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12-03-2005, 05:48 PM
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Little Fishy
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Location: Houston, Texas
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Calcium Reactor Media - What's best?
What are the options for calcium reactor media? I've read in other posts that CaribSea ARM is good. What's recommended?
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12-03-2005, 07:26 PM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Livingston Parish, Denham Springs, Louisiana
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CaribSea ARM is what I use, It's good , but then You can also fine people that don't think so. I will stick with it.
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12-03-2005, 08:18 PM
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uber-stupid
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Ottawa, Illinois
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sorry about that
I'm interested in finding this out my self. I've never used a reactor and I would like to know more about them which ones are good and which ones suck on top of that. I didn't even know there was a differance in media I just thought it was all crushed coral. This guy is trying to sell one complete with everything I need (not sure about the controller) for $650. Its brand new is it worth it? Its a Knop C.
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12-03-2005, 09:50 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Houston, Texas
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Mine's a Precision Marine and I also have the AquaDyne Octopus 3000 controller. My experience with the calcium reactor since I plugged it in this August is that it has relieved me of the ongoing battle of testing and adding lots of CA and ALK supplements. Months go by now and I don't have to do anything. My CA stays steady at 420-450 and ALK at 3.5. Corals are really growing.
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12-03-2005, 10:29 PM
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uber-stupid
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Ottawa, Illinois
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What size tank? what media? What inhabitants? DSB BB?
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12-04-2005, 12:22 AM
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senior member
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
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ARM, so named for half the value of it's price... 
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12-04-2005, 01:27 PM
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Little Fishy
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Location: Houston, Texas
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Tank is 200 gallon running for almost 7 years. Since the calcium reactor was filled when I hooked it up in August, I don't know what kind of media is in it now, but it is getting low and I need to refill. I have a 6" DSB. Inhabitants include live rock, about 30 hard and soft corals, 7 fish, and 150+ assorted crabs, snails, starfish, cucumbers, etc. Most of the population is original to the set-up of the tank. |
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12-04-2005, 01:52 PM
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uber-stupid
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Ottawa, Illinois
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You have had this sytem set up and running with the DSB for over 7 years? Have you had any problem with the longevity of the DSB. Please put you input in my other posts if possible I have a couple out there focusing on DSB and new system set up. Please, send me some feed back on your system in relation to my proposed system.
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12-04-2005, 04:40 PM
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Professor Chaos
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arkham Asylum
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Has anyone used regular crushed coral instead of a specific media? I hear it works too.
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12-05-2005, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Twitterbait
Has anyone used regular crushed coral instead of a specific media? I hear it works too.
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so long as you can MAKE SURE that there are no SNAIL OR CLAM SHELLS in it, as the acidified solution will dissolve out the silicates in the shells.
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12-05-2005, 03:10 PM
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Professor Chaos
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thats what i was wondering. I'm cheap so it looks like i'm gonna be picking out the shells from what i have sitting around.
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12-05-2005, 03:13 PM
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senior member
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Also remember that if it came from your tank, it is prolly loaded with a phosphate coating... You might want to run the effluent for about 3 or 4 days into a waste collector to remove the surface coating of phosphates from such media and replace your lost ASW system water on a ml per ml basis.
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