Kalk Drip?

[reeferious]

supplies needed couple of 16 liters ro/di plastic containers that you can buy from safeway, superstore etc, few feet of 1/4 inch flexible airhose tubing, 3/8 inch rigid tubing, 2 or 3 3way plastic airflow valves,plastic funnel. drill 1 each of 3/8 and 1/4 holes in bottle caps and pass respective tubings through holes. attach valve to 1/4 tubing and adjust length so that tube end sits just above kalk residue. silicone tubings in place after final adjustment made. to start drip process blow into 3/8 tubing until kalk begin dripping and adjust drip rate with valve. the setup is so simple and efficient that i see no reason for any method updates. i use 5 tsp kalk per bottle which i made in batches and every so often i soak valves in vinegar to clearup airvalves.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by reeferious

supplies needed couple of 16 liters ro/di plastic containers that you can buy from safeway, superstore etc, few feet of 1/4 inch flexible airhose tubing, 3/8 inch rigid tubing, 2 or 3 3way plastic airflow valves,plastic funnel. drill 1 each of 3/8 and 1/4 holes in bottle caps and pass respective tubings through holes. attach valve to 1/4 tubing and adjust length so that tube end sits just above kalk residue. silicone tubings in place after final adjustment made. to start drip process blow into 3/8 tubing until kalk begin dripping and adjust drip rate with valve. the setup is so simple and efficient that i see no reason for any method updates. i use 5 tsp kalk per bottle which i made in batches and every so often i soak valves in vinegar to clearup airvalves.

Do you have any pics? Sounds like what I would do...

[reeferious]

sorry my canon a80 took a dunking in washbasin and i have not bothered getting replacement for it. to clarify setup a little valve should be situated somewhere along 1/4 tubing to minimize kalk deposit and the 3/8 tubing should only extent into bottle inch or so and if you make batches of 6 like i do cap each filled-to-top bottle with undrilled cap. i find that this way even the last bottle of kalk stays fresh.

[reeferious]

correction was bumbling around tank in basement checking unnecessarily on tank critters' health looked and realized not 3/8 but something smaller than 1/4 smaller air intake tube needed to maintain partial vaccuum in bottle.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Ok, thanks. I am no good with this kind of stuff but through trial and error I will figure it out. I am more of a visual person

[banditpowdercoat]

I'd like some pics too, as Im in the dark here. I havn't used kalk before, but may want to one day.

[untamed]

On my previous tank I used to make 5 gallons of kalk and pump it in using a dosing pump.

Now, I have a Kalk reactor and still use a dosing pump. I've never linked Kalk to evaporative replacement. I've always wanted to control it separately.