How is your Calcium reactor Plumbed?

[Stang69]

Do you have it outside the sump drawing in water and returning it via drip? Do you have in inside the sump drawin in water and returning it via drip? A pic would help alot or a drawing


TIA Jeff

[Rick O]

Mine sits beside the sump and is fed by a Maxi-Jet 600. The drip is returned in about the same spot. Mine's really crammed into the stand so not much will show from a pic.

[ckreef]

I have a sm dual chamber. It also sits outside the sump and drips into the sump. You do need to be able to see the effuent drip rate inorder to adjust it correctly.

I T'ed off the main pump but will switch this in the future. There is just to much pressure going in and that makes it harder to adjust your effuent flow rate. A small power head would be a better solution.

Am going to be taking some pics of my setup later today. If I can get a good one of the reactor I post post it tonight.

[chewie]

CR-150?

Is that the one Jeff?

Mine is next to my sump also tee'd off of a Mag24. It drips into the intake of my skimmer.

c_k_kuehne,

Try a 1/4" ball valve after the tee in your main pump to ease the pressure to the reactor.

Jon

[mojoreef]

Well with mine I got the thing a ma jig piped into the whatcha ma call it and then the dohicky goes into the grapple gromlet which ties into the "you know thing"

hope it helps


mike

[chewie]

Mike,

What about the whoo-pa-joob?

[mojoreef]

ok chewy lets not get to technical on Jeff here

[RWD]

Mine is outside the refugium with a small ph feeding it. I also have a second chamber that was added on. The water flows from the ph in the refugium to the reactor, then to the second chamber, then back to the refugium.

[Stang69]

thing a ma jig piped into the whatcha ma call it

Thats where im having the problem Mike heheh

[ckreef]

Originally posted by chewie
CR-150?

c_k_kuehne,

Try a 1/4" ball valve after the tee in your main pump to ease the pressure to the reactor.

Jon

I have both a 1/2" gate valve then a 1/4" gate valve just before the reactor. Doesn't seem to help. The effluent slows down over time and every couple of days I need to tweek it up a bit. I do have a little giant 4 pressure rated pump so there is alot of pressure. Was told if I had a ph wide open and adjusted with the 1/4" gate at the return the problem will be solved (I know someone who solved there problem that way). Just havn't gotten around to getting the ph.

[Stang69]

We are up and running Not in the tank mind you but in the sink hehehhe checking for loose connections etc but we r up I put a maxi jet 600 on it out of Patties tank but ummmmm I will replace it with another PH

Thanks for all the help now just to get the drip and bubbles and effluent right but we are maiking headway anyways


Jeff