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navychief · 11/10/2017, 07:37 AM

Hi, Reefers

I own a Precision Marine KR620 Kalk reactor. The instructions that came with the reactor calls for mixing no more than 2 cups of pickling lime as a slurry and then pouring it into the reactor; I figured the reactor volume at 2.2 gal.

My question is I've read that one should mix about 2 teaspoons per gallon of RO/DI. So as you can see, that's a pretty wide range of lime. So with that being said, I'm only using 4 teaspoons of Mrs. Wages Pickling lime in my PM reactor.

Does this amount sound right? And if so, at what point should I recognize that I need to refresh the lime slurry to maintain potency?

Thanks,

Chief out.

11/10/2017, 07:37 AM	#1
navychief "Shellback" Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 541	Kalk amount in a PM KR620 Hi, Reefers I own a Precision Marine KR620 Kalk reactor. The instructions that came with the reactor calls for mixing no more than 2 cups of pickling lime as a slurry and then pouring it into the reactor; I figured the reactor volume at 2.2 gal. My question is I've read that one should mix about 2 teaspoons per gallon of RO/DI. So as you can see, that's a pretty wide range of lime. So with that being said, I'm only using 4 teaspoons of Mrs. Wages Pickling lime in my PM reactor. Does this amount sound right? And if so, at what point should I recognize that I need to refresh the lime slurry to maintain potency? Thanks, Chief out.