Randy,
Have you seen any data on the impact of a sulfur denitrator on Alkalinity? I dose kalk to maintain calcium/alk, and they are usually right in line. However, after using my denitrator for a little over a month, calcium is up to ~490 and alk is down to ~6 DKH.
On a separate forum, someone else posed a warning that his sulfur denitrator dropped the alk.
Is this just anectodal coincidence or is there some impact from the denitrator? Maybe the high calcium content of the reactor (it is buffered with aragonite) is causing some precipitation. I'm kind of skeptical since I don't notice a low of residue and the pH is still pretty low (~7-7.5).
In any case, do you think dosing the Alk part of a 2-part to maintain Alk balanced with Ca would be OK in the long run? If not, I may have to look at another option to balance out the chemistry.
Have you seen any data on the impact of a sulfur denitrator on Alkalinity? I dose kalk to maintain calcium/alk, and they are usually right in line. However, after using my denitrator for a little over a month, calcium is up to ~490 and alk is down to ~6 DKH.
On a separate forum, someone else posed a warning that his sulfur denitrator dropped the alk.
Is this just anectodal coincidence or is there some impact from the denitrator? Maybe the high calcium content of the reactor (it is buffered with aragonite) is causing some precipitation. I'm kind of skeptical since I don't notice a low of residue and the pH is still pretty low (~7-7.5).
In any case, do you think dosing the Alk part of a 2-part to maintain Alk balanced with Ca would be OK in the long run? If not, I may have to look at another option to balance out the chemistry.