ION D Wastewater

[clawhammer]

Hi All,

Just wondering if people send the ION D wastewater back to your tank or to a container?

I set mine up so it fills a container with my only issue being that there’s no way to measure how full the container is. It’s no big deal as I use a 5 litre container and it would take a long time to fill so no chance it would become full whilst on holiday. However, I just wanted to see if there was a way to record filling the container or if I should just return it back to my tank.

I see the explanation about returning to the tank but don’t really understand it. I don’t see how it would affect salinity or sump water levels. Maybe in a smaller setup but it wouldn’t make any difference to my sump water level. As for salinity, it would only affect this if there is salt in the reference liquids. Is this the case? Am I missing something and, if so, sorry and thanks for any information, explanation or help.
TIA, CH

 

[jdmee]

I return the waste to my sump. No issues so far.

You could setup an unused dosing pump as a virtual dosing pump to fill a container and us it to "record" the filling of your waste container.

 

[clawhammer]

I return the waste to my sump. No issues so far.

You could setup an unused dosing pump as a virtual dosing pump to fill a container and us it to "record" the filling of your waste container.

Thanks. That’s a good idea to create a virtual dosing pump. Only issue I see is if I ever need that pump head in the future.

Just thinking about this, wouldn’t my salinity go down over time because I’m removing saltwater each time both ION D and KH D take sample water as this is then replenished with RODI?

If there’s no harm in returning the ION D wastewater then that will reduce the issue. I could then use the wastewater container to hold saltwater and replenish each time the KH D takes sample water and my salinity should then be unaffected.

Is my understanding of all this correct?

TIA, CH

 

[ReefRocker]

I have been using mine for 3 years and putting the 'waste water' back into the tank since day 1.

No issues whatsoever.

The reference solutions are saltwater based.

 

[clawhammer]

I have been using mine for 3 years and putting the 'waste water' back into the tank since day 1.

No issues whatsoever.

The reference solutions are saltwater based.

That’s good to hear, thanks. I think that’s the way forward. Would be good to hear from a few others and @Lasse

 

[clawhammer]

Wondering if the lack of response means not many people run their ION D wastewater into their tanks. This must be something others have wondered about

 

[clawhammer]

Bumping this thread as I’ve had an issue with reduced salinity that my Profilux didn’t catch as I’d set the alarm function incorrectly

The reason for the reduction in salinity can only be due to having both ION and KH Ds removing salt water and it being replaced with RODI so I’ve decided to return my ION D waste water to the aquarium to reduce this issue.

I’d still like to understand any consequences of doing this. GHL’s instructions for the ION D state “it’s OK if the addition of reference liquids DOES NOT LEAD to significant changes in your salinity or normal sump water level”.

@ReefRocker confirmed the solutions are saltwater based so by returning waste water to the aquarium it would increase salinity but I don’t know by how much. This increase could be offset by the KH D removing saltwater. Would be great if by using both the ION and KH D it equalled each other out but life is never that straight forward so I’d like to consider how to manage this and maintain constant salinity.

Does anybody have anything automated set up to account for their ION and KH Ds affect on salinity? If not, how do you adjust salinity if/when required and how often do you need to adjust?
TIA,
CH