Another Kalk dosing question

[Raptor72]

I was adding Kalk to my ATO reservoir before I purchased my Neptune Trident. Now that I’ve been running it for a few weeks and set the parameters that I’d like to keep it at, should I still add Kalk to my reservoir or can I stop now?

 

[Kyuss414]

So it looks like you're dosing 2-part now with the addition of the Trident? If so, then I would say yes you could stop adding kalk. It should just result in the Trident test coming up with lower levels on it's tests, and increasing 2-part dosing accordingly to make up for the loss of Alk/Ca that was coming from the kalk.

 

[Raptor72]

Yes, forgot to mention 2 part dosing. Great, I’ll clean out my reservoir and let the Trident make up the difference from now on.

 

[tqpolo]

I run Kalk at low concentration with 2-part dosing for the increase PH.

 

[Phil85]

I run Kalk at low concentration with 2-part dosing for the increase PH.

This is what I do as well. However, my kalk is not tied to the ato but a separate reservoir.

 

[tqpolo]

This is what I do as well. However, my kalk is not tied to the ato but a separate reservoir.

This is much smarter if you can control the kalk dosing. I had a leak the other day from my UV and my ATO was dumping kalk to my tank raising Alk from 8 to 10.