Best way to dose Kalk
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jiminy_crime
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Either by use of your ATO or by taking a small container and placing above the the sump and letting it gravity feed by siphon and controlling the drip rate with a valve.
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cardiffgiant
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I add the same amount of kalkwasser each day using a peristaltic pump that goes for set intervals that are programmed into my apex. I add an amount that's less than my evap rate, and then top off evap with plain RODI.
MarksReef
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Yes. The trick is to get it in slowly over the corse of the day 24/7 or some do just at night.
When you ask the BEST way, I'd say a litermeter...
IMO/IME dosing from a still reservoir via timed perstatlic pump is best for consistency and slow even dosing.
I use a brute can with a lid. A liter meter 3 peristalitc pump with a controller in the unit provides a preset daily dose( I set in a tad lower than daily top off to allow for seasonal evaporation variations). It breaks that amount into 150 equal increments over 24 hours, a squirt every 9 minutes or so. There is minimal water movement in the still reservoir which limits CO2 entering the kalkwasser. Klak in a still reservoir will hold it's strength for several weeks or more.
I use a brute can with a lid. A liter meter 3 peristalitc pump with a controller in the unit provides a preset daily dose( I set in a tad lower than daily top off to allow for seasonal evaporation variations). It breaks that amount into 150 equal increments over 24 hours, a squirt every 9 minutes or so. There is minimal water movement in the still reservoir which limits CO2 entering the kalkwasser. Klak in a still reservoir will hold it's strength for several weeks or more.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
X2 what tmz posted
Neoz
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I just purchased a LiterMeter 3 pump with a spare pump and hosing off Ebay. Will be doing exactly as Tom and Gary.
Side note I have been dosing Kalk via a drip method and can not the believe the difference (for the better) in my corals in such a short time. Especially my SPS color and growth.
Side note I have been dosing Kalk via a drip method and can not the believe the difference (for the better) in my corals in such a short time. Especially my SPS color and growth.
B
bozoreefer
Sorry to revive an old thread, but I wanted to ask how big is your reservoir and how many tsp are you adding to that volume? Do you have to consistently stir the fluid in that still reservoir?
I want to do this, but I dont want to have to consistently fill up that reservoir.
I have a 50 gallon RODI barrel that is connected to my stenner pump. It pumps rodi into the house/tank. What is the best way to fill that kalk reservoir with my setup?
Thanks!
Thanks.
In a lidded still reservoir fully saturated limewater( kalk) will not loose strength for several weeks to a month or so ,since little if any CO2 from the air enters the still water where a crust forms on the surface . I'd say a 30 day supply would be ok at two tsps per gallon or a bit more which leaves some undissolved kalk at the bottom.
I use a 32 gallon brute can; I use 4 scoops equal to about 70 tsps . I use 20 liters per day( bout 5 gallons) for the 650 gallon system. This size requires a reflll every 6 days ; a simple process: stop pump, add water ; sitr in kalk; let it settle for 2 hours ;start pump. I could daisy chain another container or several but don't mind the 6 day routie.
A perstaltic pump will move relatively clear limewater from the reservoir without agitating the surface. I don't know what a stenner pump is or whether it will stir things up or clog .
Dosing should be spread out as much as possible in equal incremnts over 24 /7.I dose mine independent of automatic top off at a preset amount per day appoximating top off , thus avoiding variations ralted to variations in evapaoration
I use a 32 gallon brute can; I use 4 scoops equal to about 70 tsps . I use 20 liters per day( bout 5 gallons) for the 650 gallon system. This size requires a reflll every 6 days ; a simple process: stop pump, add water ; sitr in kalk; let it settle for 2 hours ;start pump. I could daisy chain another container or several but don't mind the 6 day routie.
A perstaltic pump will move relatively clear limewater from the reservoir without agitating the surface. I don't know what a stenner pump is or whether it will stir things up or clog .
Dosing should be spread out as much as possible in equal incremnts over 24 /7.I dose mine independent of automatic top off at a preset amount per day appoximating top off , thus avoiding variations ralted to variations in evapaoration
