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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack

Chad, you're making this difficult on yourself. :lol:

Just use pop bottles or milk jugs or anything. Come on think, you can do it! :razz:

Ya, I know.. but I am trying to not do the "ghetto" theme.. I wanted to make it as neat as posible.. but perhaps I will have to revise my thinking...

errr...

Thanks Jack.. :razz:

Quote:

Originally Posted by reef_raf

Chad, I use full strength kalk 24 hours a day. I mix 5g every day and hook it to my top off. You can drip it all day if you want at any strength you want. Air isn't an issue unless you mix up way too much. I think it's Randy Holmes-Farley that mixes his in a 20g garbage pail and it lasts for a long time.
Use whatever you have lying around for a container. Do you top off with a flaot valve regulary? Or have you been dumping your topoff water in once per day?

I used to just fill it up once a day.. now I have started to drip it constantly. No float valve.. just guessing the drip rate for a days evap. It worked out to about 4 cups a day..

Then I would use a milk jug or similar sized container. Mix up a gallon and it will be fine for 4 or 5 days.

Just got home to find that my Kalk dripping container cracked during at some point today and drip a good amount onto my floor.. :evil: errr...

not a good start to this..