Gabe Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Has anyone ever run saltwater through a Kalkwasser reactor?(scratch) My evaporation rate is not high enough to adequately dose kalk to my system when connected to my top off. I was thinking about using an Aqualifter to pump sump water through my reactor. This would be controlled by an RKE based on the ph level. Turn on pump when ph drops below 8.2, turns off the pump when the ph is above 8.2. The reactors output is just upstream of the ph probe, so the controller notices small changes pretty quickly. This should keep dosings small and frequent, instead of dumping a bunch of kalk solution until the controller sees the ph swing. The ATO would go back to being independent. Thanks for your input. Gabe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Unfortunately it is not gonna work. There will be precipitation of the elements. Try to dissolve kalk on a high concentration in a glass of saltwater. Kalk dripping when used as the only method of dosing do require a good amount of evaporation. It was mainly used in open top tanks in Germany. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 Thanks Alex, I was told you could run salt water, but hadn't tried a mixing experiment yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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