Kalkwasser

[rmorris2250]

Can Kalkwasser go bad? (BRS brand) I just started using it. I am currently mixing it in my ATO water, I have a 15 gal tank and no matter how light I mix it, the water never clears up. I have put a circulating pump in and still cloudy?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

It can take a day or more of no stirring for insoluble particles or undissolved kalk to settle out.

 

[Luke Schnabel]

You want to mix your kalk as much as possible, then let it settle for 12-24 hours. You do not want to suck up the particulate that settles to the bottom. Since you are using an ATO system as the means of dosing, I suggest having your ATO pump off the reservoir bottom so it will not pull the settled kalk.

 

[rmorris2250]

You want to mix your kalk as much as possible, then let it settle for 12-24 hours. You do not want to suck up the particulate that settles to the bottom. Since you are using an ATO system as the means of dosing, I suggest having your ATO pump off the reservoir bottom so it will not pull the settled kalk.

Thank you, will do