Love the pictures, I’m starting to get puddling on some new battlecorals I bought about 2-3weeks ago. Kalk as primary additive is interesting. I’ve been thinking about that, also dosing ESV 2 part now. I have the IM lagoon also in basement so I’m sure I could use the PH boost. Are you using a kalk stirrer?I was dosing 130ml per day before I switched over to kalk as the primary source. Now with the increased evaporation from the frag tank, I am dosing 12000 ml of kalk daily and 70ml of esv magnesium to maintain levels. No added 2 part yet. As expected, ph range shot up. It now stays 8.15-8.5 range depending on room co2 (even with a co2 scrubber). This has made me see the need for an HRV to exchange the air in the room. I’ll get to that eventually lol.
Glad that you’re enjoying the thread. I’ll be updating more often soon. A lot has changed. This system is seeing some of the fastest growth that I ever had, however, there are many corals that simply won’t grow! Very frustrating. Some of these stunted corals seem to start growing when I get them into the frag tank under the led. I suspect that the the halides are shocking some of the led grown corals that I get, specifically overly blue spectrum grown with a combination of high nutrient. Full spectrum grown corals seem to grow right away.
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