Mother of all Calicium Reactors 5 Stage Marinetech
 

Another new piece of equipment we are very excited about
Marinetech 5 stage calcium reactor:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :twised: :twised:
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stage 1 : to disolve the CO2 in water through the chamber with Bioballs

stage 2 :Main chamber 8" diameter with gas recycling compartment on the top
stage 3 : second media chamber
stage 4: this chamber is used for PO4 removing media to rid the effluent of PO4
stage 5: small air stone will inject air into the chamber to exchange gases
(CO2-> 02) which in return will increase the ph of the effluent
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you can see the gas recycling compartment that will take any bubble back to the pump for recycling (top) the side fitting with the needle valve is to regulate the flow from main chamber to the third chamber
also you can see the Probe fitting on the top of first stage in this picture
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first chamber & bubble counter
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PO4 removing media stage
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last chamber with the airstone

This thing is insane:twised: :twised: :twised: ,but we love it.
Very high quality & well thought unit
Regards
Proline

Very cool. Does it come with a free one day seminar LOL.

Nice thought put into it.

J

Looks intimidating.
What kind of pump comes with it?

It doesn't come with a pump Lando, it comes with a cold fusion reactor and flux capacitor LOL

hmm, I thought it runs on bio-diesel.

I was not aware that phosphate was released from calcium reactor media, can you expand on this?

Calcium media contains some phosphates (some more than others or so I've heard). So when you dissolve the media, everything that is in the media is released.

Very Impressive!!! Is there other size? This reactor is good for how many gallons? Thanks!

what is the dimensions on the reactor? H, W, L

Hi Guys
It comes with a sedra 5000 KSP ,foot print is 9.5" x 16 " & height is 30"
Main chamber is 8" diameter cast acrylic.
It depends to how populated your tank is & what kind of animals you are keeping but it should easily do up to a 500 gal tank for more than 500 gal we have the same reactor with a bigger pump.
As Mr alberta mentioned all CA media contain phosphate some very high ,specially for SPS tanks this is a great feature.

That is what I need.

I have a 6 inch reactor that I run with a pcx-30 and it is 28 inches tall. My bubble count is about 200 bubbles/min and I recirculate all of my CO2. My ph is 6.3 and the effluent is at 68 dkh (checked 3 times)!

Still has a hard time keeping up with my 3 lbs of SPS growth per month!!!!!

Littersilvermax
That sounds like an impresive tank .

It is coming along.

I am re-writing the tank diary in a shorter version here.

How long has it been on the market for, and how much does it cost?

Just opened one up. Mad AWESOME!

OK this looks like a great reactor. However there is a problem with the concept of stage 5, de-gassing the effluent to remove CO2.

If you de-gas the effluent before it leaves the reactor, the pH rises, the Calcium and Carbonate ions become less soluble and would be expected to precipitate out during stage 5.

Doesn't it more sense to do a de-gassing after the effluent has mixed back in with tank water?

Do these guys have a website?

No, i dont think it makes more sense .

Whats the difference if your degassing before and slightly increasing PH before entry, or just dropping it in the sump or tank with a high oxygen, high PH ?

Either way some precipitation occurs...just in a different spot.
The whole point is what your left with afterwards and as a whole.

Marc.

Actually there is a big difference. De-gassing raises the pH of the solution you are de-gassing. Raising the pH of the effluent solution will decrease the solubility of the Calcium and Carbonate ions down to the same solubility as in your tankwater, so most of the CaCO3 you have dissolved in the reactor will promptly precipitate out. Waiting to mix it with tank water and then de-gassing this mixture will result in a lot less precipitation, because the effluent has been diluted by tank water, and the concentration product of Calcium and Carbonate ions will be a lot less than in the straight effluent, so less will precipitate out.

I think your missing the point.....


What im saying is, no reactor effluent is diluted/mixed when it hits the tank water, therefore your precipitation is occuring when it hits the tank water, rather than in the air chamber.

So, pick a precipitation point and be happy with it, because it doesnt matter where it happens...it happens.

I agree with Marc & also We have used these rectors for quiet some times with no recalcification in the last chamber.