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Hello!
I have an Ice Cap 150 Kalk reactor with the magnetic stir bar in the bottom, unlike my old Avast one it can't run all the time, though I do feel like it does a better job mixing.
The Reactor holds 2 gallons, I'm dosing 1.5 Gallons of water per day. The water enters in the bottom of the reactor, but not under the Kalk Powder, just above it so the water doesn't get saturated flowing through the powder when filling.
Right now I'm running the stir motor twice per day figuring that the fresh water would come in the bottom and push the fully saturated water out the top. Since I'm only dosing 0.75 gallons between stir cycles I assumed this would mean that fully saturated Kalk water is always being added.
But then I got to wondering if the fresh water coming in would mix with the Kalk water and dilute the entire solution?
What is the best practice here? Am I dosing fully saturated Kalk? Or should I be stirring more often?
Thank you,
Whiskey
I have an Ice Cap 150 Kalk reactor with the magnetic stir bar in the bottom, unlike my old Avast one it can't run all the time, though I do feel like it does a better job mixing.
The Reactor holds 2 gallons, I'm dosing 1.5 Gallons of water per day. The water enters in the bottom of the reactor, but not under the Kalk Powder, just above it so the water doesn't get saturated flowing through the powder when filling.
Right now I'm running the stir motor twice per day figuring that the fresh water would come in the bottom and push the fully saturated water out the top. Since I'm only dosing 0.75 gallons between stir cycles I assumed this would mean that fully saturated Kalk water is always being added.
But then I got to wondering if the fresh water coming in would mix with the Kalk water and dilute the entire solution?
What is the best practice here? Am I dosing fully saturated Kalk? Or should I be stirring more often?
Thank you,
Whiskey