I am looking for a solutionwith regard to dosing in my new 130 gallon build. I am trying to avoid the problem of overdosing Kalk which has occurred a few times like when my skimmer decides to overflow causing my ato to add too much kalkwater resulting in a unwanted alk swing.I have a tunze now.and I have an apex.but when the tunze is off and restarts it adds about a cup of kalk each time.how can I dial this in for consistency?
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rovster
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Only way to truly control it is to have the kalk on a separate line/circuit/pump. In all honesty that cup that gets dumped in there then the osmolator turns on is insignificant.
One idea that I saw on doggydocs system which I think is genius is to create a bypass system with a valve at the end of the kalk line so you can regulate how muck kalk to pure RO gets dumped in that way you can fine tune based on need. Maybe he can chime in on that.
One idea that I saw on doggydocs system which I think is genius is to create a bypass system with a valve at the end of the kalk line so you can regulate how muck kalk to pure RO gets dumped in that way you can fine tune based on need. Maybe he can chime in on that.
AquamanE
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He has a Kalk reactor. Its different if you are kalk dosing from a container. If you dosing from a kalk container, all that the tank is fed is evaporated water via ATO.
DRThompson
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do you control your tunze with the apex?
blondetang
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I have a Tunze osmolator, an apex controller, use Kalk, and I also 2 part dose. It works fine for me.
How I have it set up:
Dedicated Kalk tank, saturated with Calcium Hydroxide.
Tunze Fill sensor in the refrug, next to the return pump. Power to the Tunze comes from the house circuit, not the Apex EB8. The apex is programmed to alarm if the pH is above 8.4
Apex DOS 2 part dosing set up.
My alk is right at 9.5 dKH most all of the time, and my pH is between 7.95 and 8.1, with it increasing when the lights are on.
This setup works and I believe is simple to do. I check Alk and Ca about once a week, and slightly adjust the DOS if needed.
Suggest to eliminate the cause of the skimmer overflowing to prevent the Tunze turning on when not needed.
How I have it set up:
Dedicated Kalk tank, saturated with Calcium Hydroxide.
Tunze Fill sensor in the refrug, next to the return pump. Power to the Tunze comes from the house circuit, not the Apex EB8. The apex is programmed to alarm if the pH is above 8.4
Apex DOS 2 part dosing set up.
My alk is right at 9.5 dKH most all of the time, and my pH is between 7.95 and 8.1, with it increasing when the lights are on.
This setup works and I believe is simple to do. I check Alk and Ca about once a week, and slightly adjust the DOS if needed.
Suggest to eliminate the cause of the skimmer overflowing to prevent the Tunze turning on when not needed.
AquamanE
Active member
Agree on finding and eliminating the cause of the overflow skimmer, but disagree on the handling of the ATO (Tunze, or whatever). An alarm does little if your at work or away from tank. Allowing the Apex to shut down the ATO if ph is high (an send an alarm) is a safer way to handle IMHO.
Mind you, if you have Apex Fusion it allows you to turn off ATO if Ph is high, remotely. I however cant get fusion to work remotely with regards to changing "controls", but the way I have it set up I dont need to, so the ability to monitor is fine with me.
