I'm setting up a kalkwasser stirrer with a wifi dosing pump but I'm not going to use a controller (at least right now). I plan on testing the PH regularly and going slow with my dosing. Does anyone else do this or am I asking for trouble?
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To do this what do you need for equipment?I have a Avast Kalk stirrer now that is run thru my top off water.It is not keeping up with my Alk demands.I'm setting up a kalkwasser stirrer with a wifi dosing pump but I'm not going to use a controller (at least right now). I plan on testing the PH regularly and going slow with my dosing. Does anyone else do this or am I asking for trouble?
Add 2 part to boost.To do this what do you need for equipment?I have a Avast Kalk stirrer now that is run thru my top off water.It is not keeping up with my Alk demands.
Add 2 part to boost.
Clogs the pumps and it's not a guarantee that it's "super saturated"If you have an auto top off use that instead
2 part isn't going to do what I want, I'm trying to manage and maintain higher PH
Pump clogging is pretty much a nonissue. I get at least five years out of a cheap pump for this task. Add kalk when refilling ato container, give it a few hours to settle out, good to go. Adding vinegar will allow more kalk to be added, but vinegar will also lower phosphate and nitrate which may or may not be a good thing.Clogs the pumps and it's not a guarantee that it's "super saturated"
2 part isn't going to do what I want, I'm trying to manage and maintain higher PH
Everyone just wants to help. Kalkwasser can certainly help promote a higher pH. It can also be administered using a stirrer and dosing pump. A controller is not necessary. It usually won't be as saturated out of the stirrer as it would from a bucket. Neither will you be able to add more than the quantity of water your system evaporated.I feel like I'm being attacked by the 2 part police. lol.
No I did it for many years my suggestion to you is to test regularly in the morning and in the afternoons are in the evenings then you will determine at that point what your fluctuation rates are with your pH your calcium your alkalinity your magnesium you can determine at that point the amount you need to add weekly to keep your numbers at optimum.I'm setting up a kalkwasser stirrer with a wifi dosing pump but I'm not going to use a controller (at least right now). I plan on testing the PH regularly and going slow with my dosing. Does anyone else do this or am I asking for trouble?
I'm getting killed out here! Call in the backup!Hey wait, the kalkwasser police are on the scene too
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OK, that makes sense. I know that even after lowering the dose PH can still rise so I'm trying to get a handle on testing frequency and suggested dosage on a 106 gallon systemNo I did it for many years my suggestion to you is to test regularly in the morning and in the afternoons are in the evenings then you will determine at that point what your fluctuation rates are with your pH your calcium your alkalinity your magnesium you can determine at that point the amount you need to add weekly to keep your numbers at optimum.
Oh... I understand now. I thought you were attempting to raise/control pH with Kalkwasser. Sorry. Yea. Dosing kalk via the stirrer is a good way to address alk and calcium needs in low demand systems. Badspstank has it right. Just test and adjust.OK, that makes sense. I know that even after lowering the dose PH can still rise so I'm trying to get a handle on testing frequency and suggested dosage on a 106 gallon system
Depends on the usual consumption of alk in the system. Somewhere around 1/2 gallon per day of kalk might be a good starting point, if you test alk daily and adjust as needed. 1/2 gallon of saturated kalk in 105 gallons would be about 0.5 dKH.testing frequency and suggested dosage on a 106 gallon system
I feel like I'm being attacked by the 2 part police. lol.