Calcium reactor newbie problem

[aabjones888]

So I finally got all my stuff for my calcium reactor. I have the geo nano 510, carbon doser regulator and a maxi jet 1200 feed pump. So I've watched and looked at a few sites on how to get started and I think I did everything right. But I'm doing something wrong. I have my doser set on 10psi, have the dial on 8 bubbles per second, and have my drop into my sump at 1 per second. The problem is my ph in my reactor immediately starts to drop right when I plug the regulator in. I know u want it to be between 6.5 and 6.7. It goes below that so I unplug it and it creeps back up to my aquarium ph at 7.9. So what am I doing wrong and can anyone help please?

 

[hybridazn]

8 bubbles a second is really fast, that is your issue. I would start the bubbles off slower maybe 1 bubble every 3-5 seconds and go from there.

 

[aabjones888]

I'll start at 3 and go from there. Thanks

 

[Bpb]

Wow 8 bubbles per second. I believe it needs to be more like 8 bubbles per MINUTE to start.

 

[Ontheway]

You should start with less then 1 bubble per second, as stated above.

 

[aabjones888]

In looked at my carbon doser and its on 8 seconds per bubble, I wrote that wrong above.