How Do You Maintain Ca and Alk?

[oldsaint]

Do you perform maintenance to your Osmolator? I have one as well, and often wondered if I'd cause build-up on the pump so bad that it might stop working one day.

Yes Nikki about once a month I pull the pump, osmulator and all the tubing out and set it in a bucket with enough vinegar to keep the pump covered. I cock the eye in the sump a little sideways to fake it out and let it circulate the vinegar. After about 15-20 mins I replace the vinegar with ro/di water to flush it out. Then put everything back like it was. So far it's worked for me.

 

[NaH2O]

Nikki,

All pumps will crud up with kalk. Your set up is so nice and clean I'd get a small kalkreactor instead of the bucket method. If your using the WM stuff the results are much better in a reactor.

Don

Hey Don...I just so happened to get an awesome Kalk Reactor today (Thanks BigT!!!)! I'm so psyched to get it hooked up. I do use the WM kalk, so now I'm really looking forward to it all put together.

Yes Nikki about once a month I pull the pump, osmulator and all the tubing out and set it in a bucket with enough vinegar to keep the pump covered. I cock the eye in the sump a little sideways to fake it out and let it circulate the vinegar. After about 15-20 mins I replace the vinegar with ro/di water to flush it out. Then put everything back like it was. So far it's worked for me.

Thanks! Sounds like a really good maintenance schedule for it.

 

[class clown]

Geo reactor = love it.