[DJ88]

Victor,

It is not that I want to avoid the math. As a technician I had to work with formulas all the time. Especially now.

It is that in this hobby the GAFF(Give A F*#k Factor) for chemical formulas and such is very low. How many people honestly go that indepth with this hobby. With regards to chemical intereactions. If I can explain it in such a way that everyone including myself can understand it then I am doing those out there reading a big favor. When people see those formulas they roll thier eyes and scroll down probably 90% of the time. I do. If I really wanted I can sit down adn research it to undersatnd all of it. But why? If you like to at home, great. Kudos for you. We aren't chemists, and most here aren't engineers. I'll gurantee you that there are people on this board who won't participate in these discussions as they are intimidated or can't understand the first thing about chemical interactions down to the molecular level. I last took Chemistry in high school. 15 years ago. I am sure there are others who didn't even take chem as they had something else they were more interested in.

With that said, I still think your reactor is not running right. It isn't a matter of plumbing, you need to slow the effluent rate to decrease the pH so that you are actually using your reactor for something more than a water circulation device.

I'll let this be now. Maybe you will take the advice and experience being offered and follow it. Maybe you won't. Your choice. But I know that if you don't you will still be adding buiffer to your tank for a looong loong time. And once you try putting more of a Ca demand on your system to the point that it starts falling too you will need to add Ca as well. Then what is the point of even running a reactor if you are dosing as well??

Hmmmm???