Ca Reactor built tonight

[StirCrazy]

well I finaly got off my A$$ and made a Ca reactor, I started off with a 2nd stage I bought from Bruce, and transformed it into a reactor.

I incorperated a CO2 recirc also.

the reactor tube is 4" dia x 18" high and I am using a mag drive 3 for recirc.

Steve

[StirCrazy]

Doh, I forgot the pics LOL





Steve

[kris]

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looks good steve.. when you building mine :D

[Islander]

looks good steve.
Let me know how it works, will you?
My DIY reactor is going to be similar like your.
Where do you get the host fittings?


Cheers,
Ken

[StirCrazy]

I got them at Prostar, they are John Guest fittings.

Steve

[Delphinus]

Looks really good, Steve.

For the piece where the John Guest fitting "T" connects to your PVC, are you using an off-the-shelf bushing or did you have to make your own (using a male threaded end cap, drill out the appropriate size hole and then tap-n-die the threads into that)?

[Aquattro]

Tony, those are off the shelf fittings.

[StirCrazy]

Originally posted by Reef_Raf:
Tony, those are off the shelf fittings.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">yup, they are all John guest fittings, the one you are talking about is a "T" with a stem adapter to go to the 1/4" pip thread from the pvc bushing.

Steve

[fishboy]

Looks great Steve. Is your output off the bottom or top? Just wondering what might be more efficient. Mine outputs from the top.

[StirCrazy]

ya my output is off the top. if the out put was on the bottom you have a risk of setting up a syphon and emptying your ca reactor.

Steve