you dont have a needle valve???
yes you need one.
you need a regulator that will tell you how much psi you are dishing out
then the needle valve is to fine tune.
I have mine set at about 17psi and then adjust further fron there with the
needlevalve
hth
dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 3:40 PM
Subject: RE: Calcium Reactor w/additives
> 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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