My huge calcium and kalk reactor

[slayer]

Im in the process of planning my next system. I'll be moving back to atlanta in the next couple of months and will be setting up the biggest system i have ever owned. Im planning for a couple of thousands of gallons.. yeap you read that right. So i thought id start off by getting my peripheral equipment ready for the new system... I ordered some acrylic and heres what i got so far...comments welcome...

my acrylic tubes ... 1/4 inch thick.im debating on the actual length i should make the calcium and kalk reactors but 3ft is the minimum i want to go with...

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my flange... routed out and tapped....

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o-ring

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lid.......cut out and drilled...not sure if i want to make key holes yet.

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underside view of the flange... i routed it so that the tube fits flush inside a groove.

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the top of the unit... i still have to drill and tap the lid for some john guest fittings...

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close up of the top....

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waiting on some plumbing to arrive before i start on the body of the tube and base....more pics to follow...

 

[lilrobb]

YOU ROCK,

i wanna see that in action...

 

[jdabs]

Looking forward to this build!

 

[schwaggs]

WOW! Nice craftsmanship!

 

[weaglereefer]

*shudders* thinking how much CA media will cost, lol.

 

[mojo]

Cool project.

How do you plan to get an even dissolve rate in the calcium chamber? For that matter, how do you plan to keep that much kalk stirred up?

 

[jusney]

That is really nice work. Do you use special router bit to cut acrylic and what kind of jig do you use to make the circles?
THX

 

[rbredding]

the wide angle lens plays some funky tricks on the tube in that last picture...

 

[slayer]

thankx guys. To answer some of your questions

-yes thats a lot of media im gonna need, but then again theres a lot of coral im gonna have
- in a kalk reactor i dont need much flow. just enough to stir up the kalk. I made one a couple of years ago, a little smaller but all that needed was a maxijet 400 to keep it stirred up. As for the calcium reactor , im gonna need a big pump and/or spray bar to keep the media dissolving
-I use carbide tip router bits for acrylic routing
- yeap never noticed that in the last pic sure does look like its getting wide.


well my parts arrived while i was out of town, and i managed to get some more done.....

 

[slayer]

found an old pic of the first the kalk reactor i ever made...

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[slayer]

As far as pumps im going to use a blueline pump..
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[slayer]

heres it in action.. moves more water then i need in a reactor

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[weaglereefer]

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[slayer]

I routed out and tapped the tube for some unions...
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[slayer]

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sorry fixed...

 

[slayer]

The blueline pump plumbed and ready to be fitted
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[slayer]

And finally it looks like its coming together... pump and tube fitted and glued together...
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[slayer]

some close ups....
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[weaglereefer]

Man that looks good!

 

[acroholic]

slayer77;573392 wrote: some close ups....

MRC does theirs the same way.