The filter would clog very quickly......
I drip at one drop per second. I have a 120 gal setup. I drip in 1 gallon
of kalk every night. This keeps up with the evaporation rate in my system.
Currently I mix up 5 gallons of kalk in a bucket and drop in a powerhead. I
have 2 1 gallon containers that I use. I let the kalk settle before I drip.
I have been thinking about using a 5 gallon container with an airpump to
drip it in to eliminate having to mess with the 1 gallon containers.
Anybody else doing this?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Theil's reefkeeping" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 10:15 PM
Subject: kalkwasser
> Here I go again. I was sitting in front of my tank running thoughts thru
my
> head. I have been having trouble with my coralline algea growth later and
> one of my local pet stores suggested that I try kalkawasser. So while I
was
> messing around tonight I came across some IV tubing that I borrowed from
> work a couple of years back for just this reason but never did anything
with
> it. I mixed up some kalkawasser in an old 5 gal tank and set it dripping
at
> about 10 to 15 drops per min. first is this too much or too little? Not
> much in my tank right now. I have a frogspawn, an elagance, a open brain,
a
> trumpet coral ,and a 7-8" deresa clam. I also have some soft coral also
> (polyps and xenia). Second question. I know that you are only suppose to
> mix up a week or so of kalk water at a time, but I have an idea for this.
I
> have an old HOT magnum canister filter in the closet. I was think that if
I
> was to put a micro filter in this and put it in the kalk water tank i
could
> circulate the water on a consistant basis and I think the kalk would catch
> in the micron filter like the diatoms on a diatom filter. Thus this would
> keep a clear solution and a saturated solution at all times. I would just
> have to top off the make up water and add more kalkawasser every now and
> again. Does anyone think this would work? I am worried about the calcium
> concentrations freezing up the filter to frequently.
>
> thanks again
> Ben
>
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