Kalkwasser Question

[Caleb123]

Hello,
I’m new to Kalkwasser and I plan to incorporate the Avast Kalk stirrer into my current system. The tank is fairly new so water changes are keeping up for now. I originally bought the Kamoer X1 Pro-T pump for this, but since then I’ve decided to buy a Kamoer F4 Pro so that I have the ability to dose other additives. My question is whether the F4 will be sufficient for the Kalkwasser? (Is the peristaltic pump necessary?) If so, I am still within the return timeframe of the X1, so I can recoop some money for more coral

 

[Doctorgori]

just tagging along as I’ve heard a stirrer isn’t needed, others say it helps
I’m not debating as I have no clue, just waiting to read the input.
How much kalk are you dosing daily anyway?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I'm not a fan of stirrers compared to dosing from a settled reservoir, but a stirrer can work in many situations.

Some dosing pumps won't have the volume capacity per day needed to dose limewater/kalkwasser, which is similar in amount to your daily evaporation rate.

 

[Projects with Sam]

So would I try to figure out my daily alk requirements then try to dose accordingly or just set it up then tune it so alk stays stable?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

So would I try to figure out my daily alk requirements then try to dose accordingly or just set it up then tune it so alk stays stable?

Both work. I prefer the latter because changing alk and pH will change the daily alk demand.

 

[bnord]

for what its worth and as an N of 1, I bought, set up and then abandoned my Avast.
Not nearly enough benefit over settled carboy with a rack to keep the tube off the bottom

but best of luck with it

 

[Rjramos]

Hello,
I’m new to Kalkwasser and I plan to incorporate the Avast Kalk stirrer into my current system. The tank is fairly new so water changes are keeping up for now. I originally bought the Kamoer X1 Pro-T pump for this, but since then I’ve decided to buy a Kamoer F4 Pro so that I have the ability to dose other additives. My question is whether the F4 will be sufficient for the Kalkwasser? (Is the peristaltic pump necessary?) If so, I am still within the return timeframe of the X1, so I can recoop some money for more coral

Same boat here, just bought an avast kalkstirrer and Kamoer X1 Pro, but looking to replace the pump. Reason being, in continuity mode, you can slow down the rate to 20-30mL/min, but you can’t set up a plan to dose just at night for instance. In plan mode 2 things, first, it doesn’t allow you to set up say, 9pm-9am, you have to enter 1 plan group from 9p-12am, and another from 12am-9am. Secondly, in plan mode, you can’t slow the rate down to 20-30mL/min.
I thought this pump would work out, but doesn’t have the capabilities. Im looking to return it and get a single channel pump that works for my application. Looking at the Versa, but not sure if it’s capabilities.

 

[dwest]

I know they are expensive but I have been using my Spectrapure liter meter 3 pumps for many years to pump both kalkwasser and RODI to my kalk stirrer.