calcium reactor problems

[matt]

Don't know, but check the usual suspects, Premium, Champion, Marine depot. Anyhow I was thinking that bits of media really should not be in your effluent output line; something's wrong with the way the reactor is circulating if that's happening. Assuming the output fitting is in the lid of the reactor, try running the output line straight up from the fitting several inches so that any media that gets caught in the output fitting will have plenty of time to fall back down into the reactor. The out flow should be no faster than a medium drip.

[jc]

The output line is the blue tubing near the bottom of the pvc. So far so good, after I made those adjustments. Next time I'm just going to buy a new reactor. Forget this diy stuff.

[jc]

Update. After watching it for a few days I think that my problem is not particles getting in the line, but air. I just don't see any particles of arm floating around the canister. Everyday the drip goes down to a 1 per 5 second drip. So I open the pinch valve and the water comes out fast then I have to screw it back in to where it was. I also can get the flow going again if I shake the drip hose. I read on reefcentral that air can clog the line. How do I fix this? Should I increase the feed line pressure into the canister or decrease it?

[hobogato]

i have a little more pressure entering my reactor from the feed pump than i allow out with the valve on the effluent of the reactor. for example, with the effluent valve wide open, i adjust the water input to the reactor so it comes out the effluent tube just faster than a drip (i guess you call that a trickle). then, i tighten the valve on the effluent line to the drip rate i need.

[jc]

I'll try that, thanks.