Kalkwasser Reactor

[Dan1788]

What is the best Kalk Reactor on the market that is also available in the UK?

Thanks

 

[Garf]

Your better off using a dosing pump to dispense saturated Kalk from a container.

 

[AZMSGT]

Not sure what brands are available in UK. But IceCap and reef Octopus are nice Kalk reactors. I use a Icecap and it works well for me.

I have mine stir 5 minutes every hour and I dose on the half hour.

 

[dwest]

Avast K2 here. No complaints. Avast are not pressurized. So the saturated kalk just uses gravity to flow out from the stirrer. This also means that if the outlet gets clogged, kalk CAN flow over lid. I use mine in my sump for that reason. Some others are pressurized I believe. I would think about your application.

 

[Dan1788]

Your better off using a dosing pump to dispense saturated Kalk from a container.

Won't there be the problem of it settling on the bottom of the container with this method?

 

[Garf]

Won't there be the problem of it settling on the bottom of the container with this method?

No

Occasionally you’ll have to clean it out, that’s all.

 

[Mywifeisgunnakillme]

Avast K2 here. No complaints. Avast are not pressurized. So the saturated kalk just uses gravity to flow out from the stirrer. This also means that if the outlet gets clogged, kalk CAN flow over lid. I use mine in my sump for that reason. Some others are pressurized I believe. I would think about your application.

Looking at kalk reactors. If yours overflowed in the sump couldnt that spike ph and killer your tank/corals?

 

[dwest]

Looking at kalk reactors. If yours overflowed in the sump couldnt that spike ph and killer your tank/corals?

I pump 4 L of kalk per day into my 180 gallon mixed reef. I use a Spectrapure liter meter 3 to pump the 4 L slowly throughout the day. If the kalk stirrer outlet were to clog and overflow, the unit would still pump about 4 L of kalk into my tank that day. Just through the top instead of the outlet nozzle. So, I would not get a pH spike in my tank. In fact, I have allowed this to happen and verified the result.