putting kalk into main DI water reservoir

[ltay]

Hello reef gurus

Is it recommended to put kalk into my main DI water (top off) ? Trying to save space and money on a kalk reactor.

 

[reefland]

Hey Itay,

Welcome to reefs.org.

It's not so much a recommendation, but there is nothing wrong with doing it. A kalk drip of any type is a good idea. A kalk reactor just takes much of the manual effort out of it.

 

[reefNewbie]

depends what type of top off system you have. IF its anything orther than drip, where something could malfunction and dump multiple gallons of kalwater into your tank, i wouldnt do it.

 

[liquid]

Here's how I did mine:

Basically it's a 20 gal Sterlite tub and a Pulsafeeder diaphram dosing pump. I fill the tub with RO/DI water, add a couple tablespoons of kalkwasser, stir it a bit and I'm done. I have the dosing pump set to come on at midnight and stop at noon. For full details, head over to http://www.liquidreef.com/ , click on the Equipment menu link, and then scroll down to Calcium/Alkalinity Supplementation, item #4. There's also more pics there as well on how I did it.

hth

Shane