Don’t have the issue with the premixed solution, although there is some saltcreep at the end of the tube which I previously used for carbon dosing (vinegar). Did not cause any issues so far though but might build up in time and cause issues.I don't know exactly what to say about this. We just have not seen this issue before.
Just to be clear, Dan, in many systems Carbocalcium is much more effective in maintaining alklainity values rather then raising it. For a good test of the product, I would use some sodium bicarbonate, to get your alkalinity where you would like to keep it, and then use the Carbocalcium to maintin that value there.Just got some carbocalcium to give it a try. I'll be attempting to bump up alk from 7 .5dkh to 8. 5 dkh with it. 200 gallon system maintained currently with a kalk reactor and 40ml daily dose of vinegar injected into reactor. The current maintenance kept the system at 8.5 to 9 dkh until recently given a large increase in coraline algae and a stoney coral growth spurt. I'll update in a few days as to how it is working. I'm going to dose 20ml today and test in 1 hour,12 hours then again in 24 hours before second dose. Starting at a dkh of 7 5
Just to be clear, Dan, in many systems Carbocalcium is much more effective in maintaining alklainity values rather then raising it.