Dave,
Thanks. I will have to give it a while with no additions. I do have another
question. I seem to be having trouble getting my bubble count steady. It
will be at one bubble every 2 seconds, then by the next day, it is hardly
bubbling at all. So I adujust it up, and then by the next day, same thing.
What part am I missing to control that? Some type of valve? I think I
remember on one of the plans, that there needs to be a needle valve. Is that
the type of valve that is used to control the flow of air? If so, do you
know where I can get a good one?
Thanks.
Shane
PS. The tank is a 70. It does have a 15 gallon refugium and 15 gallons of
water in the sump.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Akard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 12:10 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Calcium Reactor w/additives
>
> shane,
> it can take as long as a week to get up to speed.
> get a alk and cal test kit and test the effluent for alk and dkh and cal.
> then let me know what they are
> When I built my first one it was too small for my tank and couldnt keep up
> with the demand.
> you have a 120 right???
> I would start the effluent drip at about 1-1.5 liters per hour. with about
> 20-25 bubbles per min of co2. let stand over night then test tank in morn
> and effluent. then adjust from there.
> if you add additives you'll never get the cal reactor dialed in. youll
> just
> yo yo around.
> hth
> lemme know if you need more help.
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 4:33 PM
> Subject: Calcium Reactor w/additives
>
>
> > All,
> >
> > Okay, for the last week 5 days, I have had my calcium reactor running.
> It
> is
> > at a drip per every 1.5-2 seconds and the water coming out is at a slow
> > trickle. It seems to be working pretty well as far as funtionality goes.
> It
> > is running smoothly, and the design seems to be okay. I too have the gas
> > build up in the reactor, but I can simply tilt the reactor a bit, and
> the
> > gas escapes through the output. Water is leaving the reactor at a pH of
> 6.4.
> >
> >
> > My question though is this. Those of you who run reactors, do you still
> have
> > to use any other alk/calcium additives? When I ran my reactor for the
> first
> > day or two, I continued to use additives, so of course the water coming
> from
> > the reactor tested well. I have since quit adding anything. As of now,
> the
> > pH has dropped, and so has the alk and calcium. Should I let it continue
> to
> > drop until I get a baseline and then adjust and use additives from
> there??
> > The whole idea behind adding a reactor was to stop using additives. It
> may
> > be a bad design?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Shane C.
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