DIY water top off system
- Thread starter kbaker721
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Best way to add top off if used with kalkwasser is to drip it based on a 24h method. I mix my stuff a day ahead so it can settle. then i take an airline tube and put a knot in it and adjust the drip rate according to how tight the knot is.
Adding freshwater alone can drop you calcium, alk, and even pH levels. But seeing that you have next to nothing worth of corals that will pull calcium out of your water with the exception of coraline alge, you would use less of a dosage.
Adding freshwater alone can drop you calcium, alk, and even pH levels. But seeing that you have next to nothing worth of corals that will pull calcium out of your water with the exception of coraline alge, you would use less of a dosage.
Jester
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I need to do the samething... I was thinking of doing the air pump method... I am going to use a glass carboy and hook up a timer to an air pump and have it come on a few times throughout the day to dose kalk water... maybe later on I'll get more technical with float switches and such, but right now I have everything to make this system laying around the house...
Jester
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spf9992001
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Pbrown3701
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not DIY, but i use the Auqa Medic Niveaumat SP3000 - works great. It's basically a dosing pump that has a built in level switch.
I use mine to pump water through my DIY kalkwasser reactor, but it is not required to work that way. Definately worth the $ in my opinion.
I use mine to pump water through my DIY kalkwasser reactor, but it is not required to work that way. Definately worth the $ in my opinion.
