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You need to use a regular airline check-valve in between the pump and the kalk chamber. But they still fail every now and then. I now have two together and they've been running fine for about three months now.The Escaped Ape":3mxz9tbk said:JohnHenry":3mxz9tbk said:I use an osmolator, run through a DIY Tunze-style kalk chamber. I'm lucky in that my evaporation rate is quite high (open-top tank) and so is Ca/KH demand, so the kalk has so far been able to keep up with Ca needs.
That's the system I used to use (though with the expensive branded kalk chamber from Tunze, rather than a DIY version). Are you having any problems with the kalk back-siphoning into the pump/reservoir? I think that caused my pump to fail.
I have many small Acropora pieces, other assorted SPS and then a small selection of larger LPS, like Platygyra, Favia and Montastrea. At some point in the future my calcium needs may outrun my evaporation rate, and I'll probably get a Ca rector at that point.The Escaped Ape":3mxz9tbk said:Also, what sort of tank do you have? I'm hesitating at the moment between the SPS, mixed and LPS/softie dominated tank options. For the latter, the Tunze osmolator based system would be fine I think, but I'm not sure it would cope with an SPS/clam system. For that, I might have to eventually invest in a Litermeter 3...
I'm curious: Why do so many people (in this thread) seem to prefer the Litermeters over the calcium reactors?