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View Poll Results: What do you keep calcium at?
200 ppm - down 0 0%
200 ppm-300 ppm 3 1.69%
300 ppm-400 ppm 28 15.82%
400 ppm + up 150 84.75%
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Old 03-23-2009, 09:29 AM
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440-460 is where i try and keep mine i dose with brs 2 part
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Old 03-23-2009, 11:48 AM
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Alk 12, calc 480-500.... not planning on maintaining it that high!
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440 to 480 for me
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Old 08-04-2009, 12:07 AM
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I hold mines at 484ppm with dKH between 8.6-9.0 and mag at 1540-1560 stability is my target.
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Old 02-16-2010, 10:38 AM
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I keep mine at 425 and keep the Alk right around 8.0

I have been using the BRS 2 Part on a doser now for nearly 6 months and am happy thus far with this method.

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460 to 500...test bi-weekly
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Old 01-21-2011, 09:08 PM
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alk 10 to 10.5 and cal 450 to 475 depends if the alk creeps to 10.5 still tweeking the doaser(brs 2 part)
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Calc 480, Alk around 9, Mag about 1500.
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450 for my clam
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an old thread but, it seems to be in questions lately.

I keep mine at using Salifert test kits
ALK 10 dkh
Calc 420-440 ppm range
Currently Mag is above 1500 ppm
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Old 02-13-2012, 10:16 AM
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Calc at 440-460
Kh currenty low at 8dkh usually 10
Mg currently 1500+, stopped adding 2weeks ago. Should be more normal now

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