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Korallin C-1502 Calcium Reactor
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Pet Supplies:Aquarium & Fish:Other
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Great Ca Reator!
| Installation and Operation |
Easy, took a little time to understand how everything worked and hooked up but after that, clear sailing. I wish that the bubble counter was detachable as it would make replacemet easier. These often get broken by the owner.
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| Performance vs. Expectations |
Performs well. My expectations were a bit higher though. Really starts to shine if you feed the reactor instead of letting it siphon feed water.
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| Value for money |
A little on the higher side, but you do get a well built piece of equipment and a quality pump with it.
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| Customer Support |
No, but I had a hard time even finding a web address for them.
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| Liked about it |
Good reactor. I have 2 of them. One is a bit older and appears to be made totally out of PVC and the newer one is acrylic. The older PVC one is built like a tank and can take probably anything you could through at it. The newer acrylic one isn't built as heavy duty but is still nice. The cylinder wall thickness is 1/4" and the flanges are 3/8" thick. They don't use as much CO2 as other reactors. I maintain a pH of 6.4 in the reactor and after a year I am still on the same 5lb CO2 bottle. My effluent rate is about 3 drips per second, I have went through 2 fills of media with this same 5lb bottle.
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| Didn't like |
Bubble counter hard mounted. It would be better for the customer if it were detachable. No pH probe port, even if it had a plug for one that you could add a fitting to it would be better. There is a lid available separately for the reactor with a pH probe port in it, but that's another item you have to purchase.
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4.0 |
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4.0 |
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4.0 |
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Good reactor...
| General |
The Korallin 1502 reactor is a nice piece of equipment that is fairly easy to set up. Maintaining a specific drip rate can be difficult if used as packaged, I've found that adding a precision needle valve to the output helps considerably. I also drilled the upper cover on mine and added a ph probe holder to allow me to utilize a ph controller, this has helped tremendously. With these few mods, this reactor is sizing up to be a very good asset in maintaining the Cal/Alk levels in my 180gal SPS reef. |
| Liked about it |
Built well, auto filling bubble counter, eheim pump.
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| Didn't like |
Had to add needle valve for better adjustment, have to purchase a new lid to get a ph probe holder.
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4.0 |
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4.0 |
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4.0 |
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Korallin CA Reactor
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I highly recommend this if you have a lot of SPS or just a high demand in your system. I'm very happy. EMail me with questions. |
| Liked about it |
This reactor is a great setup. I got the full package from Marine Depot and connected it all up and it works like a charm. It get's me out of 2 part dosing and keeps my Ca and Alk right on the money.
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| Didn't like |
I don't like the fact that my pH is now running about 0.1 lower (but still a consistent day/night cycle) than before but everything seem happy so i'm not going to worry about it.
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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