kalkwasser reuse question

[fungia]

i read that you are only suppose to use the top clear part after you mix it and let it settle. after i remove the top clear part, can i add more water to the bottom milky half to make more kalkwasser or is this waste water i should throw out?

 

[trido]

Im sure you could get away with reusing it a time or two without any consequences. When I mixed mine up in a 15G tank for a week I sometimes would skip the cleaning process and just top it off. I just emptied cleaned my kalk reactor for first time in two month and the sludge that poured out was brown and nasty. I definately wont go that long again. I suspect there are impurities that may not really be very good in the kalk it left in the container long enought to get into a concentrated form. I have read that all kalk powder is not created equal and some isnt necessarily "clean".

 

[Anonymous]

i read that you are only suppose to use the top clear part after you mix it and let it settle. after i remove the top clear part, can i add more water to the bottom milky half to make more kalkwasser or is this waste water i should throw out?

yes you can use the leftovers, just add more water, mix it up and let it settle again(it happens in Kalk Stirrers- do a search on them)

 

[Anonymous]

i read that you are only suppose to use the top clear part after you mix it and let it settle. after i remove the top clear part, can i add more water to the bottom milky half to make more kalkwasser or is this waste water i should throw out?

More water makes more kalkwasser! If you throw out the milky water, You'd be wasting what would add up over time to be quite a bit of kalkwasser.