Salt build up on alk dosing tube

[Lavey29]

Do you find an abundance of salt build up on your alk side dosing tube? Mine gets covered every few days. Not the calcium side though which stays clean. Just the head port facing down towards the water

 

[rezaktp]

Yep it’s the last drop of alk that is drying out. Been happening forever!

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

yep, always. I check to see if its crusty and use a cloth with RO water to wipe it off.

 

[ScubaFish802]

Possible fix maybe? https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/a...-end-of-ro-tubing-w-dosing-pump.152117/page-3

Looks like they added a Y fitting and attached their ATO line

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Yeah my ato sprays dosing lines to clean them, it's not salt creep.

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Possible fix maybe? https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/a...-end-of-ro-tubing-w-dosing-pump.152117/page-3

Looks like they added a Y fitting and attached their ATO line

So the alk is being dosed by a pump and its connected to the ATO line with the Y fitting? And i'm guessing the RO will rinse the line clean?

 

[ScubaFish802]

So the alk is being dosed by a pump and its connected to the ATO line with the Y fitting? And i'm guessing the RO will rinse the line clean?

It seems that way. No idea if this is something that would still cause issues with precipitation (similarly to having the end of the line submerged). Hopefully someone with more knowledge will chime in

 

[JGT]

I do something similar. Have my ATO line bundled together with all of my dosing lines but the end of the ATO tubing is about 3 “ higher than the ends of the other dosing tubes. When the ATO kicks on, it sprays water which washes down over the other dosing tubes and keeps them all clean. Works like a charm.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

I do something similar. Have my ATO line bundled together with all of my dosing lines but the end of the ATO tubing is about 3 “ higher than the ends of the other dosing tubes. When the ATO kicks on, it sprays water which washes down over the other dosing tubes and keeps them all clean. Works like a charm.

Yup this is explained better, it works good.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

It seems that way. No idea if this is something that would still cause issues with precipitation (similarly to having the end of the line submerged). Hopefully someone with more knowledge will chime in

It doesn't. Salt water would.

 

[Lavey29]

Good info here thanks guys