Reactor blow out

[Delphinus]

Wow, sorry to hear.

Question: How are you controlling flow into and out of the reactor?

I popped a reactor once by trying to feed it via a T'd line off my sump return. I was having issues with the flow being inconsistent so I was trying it with the needle valve on the input side of the reactor and on the outlet size of the reactor. I found with the needle valve on the input side I was still having inconsistent flow so I moved it to the output. A day later I found the whole thing split open with a huge mess on the floor.

Lesson learned! Between the CO2 regulator's pressure setting and sump return pump, it can lead to enough internal pressure to stress the seams. I prefer to have the output of the reactor as free-flow, with the flow adjustments made as the water goes into the reactor.

Anyhow hopefully you can get everything sorted out.