kalk reactor with a kalkmixer setup

[StarF]

I am about to hook up a kalkmixer/stirrer to my tank, it already got a calcium reactor, but i need something to help with my low ph. So how would the best way to put this up?

atm my calcium reactor is meeting my demands, so should i hookup the stirrer so it adds watter when some of the water is evaporated? or should i set it up to add when the ph is low (with my ghl computer)

what do people do?

i was thinking it would be hard to get the kh stable, as the amount of water evaporated will be diffrent ?

how do people set up both normaly ?

 

[Michael]

when I run my reactor I use kalkwaser mixed in with the ro-di water I use for top offs from evaporation, this counter acts against the low acidic water which drives down the ph from the reactor, it takes a while to get the levels right, but is easily achieved.

 

[StarF]

so you dont use a kalkmixer/stirrer, you just manualy add kalk to the ro watter?

 

[Michael]

i feed a resevoir with a tunze osmolator, the resevoir is saturated with limewater, the limewater is pumped into the sump when water evaporates, this is independant of the reactor which also adds water slowly via a drip into the sump, it works quite well, the lime counter acts against the c02 saturated water from the reactor and the ph is stable, Id like it higher, but its ok around 8.0 and it stays this way when i run the reactor.

 

[StarF]

i just bought a cheep deltec kalkstirrer, and my idea was to hook it up to my ghl computer, and have it running it when the ph gets low, like in the 7.90 range..

i guess i could just mix kalkwasser in my osmosis water, and save the kalk stirrer that way.

 

[Michael]

I can't see the point of stirrers, I know many many reefers use them of course, so it's just my view, and nothing else, I was always under the impression once water was saturated with lime it was saturated, and constantly stirring it didn't make any difference, you will always get crap left in the bottom which serves no purpose, however if you have it, then try it, don't just take my word for it.

 

[StarF]

alright i am gonna try and connect it to my ghl computer, and have that turn it on and off acording to the ph.

 

[Sea-nut]

In kalk reactor the RO water enters the reactor in the bottom and saturated water exit the reactor from the top, so stirring mixes the RO water with lime so you would always have saturated lime water.