new calcium reactor

[hobogato]

my tank has been very disappointing lately. alkalinity swings are horrible for tanks, and with my undersized calcium reactor, that is exactly what was happening. i had the CO2 and flow so fast to keep up with the demand of the tank, that it was causing fluctuations in alkalinity and eventually started burning the tips on my coral. the problem is that i only have 6" of space between the sump and the inside of my stand. necessity breeds creativity in this case, and i came up with this space saving design for a dual calcium reactor with 6" tubes. my old calcium reactor (pictured left) could hold about 15 pounds of media. the new one (picture right) holds about 60 pounds :shades: also, the two chambers are separate reactors, essentially it is a single chamber reactor with an effluent chamber added on. a little rough looking since i never take time to finish out the stuff i build for myself, but it seems to be working great.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01805.jpg

i also added a probe bulkhead so i could use the controller to control the pH in the primary chamber and not just turn the CO2 on and off based on the pH of the final effluent.

[engwife36]

Wow, that should do the job. I will have to keep you in mind in case the one I have now doesn't work out.

[BIGBIRD123]

Looks good Ace...

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[MissT]

nice job!

[apedroza]

Nice work Ace!!!

[tomanero]

Sweetttt.

[Texreefer]

Hmm, yeah,,..... I guess that will work:bigsmile:

[ErikH]

Hmm, yeah,,..... I guess that will work:bigsmile:


I hear dueling banjos, and I can figure out why.


::ahem:: Donate your old CA reactor to me! :p

Looks great Ace, you are the man. :)

[hobogato]

::ahem:: Donate your old CA reactor to me! :p


it has already been claimed by the lps lover in the house :)

[hobogato]

got it all running and love having the probe in the reaction chamber. it was also time for new kalk in that reactor, so i should see a pretty good growth spurt in the next couple of weeks :)

[Texreefer]

I'm sure you will see good growth,, I am trying to figure out how to slow mine down till i can get the new tank up,, I don't want to break any and they are all getting REAL close

[Bill S]

Wow. Kind of stinks when every time you go to sell something, you end up giving it away...

[Headless_donkey]

Where did you find the probe bulkhead?

[hobogato]

premium aquatics - here (http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=RF-PROBEH&Category_Code=Bulkheads)


Where did you find the probe bulkhead?