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Hello all, I'm new to R2R!
I need help understanding how to supply Ca reactors with water and how pumps are used with Ca Reactors and if there are different ways to use them.
1. If I have this right, I see a diagram illustrating two ways to supply water to a Ca reactor, one is from a pump in the sump, the other is a return line coming directly from the display tank I guess using gravity to feed the reactor. Which is better, it seems a pump from the sump would be?
2. In the case of using a pump from the sump, is that the only pump needed and you can just control the rate with a drip valve? I ask because I also see people talking about peristaltic pumps to dose from ca reactor. So there are 2 pumps in this case? one feeding water from the pump and one dosing? Or does the peristaltic pump replace the pump in the sump, in other words...are there 2 pumps or only one in the case of using a peristaltic pump? Thank you all!
I need help understanding how to supply Ca reactors with water and how pumps are used with Ca Reactors and if there are different ways to use them.
1. If I have this right, I see a diagram illustrating two ways to supply water to a Ca reactor, one is from a pump in the sump, the other is a return line coming directly from the display tank I guess using gravity to feed the reactor. Which is better, it seems a pump from the sump would be?
2. In the case of using a pump from the sump, is that the only pump needed and you can just control the rate with a drip valve? I ask because I also see people talking about peristaltic pumps to dose from ca reactor. So there are 2 pumps in this case? one feeding water from the pump and one dosing? Or does the peristaltic pump replace the pump in the sump, in other words...are there 2 pumps or only one in the case of using a peristaltic pump? Thank you all!