Bubble Magus KA-100 Kalk Wasser Stirrer

Bubble Magus manufactures affordable and good quality saltwater aquarium products ranging from skimmers, reactors, dosing pumps, kalkwasser stirrers and many other items.

Bubble Magus KA-100 Kalkwasser Stirrer (150 Gal / 565 Liters )

BM Kalk Stirrers could continuously mix kalkwasser  24 hours a day or can operate on a set schedule using an external timer prior to dosing . Which can ensure the freshest and most potent kalkwasser solution is being dosed into your reef tank at any time.

• Rated for Aquariums up to 150 Gallons
• Do not pressurize. Reactor should be set up in the way so it can drain by gravity.
• Footprint: 6″ x 6″ | Body Diameter: 4″ | Height: 19″
• Requires control timer and feed pump

BM is a reputable brand in the marine community has manufactured a safe and reliable Kalk stirrer which could easily and safely dose in a controlled method. Instead of using a large reservoir of lime water, a kalkwasser stirrer can be connected directly to any freshwater reservoir, or even RODI unit saving you mixing time, and space.

The KA-100 is designed to stir the kalk slurry full time unless required to work in intervals. It eliminated the need to have a feed pump. Continuious mixing enables the KA-100 to always have a stable concentration of lime watersolution available for your valuable reef, helping to keep your calcium and alkalinity levels steady. Certain reactors need on a pressurized chamber where the Bubble Magus KA series reactors do not which onl depends on gravity draining, which is much safer and reliable. Pressurized reactors are prone to leaks which can easily damage and stain floors, which makes the K1 Stirrer an easy choice.

An introduction to Kalkwasser (Lime Water)

Kalkwasser (Kalk) is calcium hydroxide when mixed with freshwater becomes a incredible mixture that can add calcium and alkalinity to your reef aquarium in balanced proportions. Kalk solution can be added to auto top off resovoir or even dosed to the tank directly. Kalkwasser could slighly increase the pH soon after dosing which could also help to maintain your tank pH at 8.0 – 8.4 levels, however care should be taken that pH does not overshoot the reccommended highest value of pH 8.4 for reef aquariums.

Dosing Instructions

The amount is dependent on the aquarium and how stocked the aquarium is, a good wat to start would be by measuring the consumtion of calcium and alkalinity of the tank over a few days and they start dosing with a small dose. Alternativly Kalkwasser could also be added to the fresh water resovoir and the dosing will be based on how much water evaporates per day.

Equipment Maintainence

The Kalk solution would have to be replace bi-weekly and should be ideally rinsed out every month to make way for fresh new solution. Calcium carbonate percipatation could be found at the bottom of the stirer dur to percipitation which is normal should also be rinsed out throroughly every month.

Kalkwasser Calculator:

Depending on your aquariums specific evaporation rate either based on daily, weekly or bi-weekly you can follow the below chart to determine the dosing requirements.

If your aquarium evaporates more than 100 liters per week, it is highly suggested to refill the reactor once a week.