cracker Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 kH at 7.0 last night calcium at 300 night (reactor not working) how about you pick me up 500 litres and i meet you on my front door step in 1.5 hours :lol: Aye, Aye rubber ducky!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 8) i must admit i'm feeling pretty calm at the moment 8) ok..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanksman Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 8) i must admit i'm feeling pretty calm at the moment 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 bloody easy when its not your tank tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 With your reactor faulty, the addition was probably a good thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 7.8 to 8.2, sorry man I didn't realise, panic. I think you need to get down and collect some water right now or most of the tank inhabitants will die. Or you could go back to bed. Its only Kalk. I've poured it in when killing Aipstaisa, the water has been frosty white. I've used like 1 CUP full in the tank (my old 700 litre system). The result, lots of deal Aipstaisa. Kalk binds copper too. You might notice and improvement. Chim - All the sillyness aside, you have 0 to worry about. Go to bed, pieman garantee all will be well. Storm in a tea cup. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 i'm still calm even tho my cycles still going and all the corals are ''walking out the door'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 try sitting in bed, knowing you should be sleeping, getting up every 10 minutes to check the tank, and googling the great goricle like theres no tomorrow! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 and some super calm welly dude is telling you to not panic pies tank is so big he could prob put a shovel in and get a similar result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Bed for me, after a night of playing on my xbox360 I need some sleep. Pieman out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I thinks Pies has a point....1 tblspoon aint really much..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Pieman out. Pooman out!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 cheers pies, im not too panic'd coz i'd imagine the inverts would have shat themselves by now if the pH swing really did effect them. im sure they and the fish will cope. at least the results thus far show happy CBB (which id think would be the most temperamental of the fish) and living, hungry shrimpee's. might have done the world of good in all honesty just the unknown, never seen a tank swing that much in such a short period of time. it was a LARGE scoop of kalk. the fact that the pH has dropped back a bit is pleasing though! and best of all i get to finish work at 10:30am tomorrow morning coz i finished at 10pm tonight! joy. perfect excuse to do a water change 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 1 tblspoon aint really much ok, admitedly it was more closer to 3 tblspoons was the shock of it when i realised it was kalk, then the bigger shock to actually watch pH number increase on the pinpoint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Bed for me, after a night of playing on my xbox360 I need some sleep. Pieman out. Barch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 tank seemed fine this morning, fish happy, shrimps alive,... forgot to check pH again though. thanks for almost making me do a 50% water change at 3am in the morning cracker! and thanks for talking me out of it pies not that i was going too, but if even a single fish or shrimp died I was going too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Dammit - here I was reading this thread hoping desperately for pics of you collecting water by moonlight :lol: :lol: Glad to hear things are seemingly settled however Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Yeah, me too. I love pics of others misery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 :lol: gee thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I'll buy you a marker pen :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 they are marked, i put it down to being exceptionally tired averaging 4 hours sleep a night in the last month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 he he I'm with Pies I use it to kill Aipstaisa. Takes a lot to make a paste never checked the ph when doing it and never had any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 any update?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 all good. pH back down to 7.82 now :-? always sits around there at this time of the night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Sound like you need to chuck your calcium reactor out the window and get a sack of calcium from Medchem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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