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Going to be setting up a calcium reactor and curious what media everyone likes to use. Looking at the Triton Media and Reborn at the moment... looking for something that stay relatively clean and works well.
 

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There are lots of options. I like harder media over softer media. I feel that it is more forgiving and more precise (x dkh at y pH).
I also prefer larger media in a larger chamber over smaller media in any size chamber. The larger media just dosen't clog up nearly as much if at all. Consistency is the name of the game.

I like seachem reactor large media. There are others. I can't speak to those having not used them.
 

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The new Reborn does not appear to be like the old stuff. I am still running the OG Reborn. I have tested the Seachem Reef Reactor media that Sean mentioned. It is pretty chunky and dissolves well. The Deltec medias look interesting, though I have not tested them.
 
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The new Reborn does not appear to be like the old stuff. I am still running the OG Reborn. I have tested the Seachem Reef Reactor media that Sean mentioned. It is pretty chunky and dissolves well. The Deltec medias look interesting, though I have not tested them.
Can you get the original still? I see some listed as "original size" on saltwateraquarium
 

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Can you get the original still? I see some listed as "original size" on saltwateraquarium
No, I don't believe so. I was lucky enough to have 6 cases on hand that I had ordered in for a project and never used. The project will be using Florida Cushed Coral instead, when it gets underway.
 

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Going to be setting up a calcium reactor and curious what media everyone likes to use. Looking at the Triton Media and Reborn at the moment... looking for something that stay relatively clean and works well.
I use ARM Extra Course without issues. It wasn’t my first choice but I didn’t want the new Reborn (after using up my old batch) based on the reviews. I haven’t tried the Deltec media either.
 

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The land based media like the deltec, kz, dastacko,and seachem have the benefit of not being source limited. The reborn media only had the one recient supply issue that I am aware of but people seam to be really polarized over it.
 

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The new Reborn does not appear to be like the old stuff. I am still running the OG Reborn. I have tested the Seachem Reef Reactor media that Sean mentioned. It is pretty chunky and dissolves well. The Deltec medias look interesting, though I have not tested them.
I was disappointed with my last order of the reborn as it was very small broken pieces and full of foreign debis. It still performs decently.
 

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MTC a respected company, now defunct, recommended Florida Crushed Coral for their reactors.
 
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