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Buy your media from a Pharma company its a fraction of the cost, also recirculating works ALOT better, not only at raising your PH but also at reducing the media consumption, it actually makes sense when you go with that method to lower your surface agitation as you loose PH that way.
Co2 scrubbers are the way to go. Recirculating makes the media last a good long while. And it’s a great way to “chase ph” but not risking accidentally overdosing your alkalinity to chase higher PH levels.
Nice video. Do you ever think of dosing Boron to create more stability with your ph. I dose my systems and they stay in a really good range. 7.8-7.9 evening with lights off. 8.2-8.3 with lights on day hours. Just a thought. I know all our systems are different. Nice tattoo of theTrue Percula... If your ever in Cali Bay Area Da Wei Tattoo is the spot.. Fun to get things elsewhere... Great videos..
The latest few batches of BRS media is weird. Get the icecap stuff as a trial, if that helps then you know it was the BRS media. "DiveSorb" is about $60 shipped for 10lb. I'd get about 2 weeks per pound in my system. I used to get 7.6-7.8ph, when just using media into my skimmer (like you have here) I went up to about 7.9-8.1ph. I've now been experimenting with an "aeration chamber" which is basically a mostly closed off section of my sump and using a 1000gph air pump into 2 large airstones and recirculating the air coming out of that back into the co2 scrubber and then into the inlet of the air pump. For the past week I've been sitting at 8.3-8.5 and the media barely looks changed... I've also got my chaeto in that chamber and have found its tripled its growth rate. Some crazy experiments but hey, thats the coolest part of this hobby IMO.
Think BRS just posted a video about this. Your set up was the the same as the two year old post on BRS. They just posted a new video that was different in set up. Curious about your feedback.
Check out carbolime as a co2 media. The guy from reefdudes had a video about his diy co2 scrubber a while back, and it seemed like he was getting it in bulk for a decent price.
Nice Spaghetti bowl of cords you have there big guy! Make a wooden box and set them in there just like that😂 kidding! That looks like a fun job to straighten out anyways.✌🐕
The media didn’t change color bc 1 tablespoon of water at the bottom of the canister is not enough. It dried out within a day with a large skimmer like yours. You need to have humid air for the media to work properly. That description on the BRS bag is generic for their small canister reactors. I had the same problem as you. Attached a small squirt bottle to replenish the water at the bottom of the media can. Using up 100FL OZ of water per week and my skimmer is much smaller. I am also drawing air from the outside like you. Lasts me 2 months with the large BRS canister. Probably the size of yours. You just need to replenish the water.