Degassing calcium reactor effluent

[sharkboy]

Can someone explain the term "effluent"? It is used as in "reactor effluent, pH effluent"; what exactly makes up the effluent? I am looking into getting my first Ca reactor/ Kalk reactor combo and want to get input on what is the most user friendly/safest and effective. I have read that a dual chamber fluidized reactor is most efficient. Don't know exactly a whole lot about this. Seems rather technical and not user friendly.

[Texreefer]

Effluent is basically a fancy word for the low PH calcium laden water that comes out of the reactor

[matt]

The dual chamber reactors typically have CO2 injected water circulating through only the first tube; the output of that tube (AKA effluent, as Texreefer explained perfectly)then runs passively through a "static" tube of calcium carbonate media, with no circulation pump or CO2 injection. The extra contact with the media tends to raise the ph of the effluent before it exits that tube into your tank.

But, if you're also going to run a KW reactor, you don't have to worry about it. As I said in my earlier post, any carbonic acid in the reactor effluent will quickly react with the KW in the tank; in fact KW needs to react with CO2 (carbonic acid) in tank water to produce carbonate ions from the hydroxide. So, I would suggest if you're running both a calcium reactor and KW, just use a single chamber calcium reactor.

[sharkboy]

Any suggestions on a Calcium reactor and Kalk reactor for a 215 that will contain sps/lps?

[BIGBIRD123]

I would suggest you have Ace build them for you.. Here's the ones that He and I built for my tank ( and future up-grade)....



HTH, I am just now getting these online. I can't wait to see the results. These will run a 600g system (or the Dallas Aquarium) LOL!

Steve