Passive kalk reactor

[jgoldsney]

I have had an idea bouncing around in my head for a bit and would appreciate some feed back.

I currently top off from the basment up to a second story bonus room. I have a float switch that controls the solenoid on an irrigation valve. I have been dripping Kalk off and on and frankly my schedule has been way to hectic to do it consistantly.

I was going to put a kalk reactor in the tank stand but space limitations and concerns of Kalk leaking on to the floor have made me re-think this.

I was wondering if a kalk reactor that was completely passive i.e. no pump or stirrer would be of any use. What I am envisioning is a fairly tall reactor (36" or so) that would have a center tube that is glued to the bottom. Kalk would be piled around this center tube 10-12" deep. this tube would run up to the top. The feed line would exit at the botom of the outer area under the kalk and the water out take would be at the botom of the center tube. This way the water would have to travel up throught the Kalk and back down to the outlet.

If once a week or so I went and gave the reactor a small shake to prevent the water from making large tunnels through the Kalk do you think this would be of any benifit?