Calcium reactor issues with low PH

jblasi

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I had to add a CO2 scrubber to my system due to so much build up in the house with my wife and kids. Since this whole QT thing has started, I have had to swap out my media every two weeks. A scrubber is a good way to help that issue if you do not want to use KALK. My PH was not as low as yours though.
 

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What kind of regulator do you have and what do you have working pressure set too?
 

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One thing that helped me was to run the calcium reactor effluent into a capped 2" PVC pipe with small holes drilled in the cap. The pipe is submerged in the tank or sump with the cap at the bottom. I put an airstone in the pipe and adjusted the airflow until the PH inside the pipe rose to 7.6.
 

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