Burnt tips

[Texreefer]

Noticed a bunch of burnt tips on my Large Nathans Green Millie.. so i tested my ALK and it was at 12 DKH :( .. Turns out i was evaporating my water too fast and replacing with too much kalkwasser.. i did small water chang and took my reactor off line for now.. i hate it when i do something stupid!!!!

[Ping]

Not stupid, but part of our learning curve. I do things to help my learning curve all the time :angel .

I did not know that too much Kalk could raise the Alkilinity too high. Do you know what your Ca level was. I am asking because I have been planning on making a Kalk reactor and I replace almost 5 gallons of evaporation water on really hot sunny days.

[Texreefer]

My CA was at 450.. driping too much will raise your alk but will also raise your PH too quick if not careful.. 5 gal is a lot of evaporation. if your not over 180 gal i would consider dosing kalk with a dosing pump and make up the rest with RO/DI

[Ping]

I have about 400g of water. I knew about Ph, and understand the chemical substitution relative to carbonate ions when dosing kalk. I did not know we have to watch our Alk that close when dosing Kalk.

I am glad you posted this.

[Texreefer]

Joshua, that is what happened.. i had a small one go in about a day and thats when i noticed the burnt tips on some others.. now my Hyacithus has a lot of burnt tips.. i hope this doesnt go any further