Kalk in ATO

JeffersonReef · 08/29/2007, 10:39 AM

I have a quick question. I dose kalk with my rodi makeup water. I have a 5g resivoir, and I add about 8 tsp of ms wages. I evap about 1g per day. I am using a Tom Aquatics Aqualifter Pump (approx 3gph). The kalk is being pumped into my 60g sump/fuge (which is just over half full at all times). My tank is a 150g. My question is wether I should be DRIPPING the kalk (ie adding a ball valve to the airline tubing), or if the way that I am dosing it now is ok. I have been doing it this way for a few months now, and things seem to be fine. I dont have a PH monitor or anything, and I only test ph on a weekly basis... I guess I figured that with close to 200g water volume, pumping the kalk/water wouldnt be a huge deal.... any ideas or suggestions?

-TJ

Gooli · 08/29/2007, 10:56 AM

i am doing the same thing and with great success.

Mac Inger · 08/29/2007, 11:06 AM

Im interested in this as well. I have a JBJ auto topoff and would like to connect inline a kalk stirrer.
The JBJ ato, has a timeout of 14 minutes,...and i evap about 3 gallons a day. An aqualifter wasnt fast enough to fill the evap in 14 minutes so i had to get a slightly more powerful pump. But now im afraid thats going to spike my ph too fast......mmmmm

Jeffersonreef : tsp stands for teaspoons or tablespoons ?

Jimbo327 · 08/29/2007, 11:07 AM

Just check your pH when it is pumping. Find out what the swing is, and go from there.

JeffersonReef · 08/29/2007, 11:10 AM

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Originally posted by Mac Inger
Jeffersonreef : tsp stands for teaspoons or tablespoons ?

TSP = teaspoon.... but now that I think about it, I am dosing TBSP, not TSP... I think. I used whichever measurement was reccommended for my kent kalkwasser originially... and from then on I just always used the one spoon that had the white crust on it... lol.

-TJ

Orochimaru · 08/29/2007, 11:19 AM

I would drip only. On hot days like today where there is lots of evaporation, you don't want to top off with that much kalk.

Mac Inger · 08/29/2007, 11:19 AM

Thanks for the clarification Jeff,...or did you just confuse me more lol

question about ms wages : The regular powder kalk will (some of it) sit at the bottom of the RO container. Ms wages is a juice right? so it totally dissolves in the water ?

sorry for hijacking

JeffersonReef · 08/29/2007, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mac Inger
Thanks for the clarification Jeff,...or did you just confuse me more lol

question about ms wages : The regular powder kalk will (some of it) sit at the bottom of the RO container. Ms wages is a juice right? so it totally dissolves in the water ?

sorry for hijacking

No worries.

Ms Wages is a kalk powder also (at least the one that im and most people use)... so it also settles at the bottom.

08/29/2007, 10:39 AM	#1
JeffersonReef Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: May 2006 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 1,698	Kalk in ATO I have a quick question. I dose kalk with my rodi makeup water. I have a 5g resivoir, and I add about 8 tsp of ms wages. I evap about 1g per day. I am using a Tom Aquatics Aqualifter Pump (approx 3gph). The kalk is being pumped into my 60g sump/fuge (which is just over half full at all times). My tank is a 150g. My question is wether I should be DRIPPING the kalk (ie adding a ball valve to the airline tubing), or if the way that I am dosing it now is ok. I have been doing it this way for a few months now, and things seem to be fine. I dont have a PH monitor or anything, and I only test ph on a weekly basis... I guess I figured that with close to 200g water volume, pumping the kalk/water wouldnt be a huge deal.... any ideas or suggestions? -TJ

08/29/2007, 10:56 AM	#2
Gooli Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: West Los Angeles Posts: 3,746	i am doing the same thing and with great success. __________________ "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. " - Benjamin Franklin Current Tank Info: 180g SPS

08/29/2007, 11:07 AM	#4
Jimbo327 Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,363	Just check your pH when it is pumping. Find out what the swing is, and go from there. __________________ "If sometimes you feel little, useless, offended or depressed or get that loser feeling, always remember that you were once the fastest and most victorious sperm out of hundreds of millions..." Current Tank Info: 6gal JBJ NanoCube, DIY LED Mod, 1/15 JBJ Chiller, Tunze Osmolator, Homemade Kalkwasser Chamber

08/29/2007, 11:19 AM	#6
Orochimaru 1 of 3 legendary ninjas Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Leaf Village of OC Posts: 3,324	I would drip only. On hot days like today where there is lots of evaporation, you don't want to top off with that much kalk. __________________ Gintama, episode 118 = "Live an honest life even if your back is crooked." STD(s) are not Pokemons, you don't have to catch them all!

08/29/2007, 11:06 AM	#3
Mac Inger Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lost Angeles Posts: 980	Im interested in this as well. I have a JBJ auto topoff and would like to connect inline a kalk stirrer. The JBJ ato, has a timeout of 14 minutes,...and i evap about 3 gallons a day. An aqualifter wasnt fast enough to fill the evap in 14 minutes so i had to get a slightly more powerful pump. But now im afraid thats going to spike my ph too fast......mmmmm Jeffersonreef : tsp stands for teaspoons or tablespoons ?