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Unread 05/02/2012, 12:22 PM   #3736
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Originally Posted by drummereef View Post
Hey guys quick question... Should the effluent from my Kalk doser be submerged or does it not matter? Just wondering since I'm assuming it's the reaction of air causing the end of the tubing to encrust. Wondering if it would help keep the end of the tubing clean if it was under water?
It is supose to help to keep it submerged for the reason you give but I found it will encrust either way.

I wish I had a picture of the "dip stick" pipe I used on my 300g. It was a piece of 1" pvc about 3' long with a bunch of holes drilled in the bottom. My top off water and Kalc reactor effluent went into the dip stick, used mainly as a syphon break. After a couple years, when I pulled it out I found these long calcium deposit vents built up on the pipe around and extending from the holes. Some of them 5-6" long. The vents looked just like the ones you see at the bottom of the ocean at the mid atlantic rift, just smaller of course.


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