New Babble Magus Calcium Reactor review

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by Crisis

How are you finding this reactor? I noticed you have it installed outside your sump, any issues with leaks or anything? I'm looking to get a CA reactor, & didn't want to spend huge bucks!

So far so good. i don’t have the Ph down to 6.9 yet. other then that all is ok. No leaks, but i will have a small container installed under it anyway just to be safe in a long run.
Waite a month or so i will update this review and see if its a right reactor for you.
definitely good savings in terms of price. I was a little cautions to by from China direct but end up being positive experience. Looked like he dropped shipped it from someone else but that was good for me in terms of packaging lol. I mean box inside the box was good for safety of the inside item.

[smokinreefer]

still running externally with no problems?

[RuGlu6]

Ok,
Here is an up date.
yes, still running externally all OK, nevertheless i installed a container under it just in case.

Observation: It works better with smaller sizer reactor media. The reason is that the Atman PH1100 pump is more powerful then say Maxi Jet, and can push a lot more water though the media.
So what i did is that i added small size aragonite to the reactor and now its completely packed. Also just to be on the safe side i protected the pump intake (the orange strainer on the last picture on page one of the thread) with open cell foam/sponge from old aquaclear HOB filter.

All in all its a good reactor, set it and forget it type. Ph effluent is 6.6-6.8 depending on the drip rate. I have it running at a fast drip rate about 3 drops per second. And a bubble of Co2 every 4-5 seconds. very economical in terms of Co2 consumption. If i slow down the effluent drip rate, Ph inside the reactor goes down a few points in few hrs.