I supersaturated my kalkwasser, can I just add water?

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I mixed 14 gallons of water but instead of adding 28 teaspoons I added two cups, or about 98 teaspoons. I don't know how I messed up the math but here we are. I understand that the limewater I'm dosing will be the same full strength but now I have a bunch of extra slurry on the bottom.

Here's my question: Can I simply add more water and get more full strength limewater or should I clean it out and start over when the 14 gallons is gone?

Extra credit for explaining why. :)
 

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It's fine to just add water next time. I never cleaned mine out and always had a mix of undissolved calcium hydroxide as well as some formed calcium carbonate mud on the bottom.
 

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