shane,
it can take as long as a week to get up to speed.
get a alk and cal test kit and test the effluent for alk and dkh and cal.
then let me know what they are
When I built my first one it was too small for my tank and couldnt keep up
with the demand.
you have a 120 right???
I would start the effluent drip at about 1-1.5 liters per hour. with about
20-25 bubbles per min of co2. let stand over night then test tank in morn
and effluent. then adjust from there.
if you add additives you'll never get the cal reactor dialed in. youll just
yo yo around.
hth
lemme know if you need more help.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 4:33 PM
Subject: Calcium Reactor w/additives
> All,
>
> Okay, for the last week 5 days, I have had my calcium reactor running. It
is
> at a drip per every 1.5-2 seconds and the water coming out is at a slow
> trickle. It seems to be working pretty well as far as funtionality goes.
It
> is running smoothly, and the design seems to be okay. I too have the gas
> build up in the reactor, but I can simply tilt the reactor a bit, and the
> gas escapes through the output. Water is leaving the reactor at a pH of
6.4.
>
>
> My question though is this. Those of you who run reactors, do you still
have
> to use any other alk/calcium additives? When I ran my reactor for the
first
> day or two, I continued to use additives, so of course the water coming
from
> the reactor tested well. I have since quit adding anything. As of now, the
> pH has dropped, and so has the alk and calcium. Should I let it continue
to
> drop until I get a baseline and then adjust and use additives from there??
> The whole idea behind adding a reactor was to stop using additives. It may
> be a bad design?
>
> TIA,
> Shane C.
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