Hi all,
I have a 340 gallon reef tank been up about 7 or 8 months now. I have been noticing my ca, dkh, and ph going down every week and hear kalkwasser may be a good choice for me (VERY low doses for now)
My tank has 2 drilled returns that go down to an area of my sump where I have chaeto filled with copepods. From there, the water flows to a main area which contains a big protein skimmer, and bio pellet reactor. Then the water flows to a 3rd chamber. From this third chamber a big pump pumps the water back to main tank. There is also a smaller pump that takes some water feeds through a UV filter and dumps it back to chamber 2 (middle chamber).
When I do water changes my left overflow T's off to 2 ball valves. 1 side goes out to a drain, the other side goes to the sump. When I do water changes I open the left ball valve (drain) and close the right ball valve to speed drain process.
After the water is drained out (also all day when evaporation occurs) I have a fresh water line which goes through my RO+DI to a float valve. This keeps water level in sump constant and also refills the sump after water changes. I just add salt to chamber 1 of my sump which mixes a bit before its all sent up to the tank.
I tried adding two little fishies kalkwasser stirrer in between my RO+DI and my float valve in hopes as water evaporates the float valve will open allowing water through the kalk reactor sipping kalk into the tank in very low doses. Issue I had was the pressure blew the lid off my two little fishies kalk reactor.
Is there a kalk reactor thats not $300+ that I could put between my RO+DI and float valve, or is there a fairly easy/intelligent way I could begin dosing kalk ito my system? Any thoughts/ideas are appreciated.
Thank you
I have a 340 gallon reef tank been up about 7 or 8 months now. I have been noticing my ca, dkh, and ph going down every week and hear kalkwasser may be a good choice for me (VERY low doses for now)
My tank has 2 drilled returns that go down to an area of my sump where I have chaeto filled with copepods. From there, the water flows to a main area which contains a big protein skimmer, and bio pellet reactor. Then the water flows to a 3rd chamber. From this third chamber a big pump pumps the water back to main tank. There is also a smaller pump that takes some water feeds through a UV filter and dumps it back to chamber 2 (middle chamber).
When I do water changes my left overflow T's off to 2 ball valves. 1 side goes out to a drain, the other side goes to the sump. When I do water changes I open the left ball valve (drain) and close the right ball valve to speed drain process.
After the water is drained out (also all day when evaporation occurs) I have a fresh water line which goes through my RO+DI to a float valve. This keeps water level in sump constant and also refills the sump after water changes. I just add salt to chamber 1 of my sump which mixes a bit before its all sent up to the tank.
I tried adding two little fishies kalkwasser stirrer in between my RO+DI and my float valve in hopes as water evaporates the float valve will open allowing water through the kalk reactor sipping kalk into the tank in very low doses. Issue I had was the pressure blew the lid off my two little fishies kalk reactor.
Is there a kalk reactor thats not $300+ that I could put between my RO+DI and float valve, or is there a fairly easy/intelligent way I could begin dosing kalk ito my system? Any thoughts/ideas are appreciated.
Thank you
