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08-22-2002, 02:04 AM
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Ca Reactor built tonight
well I did a wet run tonight and eveerything held. I think my feed pump might be a little small but I will play with that when i install it.
  the pics are befor I had it filled all the way. Steve 
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10-14-2002, 07:06 AM
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What to use to seal the flange on the top of my reactor?
I know this is a litte old but, Steve,
What did you use to seal the flange at the top of the reactor. Tony(Delphinius) and I just finished our copy's of Dj88's design, but bigger! I tried thin pond liner that was smooth on one side and kinda textured on the other but it did not work! Please fill us in! Thanks
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10-14-2002, 08:04 AM
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Jonathan, Steve's not around tonight, but I believe he has an O ring on the reactor. I use O rings on all my stuff and it works great. And unlike a gasket, you don't need to pry the flanges apart to fill/clean it.
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10-14-2002, 03:51 PM
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yup, "O" ring.. its the only way to go. just get it sized so it barly fits on the inside of your bolts so they will act as a guide to prevent it from disforming.
Steve
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10-14-2002, 04:09 PM
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Steve,
How is the reactor working? I have been having problems with my recirc flow. I had to loose the floss I had in above my screen at the bottom, just get too much silt and it would plug right up. I'm using an Ehiem and it's clean as can be. Lee
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10-14-2002, 04:17 PM
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seams to be working good. I have a open cell sponge at the bottom andit hasn't been plugging up at all.. I can see whare filter floss would be way to fine though..
Steve
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10-15-2002, 01:20 AM
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Steve,
I think I'm having the same problem (Low Recirc flow) with no floss only a "screen". My best guess, is I have lots of fine sediment mixed in the media. Thats what I found last time when I had to remove the floss. Now maybe I need to remove all the media and give it a rinse to keep only the large particles. Or need a MAG5 pump to power through all this. I think an up flow would be much better than this design, but how to keep the pump primed?? Lee
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