Two Little Fishies Kalkwasser reactor with Tunze osmolater

[Hitherwood]

Hi everyone,
Can anyone give me advice on hooking up a TLF kalk reactor to my Tunze osmolator 3155? I am considering buying the reactor but am unsure if the Tunze pump is strong enough for the reactor to work properly.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, and pics of setups would be awesome!
Thank you!!

 

[dakoop]

It works, kinda. Doesn't have enough oomph to stir the mixture so it kinda clumps in the bottom but I used it for a year or so like that

 

[MarineandReef Jaron]

My Advice.

Don't do it!

I love using kalk and kalk reactors but I have overdosed so many times because I was adding kalk through my ATO. I would bag up a frag and take half a gallon of water out of the tank and then the ATO would add half a gallon of kalk at once. When your media reactor gets a slight leak that puts 3 gallons of water on the floor your ATO adds 3 gallons of Kalk.

There is just too much room for error with Kalk linked to the ATO. I would use a dedicated pump on a timer which limits the chance of making mistakes.

 

[Hitherwood]

My Advice.

Don't do it!

I love using kalk and kalk reactors but I have overdosed so many times because I was adding kalk through my ATO. I would bag up a frag and take half a gallon of water out of the tank and then the ATO would add half a gallon of kalk at once. When your media reactor gets a slight leak that puts 3 gallons of water on the floor your ATO adds 3 gallons of Kalk.

There is just too much room for error with Kalk linked to the ATO. I would use a dedicated pump on a timer which limits the chance of making mistakes.

Oh yes! I didn't think of that! Thank you!

 

[mikst]

My Advice.

Don't do it!

I love using kalk and kalk reactors but I have overdosed so many times because I was adding kalk through my ATO. I would bag up a frag and take half a gallon of water out of the tank and then the ATO would add half a gallon of kalk at once. When your media reactor gets a slight leak that puts 3 gallons of water on the floor your ATO adds 3 gallons of Kalk.

There is just too much room for error with Kalk linked to the ATO. I would use a dedicated pump on a timer which limits the chance of making mistakes.

Interesting. What about using a peristaltic Dosing pump as the ATO pump with an ato controller (not a mechanical float)?
The addition would be very slow even if 1 to 3 gallons was removed at once.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

A pump that is not much faster than the evaporation rate minimizes problems with overdosing.

 

[exnisstech]

Brs 50ml minute doser on a cheap digital timer that adjust by the second. Cheap and efficient as long and your evaporation rate allows enough to be dosed daily. Been dosing kalk this way for over a year on one tank. My pH is fine so I dose 24/7 vs only at night like some folks do.