Well its new to me but used to others but this knop calcium reactor is one of the few things I want for my tank......Got it all hooked up a 2 days ago and have been dialing it in a little knida difficult for a novice reactor setter upper....haha
I plumbed the intake of the reactor into the skimmer intake hose with a small thinggy
after reading futurInterests thread on the reactor he wrote a tread about were he tapped it into the return to the tank (thanks) thats where my idea came from with the skimmer intake more than enough pressure to run the reactor....
I tested my parameters on the night I hook everything up. After a few problems with the tank (not due to the reactor) the following day things were not running right with the reactor yet. After sorting out my clogged overflow drain pipe (with a snail) long story I finaly got everything running right.
I made a drip cup for the PH probe on my Milwaukee controller and the effluent drip hose and mounted it inside the sump. 2 bubbles every 3 seconds in the bubble counter from the Co2 and 2 drips per second from the effluent drip hose. The ph is finally starting to drop to 6.5 in the reactor and shuting off the Co2 flow until it rises. I had to increase the bubble count to help lower the P.h. in the reactor to start dissolving the arm media.
So its testing time agian.. Before I hooked up the reactor the three main parameters were:
P.H. 8.4
DKH 11.2
Cal 440
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after the reactor was hooked and the problems were fixed. I tested tonight and the parameters in the drip cup from the efflient and tank are as follows:
P.H. 6.5---------<span style="color: red;">Tank P.H. 8.0</span>
DKH 30.8--------<span style="color: red;">Tank DKH 9.8</span>
Cal 600---------<span style="color: red;">Tank Cal 440</span>
so in conclusion I think I will slow the Co2 down a little to lower the alk in the effluent seems kinda high to me.... I really wont know much until tommarow when I test again since it just really started working correctly this morning. I am looking for some info from people who have a reactor...Here are a few pics of the set up... All in all I think its a great reactor very easy to set up...
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I plumbed the intake of the reactor into the skimmer intake hose with a small thinggy
after reading futurInterests thread on the reactor he wrote a tread about were he tapped it into the return to the tank (thanks) thats where my idea came from with the skimmer intake more than enough pressure to run the reactor....I tested my parameters on the night I hook everything up. After a few problems with the tank (not due to the reactor) the following day things were not running right with the reactor yet. After sorting out my clogged overflow drain pipe (with a snail) long story I finaly got everything running right.
I made a drip cup for the PH probe on my Milwaukee controller and the effluent drip hose and mounted it inside the sump. 2 bubbles every 3 seconds in the bubble counter from the Co2 and 2 drips per second from the effluent drip hose. The ph is finally starting to drop to 6.5 in the reactor and shuting off the Co2 flow until it rises. I had to increase the bubble count to help lower the P.h. in the reactor to start dissolving the arm media.
So its testing time agian.. Before I hooked up the reactor the three main parameters were:
P.H. 8.4
DKH 11.2
Cal 440
____________
after the reactor was hooked and the problems were fixed. I tested tonight and the parameters in the drip cup from the efflient and tank are as follows:
P.H. 6.5---------<span style="color: red;">Tank P.H. 8.0</span>
DKH 30.8--------<span style="color: red;">Tank DKH 9.8</span>
Cal 600---------<span style="color: red;">Tank Cal 440</span>
so in conclusion I think I will slow the Co2 down a little to lower the alk in the effluent seems kinda high to me.... I really wont know much until tommarow when I test again since it just really started working correctly this morning. I am looking for some info from people who have a reactor...Here are a few pics of the set up... All in all I think its a great reactor very easy to set up...
