Kalkwasser

[Jewel]

I'm going to be setting up a Talk reactor in ajacent to my ATO, have anyone had any experience with this type of set up, pros, cons, come on ,pistol I need to hear from you. Please

 

[WiredWeasel]

Well...the biggest issue with a kalk reactor/Kalk in Ato/dosing is that there is a potential for the entire dosing container to vomit its entire contents into your system. Happened with my Vertex Libra doser awhile back.

 

[Copperkills]

Im going to start using kalk in my ato reservoir.

 

[Jewel]

Vomit it's entire contents? What kind of ATO were you useing

 

[Jewel]

Im going to start using kalk in my ato reservoir.[/QUOTE


Do what are your plans?

 

[Copperkills]

Im running a tunze 5017 ato. I am going to mix the kalk in my RO top off water and elevate the pump using eggcrate, so it doesnt send any undissolved kalk into the DT. I plan to start using half dose and increase until the params stay steady.

 

[Pistol]

I'm going to be setting up a Talk reactor in ajacent to my ATO, have anyone had any experience with this type of set up, pros, cons, come on ,pistol I need to hear from you. Please

Hey Jewel, I have never used a kalk reactor or stirrer so can't help you there, but I have heard some horror stories.

 

[Nonuser]

Im running a tunze 5017 ato. I am going to mix the kalk in my RO top off water and elevate the pump using eggcrate, so it doesnt send any undissolved kalk into the DT. I plan to start using half dose and increase until the params stay steady.

I just started doing this two weeks ago. The coralline algae is starting to pickup growth on the glass and it’s hard to remove

 

[Jewel]

Really, I thought you were the master of dosing, sorry my mistake. To

Hey Jewel, I have never used a kalk reactor or stirrer so can't help you there, but I have heard some horror stories.

 

[Jewel]

Im running a tunze 5017 ato. I am going to mix the kalk in my RO top off water and elevate the pump using eggcrate, so it doesnt send any undissolved kalk into the DT. I plan to start using half dose and increase until the params stay steady.

So you aren't useing a kalkwasser reactor, I am going to use a walker stirrer then with a jbj ATO with two sensors run my ATO through the stirrer into my sump, I could put a float valve on the end just to make sure the kalk does not run aimlessly into the sump

 

[Copperkills]

nope no stirrer, waste of money IMO, my tunze is equipped with a float valve if the water level is too high it will stop the pump

 

[kapelan]

nope no stirrer, waste of money IMO, my tunze is equipped with a float valve if the water level is too high it will stop the pump

do you have any snail?
that can fall asleep on float valve

 

[Copperkills]

I have an AIO 37g, no snails in my ato chamber

 

[Jewel]

No snails in my ATO chamber, so let's get this straight, you will mix your solution in a container and use your ATO to pump it slooowly to your float valve, no need for the stirer, will you have to stir the mixture often or perhaps have the pump off the bottom of the container, and what size container? Shoot me a pic, Please

 

[kapelan]

they recommend to dose kalkwasser slowly.
Float valve is a bad idea to control it.
dosers are pretty cheap now and doing the job very well.

 

[Jewel]

I have a JBJ auto top off as well, the float valve is just there to keep it honest.

 

[Copperkills]

they recommend to dose kalkwasser slowly.
Float valve is a bad idea to control it.
dosers are pretty cheap now and doing the job very well.

The tunze has an optical eye, the float valve is there for backup to shut the pump off if the eye fails. In the last ten years ive had the eye fail 4 or 5 times and the valve has never failed.

 

[Copperkills]