Yet another ? about adding Limewater

[The Jester2]

I am going to start added limewater to my 90G reef. I was able to get a peristaltic pump, so I can add the limewater at any rate. My current AlK is 2.74 meq/L and my KH value is 7.7dKH. What I'm looking for are suggestions as to drip rates. I have a seperate system for adding evaporated H2O.

 

[Moe_K]

I'd start out at a rate of one drip per second, and observe the effect on your pH.

 

[nunofs]

I found that I need to use saturated kalkwasser to replace all the water that evaporates (ie, my auto top-off is adding kalkwasser, not RODI water; about 1.2gal/day to a 75g tank)... so, depending on the needs of your tank, you may not need a separate pump at all. But if you already have the pump, go ahead and use it, but you may find out that you need a really high drip rate. But, as Moe said, start slow and test often.

Nuno