Calcium Reactor---Thinking about getting one....

[bigdscobra]

Does anybody have any experience with this reactor??

http://www.myreefcreations.com/canano.htm CR nano dual Iam going to use it on my set up ~ 100gal combined

Which ones do you like and use??


Thanks Dan

[caferacermike]

I was lucky enough to be gifted a giant version of that CA reactor. I don't have it running yet but I can tell you it's an awesome build quality. I'm itching to try it so much that I'm thinking about running it on my 75g just to check it out, even though I believe it to be rated for a tank 7 times that size.

[Richard]

I use a Precision Marine one and I like it. If I were buying again I would get a reverse flow reactor like this

http://www.precisionmarine.com/html/rfca4.html

[matt]

I would get a really big one; you can't have too much media capacity. I'd also use the new schuran media and a dwyer flowmeter to regulate the CO2 flow. You can then get any cheap CO2 regulator that drops the supply pressure to 25psi.

The size of the reactor determines your contact time with the media, which directly affects the effluent dkh/ph ratio. That ratio is the primary determinant of the reactor's efficiency. There's absolutely no problem running a 3 foot tall 6" tube reactor on a 25 gallon tank if you want to; you just dial down the flow and the CO2. What's very important with calcium reactors is controlling the CO2 and effluent flow rates.

[Bill S]

I'd call ACE!

[bigdscobra]

Thanks

I just got a 5 lb co2 tank off Ebay so thats a start!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=003&sspagename=STRK%3AME WN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=130077626522&rd=1&rd=1