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If this process has taught me anything, beauty doesn't make for an efficient product.Jimmy, as always.... WOW. I made a DIY calcium reactor a few years back out of a GFO reactor. Was a great learning experience but it was NOWHERE near as nice as what you've built. Very impressive!
For ease of maintenance. I wanted to be able to simply remove the top flange to add media.Jimmy I'm curious why you didn't make the feedback loop go all the way to the top of the chamber.
Also, if it pulls from the top, it’s more likely to suck in bubbles thus resulting in a noisy reactor. Less of a problem since @Sisterlimonpot is designing a pressurized carx. But it’s the reason why Geo changed their design because of all the reefers using a “pull” as opposed to “push” setup.Jimmy I'm curious why you didn't make the feedback loop go all the way to the top of the chamber.
I'll have to look at Geo's design to refresh my memory, did they run all the plumbing through the side??Also, if it pulls from the top, it’s more likely to suck in bubbles thus resulting in a noisy reactor. Less of a problem since @Sisterlimonpot is designing a pressurized carx. But it’s the reason why Geo changed their design because of all the reefers using a “pull” as opposed to “push” setup.
go for it. I'm actually sitting at the computer about to design a similar mount for the pumps driver...the pvc is bulletproof! right choice imo. man that pump mount is legit! might have to borrow
There’s a simple diy mod that works if you have a pull setup. A lot simpler than the BC mod IIRC. Basically you need to tap the lid for your effluent instead of drawing it off the manifold. And then you add a short extension from the manifold opening on the lid. Together, the excess gas gets pulled out by your peri pump and the circulating pump bypasses any additional trapped air. Not sure if explaining it clearly enough. Sorry to hijack the thread.I think thats what he changed it to, battle corals also did a nice write up/mod on his geo, I've got the older top style that still works but has bubbles if you pull
Do you have links to all these? I'd like to see the BC mod... and the simple one you speak of... I think I get the premise. It sounds like what I did with the what I called the "gas vent". That port gets connected to the "manifold" (I assume you're talking about the recirculation plumbing... if not please correct me) where it acts sort of like a venturi and creates a vacuum at that port, thus pulling any trapped gas to be mixed in the water column.There’s a simple diy mod that works if you have a pull setup. A lot simpler than the BC mod IIRC. Basically you need to tap the lid for your effluent instead of drawing it off the manifold. And then you add a short extension from the manifold opening on the lid. Together, the excess gas gets pulled out by your peri pump and the circulating pump bypasses any additional trapped air. Not sure if explaining it clearly enough. Sorry to hijack the thread.
Do you have links to all these? I'd like to see the BC mod... and the simple one you speak of... I think I get the premise. It sounds like what I did with the what I called the "gas vent". That port gets connected to the "manifold" (I assume you're talking about the recirculation plumbing... if not please correct me) where it acts sort of like a venturi and creates a vacuum at that port, thus pulling any trapped gas to be mixed in the water column.
One thing I didn't add, (and could easily be added if needed) is a way to purge the excess trapped gas. But that only seems to be an issue upon start up once all the gas is purged you never have that issue.
Plus the pressurizing of the reactor will help in this sense because it will force the more gas to stay suspended in the water.
But, I'm now second guessing my effluent adapter that I printed (I didnt showcase that one) that essentially is a bubble trap. It was designed to minimize the removal of gas. I'm curious if having that adapter will make for noisy operation because there's no way to purge accumulated gas?? The question becomes, will gas accumulate over time? Or once it's in operation and fully purged you wont have to worry about it??
Yes, it's an ultrabase... 210x210you printing on ultrabase? the clasp is pretty neat!
It's easy to get CO2 to become saturated in FW or SW. Air will not become saturated in water and there will need to be a way to purge the air during initial startup, cleaning, refilling, etc.