Pro calcium reactor setup

[Barnacle_Blenny]

I was reading on a euro site forum that people have been using calcium reactor's without ph monitors and regulators. Any input? Have you guys tried this? I can see how it would work in theory. Checking your calcium and ph now and then and make changes accordingly. Or is this just another plot from the germans on world domination one tank at a time...hehe

 

[Hitsnorth]

You dont need a ph monitor once you have your reactor dialed in you just periodically check the effluent. If your Calcium reactor is lowering the PH of your tank you wont see it immediately anyway and you should probably slow the effluent if thats the case.

I have had no problems doing it this way.

 

[cali_reef]

I can't see how you can feed the CO2 into the chamber with out a regulator, the bottle pressure when full is 800~900 PSI and I don't think any acrylic chamber can hold that high pressure. Maybe you meant a solenoid valve on the regulator?

You can run the reactor without an PH monitor or controller, but I can't see anyone measuring the effluent with test kits. You be spending a lot of money buying test kits to tune your reactor, you will also be so tire and frustrated from doing all the testing. Not worth the headache for the saving.

 

[Barnacle_Blenny]

Yup I meant solenoid. The idea here is not to save just bucks but room when you know exactly how to set the equipment. For pro's not first timers when you have 3+ tanks this stuff gets expensive. I for one haven't put a CR on one of my tanks because of the size constraints and saving a $100 doesn't hurt either . Plus the use of a ph tester from hanna which I already own so I'm gonna give this a shot. I'm going to make a DIY reactor. I'll keep yah posted on my progress. I should have everything setup in about a month.