Kalk reactor ? Clean it?

[Anonymous]

I have a Precision Marine Kalk Reactor. I like it allot as it automates my Kalk additions and topoff with the LitreMeter.

I usually reload the reactor once every 10 days.

My question is do you ever clean out the reactor? I mean remove al lthe water and left over Kalk and start it over fresh?

I may have to clean the power head that mixes the reactor because its starting to rattle. I would have to drain most of the reactor to this anyway.

What are your thoughts?
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[Len]

I clean mine out twice a year .... or when I'm not too lazy Things to precipitate out of kalk and has a tendancy to settle, so it's not a bad idea to clean and start fresh.

 

[danmhippo]

You can clean as often as you like, but IMO it's not necessary. Once everything goes by themselves, I'd usually leave them alone.

The kalk reactor I had is those magnetic stirrer type, thus I do not have the problem of kalk choking in the pump. I often dump quite a lot of kalk into the reactor that would last me a good 3 months or so, or as much as my magnetic stirrer is able to handle.

I only clean up the unit at the time of refilling.

 

[jhaag]

I clean mine about once every 4 to 6 months. Just dump the large chucks of debris out and rinse it well before refilling it.

 

[coastal]

Its good to cleen it regularly due to possible impurities in the precipitate(chunks left behind)