Pre-dose the reserve RODI?

[FishWrangler]

What do you guys think about pre-dosing ( I use Kent 2 part now) the RODI reserve tank?

 

Right now I dose with Kent 2 part...dosing 1 a day and switching each day. So Alk gets dosed every other day and same with Calcium.

 

ATO adds about a cup of water daily (right now I'm doing it manually until I find a better ato...)

 

As long as that fill amount is pretty consistent, could I pre-dose the reservoir??

 

I assume the risk is the ato malfunctioning which I've read happens ...I've also read just as many posts where dosing pumps have over filled too.

[FishWrangler]

been reading abit....guess I want to switch to just doing kalk and stop dosing 2-part?

From what I've read...

1. Start with good levels of alk and calcium and do 1/2 teaspoon per gallon at first and don't over mix. Test and can raise up amount/gallon up to 2tsp.

2. don't let the ato pull from the very bottom where sediment will build, because that could spike Ph.

Anything else/advise appreciated.

[markalot]

I use Kalk in the topoff and my topoff is on a timer, 50 seconds every 15 minutes. This ensures the same dosage but there are times when I have to topoff by hand if evaporation increases or turn a sump fan on if evaporation decreases.

[Mariaface]

I use Kalk in the topoff and my topoff is on a timer, 50 seconds every 15 minutes. This ensures the same dosage but there are times when I have to topoff by hand if evaporation increases or turn a sump fan on if evaporation decreases.

 

 

Do you think people doing that could get away with two reservoirs? One timed dosing kalkwasser, one actually running off an ATO?

[xiaoxiy]

 

 

Do you think people doing that could get away with two reservoirs? One timed dosing kalkwasser, one actually running off an ATO?

I don't see why not.

 

Wouldn't this be just like regular dosing though? Except on a timer with an ATO pump instead of a specialized doser?

[Mariaface]

I don't see why not.

 

Wouldn't this be just like regular dosing though? Except on a timer with an ATO pump instead of a specialized doser?

 

 

Right, except it's not two-part so it's one timer, and you can play with your stock solution? I dunno. Plus I suppose the ATO would get a lot less use, and you could use it to 'calibrate' once a week?

 

I dunno. Technology rules, though.