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11-14-2008, 11:01 PM
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I was just thinking about the Reactor/supliments thing.
I think the key is your needs. Ie: if you tank has a High demand with a lot of fluctuations, costs, time ect.. then save up and get the reactor. If you are tight on cash... and suppliments suffice stick with supliments. If you can afford the inital cost go with the reactor they are easy and reliable (till your controler ph probe packs it in...) I have 5 reef/salt tanks. 2-95's, 40, 2-nano's. Only the 40 has the reactor. I dose all the other tanks with supliments. I am strggling in that tank with the blade algae.... Nothing is keeping it under control.
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11-15-2008, 07:01 PM
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Another noob question....
So the calcium reactor could sit beside the sump being teed into your return pump, or by having another pump in the sump to power the reactor all together. Or does it sit inside the sump itself?
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11-15-2008, 07:33 PM
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11-17-2008, 04:20 PM
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yup the reactor sits outside your sump (usually). You don't normally connect it to your sump.
Most come with their own re-circulating pump that pushes the water in the chamber through a side arm where it's mixed with the co2 and back into the reaction chamber. The feed is usually gravity siphon through airline hose, and same with the return. Usually connect the reactor chamber to a monitor or a controler that will turn on and off the co2. Absolutly no way or reason to connect to your main pump. Not like a skimmer. You need the seperation and drip to de-gas.
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