Calcium reactor pointers

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Originally Posted by daplatapus

Have you ever had your effluent line foul up? If so, do you know why?

Ya, every now and then it plugs up, mostly Ca deposits, but once in a while I get an air lock in the reactor..once this year, so not often.
I feed the reactor off of a T in my return line, so slight pressure going in.

I imagine in the beginning I probably messed around with all the setting and measuring, but after I tossed the pH meter and just let it run, I noticed no difference, so I stopped worrying about all the details.
It's good to have an understanding of the details, but I'm not sure how closely you really need to pay attention
I have the Apex pH probe in a box, the grommet to plumb it in to my reactor, the solenoid is plugged in, but I've just never got around to doing anything with it. My Ca currently sits at 450ppm

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Do you still need magnesium additives like mag stone/zeomag if you already are using high magnesium Media like Caribsea ARM course?