Had this pop up on my Facebook the other day, looks to be a new product - has anyone else heard of this?
Marine Spectra Kalkalator?
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Nice, love the look and potential of this.
Any video reviews on their way?
Would love to know what else your working on!
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No video reviews just yet. We've got a couple of other products at various stages of development. Next up will be a companion dosing pump system, to augment the Kalkalator with 2/3 part dosing and ATO capabilities. Fully integrated for an easy setup of an aquarium wide calcium and alk supplementation strategy.
The concept being you tell us you want you strategy to prioritise kalk, and then fall back to 2 part for excess needs. Then based on your Calcium and alkalinity needs, we can make sure Kalkalator is delivering the max it can (based on measured daily ATO demand), then any remaining needs can be automatically calculated and delivered by our dosing pumps, or alternatively they can deliver RODI if your ATO demand exceeds Kalk demand.
The other product I'm super excited about is an automated water parameter testing system. We've prototyped various different approaches and systems, but are narrowing down to a design I *really* love. Hoping to shake things up in that area with something super high quality, simple, and ultra reliable.
The concept being you tell us you want you strategy to prioritise kalk, and then fall back to 2 part for excess needs. Then based on your Calcium and alkalinity needs, we can make sure Kalkalator is delivering the max it can (based on measured daily ATO demand), then any remaining needs can be automatically calculated and delivered by our dosing pumps, or alternatively they can deliver RODI if your ATO demand exceeds Kalk demand.
The other product I'm super excited about is an automated water parameter testing system. We've prototyped various different approaches and systems, but are narrowing down to a design I *really* love. Hoping to shake things up in that area with something super high quality, simple, and ultra reliable.
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How does it monitor saturation?
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Hey Randy, people seem to assume we use pH, but as you know, that's not a great method for a number of reasons (probe life, non linear response, frequent calibration etc). So Kalkalator uses Electrical Conductivity for its sensitive linear response to concentration as well as the resistance of the probe itself to drift over time, meaning a more accurate reading for longer with much lower maintenance.
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Ok, thanks. :)
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Very exciting.....love the integrated pump on the kalk reactor and details on the new dosing station.
Will definately be following your developments.
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For those interested, we release more info on pricing and pre-order / release dates yesterday: https://www.marinespectra.com/index.html#pricing
Hey so does the kalkalator just dose the inputted set amount or does it automatically adjust dosage based on alk calculations. Basically are adjustment automatic or do I still have to test kh and adjust accordingly.
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Randy interested to get your thoughts on that response?
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Sorry, I missed this question. I have no idea about whether it is implemented properly or not, but electrical conductivity is, IMO, the best and easiest way to measure kalk potency.
I use it for a number of tests in this article:
What Your Grandmother Never Told You About Lime by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com
This is an interesting new concept for kalk monitoring and delivery.Brings Kalkwasser right up.to date and the pricing isn't bad either.
Anybody purchased one yet?
Anybody purchased one yet?
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Any update ?
lduncan
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Hey, I'm the founder of Marine Spectra here... currently it doses a set amount, either spread over the entire day, or within a set dosing window. The monitoring is for indicating when to refill with kalk powder (this isn't obvious over time as calcium carbonate precipitate will build up, which is more or less indistinguishable from Calcium Hydroxide to the eye)
Having said that, this is our first product in a range under development, with the intention of them all working together... one of the goals is as you describe :)
There's a backlog of orders that were pushed back 14 days because of an unexpected delay in procuring parts. The founder / support has provided transparent updates and are very responsive.
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