DIY Kalk Reactor and Sump
 

Pics are on the pic board, input??

Doug

How are you mixing the kalk?

How do your flanges work?

Kalk is mixed by the water coming in through the bottom it makes a tiny cloud of kalk the kalk seems to sit pretty lose. I thought it may pack down but it hasn't packed down yet and I've had it like that for a month or more..

Flanges?... what are flanges?

Doug

You may want to tweak your kalk reactor design a bit more.

What are the bio-balls in the sump for?

Yes the Kalk reactor is just a rough idea, I wanted to see if it would work. The top is just siliconed on so when I need to open it up I'll have to cut the silicone. I'll have to come up with a better way to add kalk, next time I open it I'll put in alot smaller portion of kalk.

The Bio balls are for bacteria, typical bio ball function, it looks like they'll be underwater but they wont the thing near the sumps sump is just a small peice of acrylic to hold the kent float valve it doesn't go nearly across the thing. I'll add more bio balls before it's complete, that was just all I had.

I'm thinking I may not need them though as I'm planning on keeping my fish #'s down. I'll just have to watch things and see how it goes.

BTW, I've got a 45 gallon refugium with a plenum hooked up as well. I was planning on putting leafy seaweeds in there but now I'm thinking about adding a few sponges and not putting any light on it.

Lots of ideas running through my head.

Jack? Seriously, what are flanges?

Doug

Flanges hold lids on with wingnuts. You know what I mean?

Yes the um lip around the top etc?

It's just siliconed on for now I couldn't find gasket material and I didn't want to put a lot of time into it. The top off water goes in through the bottom the rigid tubing has a bend in it so the kalk stirs a bit on it's own as water moves through. It seems to work well. I'm not excited about the look but like I say it works so that's good enough for now.

Doug

why can't you guys just call them plastic screws? Sheesh :rolleyes:

:razz:

cuz their NYLON.. for pete sakes and it's not the screw things it's the lip thing that the screw things go through with the wing nut thingmajigs on the other side... I think

Doug

nylon schmylon, its all a form of plastic ain't it. then why can't you call them the holes the screws go thru? You guys and your big words. :wink: