Bit of a back story. In my old tank, many moons ago I used to do waterchanges by pumping in low salinity water, which used to overflow out of the acrylic sump, caring for the saltwater change and 75% of my evaporation, in one pump. The other 25% of the evaporation was taken into account by kalkwasser dosing.
Currently, I’m at the maximum evaporation limit on my tank, when dosing saturated kalk with 45mls vinegar/gallon. I change out 1.5% of my saltwater daily. Taking into account the above, can anybody think of a good reason why I can’t flip my previous process. For example, I would remove 3 litres of salt water daily and slowly pump in a strong saltwater solution, then this would leave extra room to increase the kalkwasser additions (I do not have an ATO or skimmer).
I’m assuming I can actually get enough salt in the strong mixture without precipitating anything and would be a trial and error game.
If anyone has tried this, please let me know how it went
If all else fails I’ll probably do All For Reef but I’m not adverse to 2 part. So many options.
Currently, I’m at the maximum evaporation limit on my tank, when dosing saturated kalk with 45mls vinegar/gallon. I change out 1.5% of my saltwater daily. Taking into account the above, can anybody think of a good reason why I can’t flip my previous process. For example, I would remove 3 litres of salt water daily and slowly pump in a strong saltwater solution, then this would leave extra room to increase the kalkwasser additions (I do not have an ATO or skimmer).
I’m assuming I can actually get enough salt in the strong mixture without precipitating anything and would be a trial and error game.
If anyone has tried this, please let me know how it went
If all else fails I’ll probably do All For Reef but I’m not adverse to 2 part. So many options.