Recent content by alan.timms

Hi Matt, Oh b****er! I got impatient and ordered a kalkwasser reactor! Not understanding the chemistry, but knowing the liquid syphoned off the kalkwasser / vinegar mix reacts with C02 I dismissed the idea of making up a large volume. I planned a container: I got as far as thinking I could...

Hi, Thanks for the response. I don't run the calcium reactor 24/7 because I'm struggling to get the pH up - it hovers between 8.0 and 8.1. The calcium level is 400 - 420 so that isn't the problem. I'm already adding 2 litres of saturated kalkwasser solution a day " by hand" so the machine would...

Hi, I've been using a calcium reactor for a while. Water flows through the reactor all the time, but the C02 is on a timer so it only runs at night, as I'm having trouble keeping the pH up. I also add 2 litres of kakwasser to the tank, dripped in at night: after reading a chemistry...