Mother of all Calicium Reactors 5 Stage Marinetech

[support@proline]

Another new piece of equipment we are very excited about
Marinetech 5 stage calcium reactor


stage 1 : to disolve the CO2 in water through the chamber with Bioballs

stage 2 :Main chamber 8" diameter with gas recycling compartment on the top
stage 3 : second media chamber
stage 4: this chamber is used for PO4 removing media to rid the effluent of PO4
stage 5: small air stone will inject air into the chamber to exchange gases
(CO2-> 02) which in return will increase the ph of the effluent

you can see the gas recycling compartment that will take any bubble back to the pump for recycling (top) the side fitting with the needle valve is to regulate the flow from main chamber to the third chamber
also you can see the Probe fitting on the top of first stage in this picture

first chamber & bubble counter

PO4 removing media stage

last chamber with the airstone

This thing is insane ,but we love it.
Very high quality & well thought unit
Regards
Proline

[Jason McK]

Very cool. Does it come with a free one day seminar LOL.

Nice thought put into it.

J

[Joe Reefer]

Looks intimidating.
What kind of pump comes with it?

[mr_alberta]

Originally Posted by Joe Reefer

Looks intimidating.
What kind of pump comes with it?

It doesn't come with a pump Lando, it comes with a cold fusion reactor and flux capacitor LOL

[Joe Reefer]

Originally Posted by mr_alberta

It doesn't come with a pump Lando, it comes with a cold fusion reactor and flux capacitor LOL

hmm, I thought it runs on bio-diesel.

[trilinearmipmap]

I was not aware that phosphate was released from calcium reactor media, can you expand on this?

[trilinearmipmap]

Originally Posted by support@proline

stage 5: small air stone will inject air into the chamber to exchange gases
(CO2-> 02) which in return will increase the ph of the effluent

OK this looks like a great reactor. However there is a problem with the concept of stage 5, de-gassing the effluent to remove CO2.

If you de-gas the effluent before it leaves the reactor, the pH rises, the Calcium and Carbonate ions become less soluble and would be expected to precipitate out during stage 5.

Doesn't it more sense to do a de-gassing after the effluent has mixed back in with tank water?

[Psyire]

Do these guys have a website?

[SuperFudge]

Originally Posted by trilinearmipmap

Doesn't it more sense to do a de-gassing after the effluent has mixed back in with tank water?

No, i dont think it makes more sense .

Whats the difference if your degassing before and slightly increasing PH before entry, or just dropping it in the sump or tank with a high oxygen, high PH ?

Either way some precipitation occurs...just in a different spot.
The whole point is what your left with afterwards and as a whole.

Marc.

[trilinearmipmap]

Originally Posted by Fudge

No, i dont think it makes more sense .

Whats the difference if your degassing before and slightly increasing PH before entry, or just dropping it in the sump or tank with a high oxygen, high PH ?


Marc.

Actually there is a big difference. De-gassing raises the pH of the solution you are de-gassing. Raising the pH of the effluent solution will decrease the solubility of the Calcium and Carbonate ions down to the same solubility as in your tankwater, so most of the CaCO3 you have dissolved in the reactor will promptly precipitate out. Waiting to mix it with tank water and then de-gassing this mixture will result in a lot less precipitation, because the effluent has been diluted by tank water, and the concentration product of Calcium and Carbonate ions will be a lot less than in the straight effluent, so less will precipitate out.