diy calcium reactors

[Rus]

i recall seeing on a few boards about people making and selling there own calcium reactors .

i'm in the market for one in the next little bit , was wondering if there was anyone on this board that made there own or knew of someone who does .

thanks
-Rus

[Rick O]

Check out Myreef Creations.

[Rus]

thanks Rick , i had a look thru the site , i recall checking that on out before , and was impressed by the professionalism [sp?] of the products .

i think from what i've seen so far that will be my choice of reactor


thanks

[tdwyatt]

Originally posted by Rus
...i recall checking that on out before, and was impressed by the professionalism of the products...

Andy has been working on some modification to a Kalk reactor design as well as his CO2-based Calcium reactors. If you are interested in the Kalk reactor route (my personal preference), Andy's mods to the basic design should result in avoiding some of the major pitfalls associated with previous designs. Using a Kalk reactor will allow you to replace the things you loose to calcification without adding the potential problems of CO2-based reactor design and the tendency of such systems to drop pH if not adjusted on a regular basis. In addition, they do your auto top-off function as well. I don't know if Andy has pursued the design mods, but when they are available, I think that they will be the next step in Kalk reactor design.

My 2 cents worth...

[Jimbo]

Hi, Tom or anyone else that might know, is there a way to incorporate some sort of pressure valve feeding the SW to the reactor, this way you would be guarented a certain pressure in the reactor. Since the pressure affects the co2 drip rate and the fluid being released. drip rate, as your system gets clogged the pressure will go up or down expecially if you filter the water going in with some sort of sponge. But I don't think I will prefilter the water, that just adds something else to clog up.

If I hook it to my return pump with a T, it has a 4' head so this might do the trick anyway, the pressure shouldn't change much since it will be fairly high to begin with. I would like to find a solution so I don't have to fiddle with it on a daily basis, of course a ph controller would help immensily. Think I will probally have to get that two.

Thanks
~Jimbo