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Old 01-24-2004, 04:18 PM   #1
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diy calcium reactor?


diy calcium reactor?

hiya guys i am thinking of making a diy calcium reactor, and doing this by using this:



and doing this by filling it with some calcium media, and then having two hard bits of piping feeding into it, like this:





one is coming from a feed off my fluidized bed and will be amount fed by a air line clamp, and the other a feed from my co2 set, which is ph set.

so one will have water flowing into it which will slowly fill up the jug and the water will flow out using the lip in to the sump, as will be in the sump and the other will be the co2 supply which will have gone through a bubble counter first.

the hard airlines will both go to the bottom of the jug so to get in contact with as much of the media as possible.

do you guys think this will work or a total waste of time?

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Old 01-24-2004, 05:34 PM   #2
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Sounds interesting...I would be interested in the plans if it works.

good luck,

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Old 01-24-2004, 08:44 PM   #3
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Im curious as well, please keep us informed !
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Old 01-25-2004, 03:42 AM   #4
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will do!
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Old 01-25-2004, 09:27 AM   #5
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an interesting experiment!

just some observations. most Ca reactors have a recirculation pump in them to use the CO2 more efficiently. do not know how important this really is or not, but it looks like you will find out for us.

getting the flow correct through that small tube will be tricky. it may take more pressure than you think to get water to go through that tube. you might want to try sealing off the entire vessel and add another tube out the top for return to the tank. this way you could control the amount of liquid leaving the reactor. you can use 1/4" water tubing, you can now get the 1/4" valves for this a HD.

indeed, keep us posted!

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Old 01-25-2004, 04:08 PM   #6
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yeah i willset-it upat the end of the week when i get my co2 supple sorted, but i am looking foreward to seeing if it would work. i know that i wont be as effective as the main brands but i hope it will help a bit, i just got the idea from the alqua medic one (the 100 gal) which is of somilar deseign, but in a closed container with one output.
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You really do need a recirculation pump for a calcium reactor to work, otherwise it will just fill up w/ air, and it won't really dissolve any of the media. I don't really have any suggestions for how to add one to your particular experiment. Hope that it works tho!
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Old 01-27-2004, 04:35 AM   #8
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yeah have been wondering about that but at the moment i only need a small amount from the reactor, so i reckon it should do that, and as i will going the co2 and water before it goes in the reator its got to do something?

well ill find out on wednesday!
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