Calcium reactor problems

[Shirak]

I can barley see any water movement at the 90 pvc elbow , and no bubbles sucking to this 90 PVC .

I do hear the pump chop co2 from time to time (when the co2 regulator is on) , and can feel the water flow through her pipe....but visually , she doesn't suck almost no bubbles from the top of the reactor

Don’t worry about the small bubbles stuck at the top. They will not be a problem. They may or may not come out on their own.

 

[Shirak]

According to GLA

• Premium GLA bubble counter with check valve to protect your equipment

You can remove the Geo check valve no problem

 

[Yanir34]

Hello everyone, some updates:

I took of the lid of the reactor, and cleaned gently thr probe hole, and in/out of the reactor.

Also, I turned on the recirculating pump when the lid is off for few seconds- the pump work in proper way.

I check that the reactor tubing is installed I proper way .

I took off GEO check valve , and connected the reactor directly to GLA counter bubbles.

PSI pressure on the left clock of the regulator ois at 8 to 10 PSI.

1 bubble every 3 seconds.

turned kamoer pump at 100 ml/minute for 1 hour.

1 hour later , I turned on the recirculating pump.

It took 6 hours to get from 7.8 to 7.15

The ph don't get down of 7.15

Bubbles are still building up in the top pf the reactor (some of said that it doesn't matter anyway)

I don't know if its the real real reading or not , but that is the situation right now.

I'm getting today my milwaukee MC122 ph controller and will use his ph probe , to see if there is any change.

Here is the graph of ph electrode

 

[Yanir34]

By the way , the ph got down at 7:40 AM only because I tried to put 1 bubbles every 1 seconds but the again it stuck at 7.15

 

[Shirak]

Slow the Kamoer to about 30ml/min. CO2 20-30 bubbles/min.

Not sure why you waited an hour to turn on circulation pump. It needs to run continuously 24/7.

Let it run for 24 hours. Measure dkh of output. Stop obsessing about pH and bubbles.

Out of curiosity which calibration fluid did you use to calibrate the probe? I use 4 and 7 since my reactor runs around 6.8pH

 

[Yanir34]

Slow the Kamoer to about 30ml/min. CO2 20-30 bubbles/min.

Not sure why you waited an hour to turn on circulation pump. It needs to run continuously 24/7.

Let it run for 24 hours. Measure dkh of output. Stop obsessing about pH and bubbles.

Out of curiosity which calibration fluid did you use to calibrate the probe? I use 4 and 7 since my reactor runs around 6.8pH

I'm using 4 and 7 ph calibration solutions

 

[Yanir34]

I will test today the Influence.

It should be :
30 to 50 dkh
450 to 600 cal
1500 magnesium

?

 

[Shirak]

I will test today the Influence.

It should be :
30 to 50 dkh
450 to 600 cal
1500 magnesium

?

30 -35dkh would be good what test kit?

 

[Yanir34]

30 -35dkh would be good what test kit?

Salifert

That was the actual results at the first 2 weeks of the operation of the reactor

 

[FishTruck]

Think of it this way…

Any area with vacuum can pull air in. That’s why I recommend using a power head in the sump using a push method. It can go in a filter sock if needed to keep out detritus or bubbles from the sump. You CAN use the Kaemmer instead of a pinch valve - at the end of the line… after your second chamber.

At slight positive pressure throughout the whole reactor it should be impossible for Air to intrude. The only other possible place would be the vacuum end of your circulation pump. You can test this by running the system with the CO2 off with and without the circulation pump running and see if it stays air bubble free.

If you run the CO2 without that circulation pump, it would definitely fill up with a CO2 bubble. Eventually, the circulation pump sucks in gas and fails in the whole reactor gases out. This can happen if your line gets clogged or for CO2 is running too fast and that’s where a pH control system can help you. It should notice that the pH is getting too low and shut off the gas before the whole reactor fails and melt your media.

 

[geo Verified Sponsor]

Hello everyone, some updates:

I took of the lid of the reactor, and cleaned gently thr probe hole, and in/out of the reactor.

Also, I turned on the recirculating pump when the lid is off for few seconds- the pump work in proper way.

I check that the reactor tubing is installed I proper way .

I took off GEO check valve , and connected the reactor directly to GLA counter bubbles.

PSI pressure on the left clock of the regulator ois at 8 to 10 PSI.

1 bubble every 3 seconds.

turned kamoer pump at 100 ml/minute for 1 hour.

1 hour later , I turned on the recirculating pump.

It took 6 hours to get from 7.8 to 7.15

The ph don't get down of 7.15

Bubbles are still building up in the top pf the reactor (some of said that it doesn't matter anyway)

I don't know if its the real real reading or not , but that is the situation right now.

I'm getting today my milwaukee MC122 ph controller and will use his ph probe , to see if there is any change.

Here is the graph of ph electrode

Post a 30 second video showing a complete view of the reactor running with CO2 on, Recirculating pump on and feed pump on (Kamoer).

 

[Yanir34]

Post a 30 second video showing a complete view of the reactor running with CO2 on, Recirculating pump on and feed pump on (Kamoer).

Will post in few minutes, I'm on my to home

 

[Yanir34]

Post a 30 second video showing a complete view of the reactor running with CO2 on, Recirculating pump on and feed pump on (Kamoer).

Here it is

 

[Yanir34]

...?

 

[Shirak]

...?

Will see what Geo says but looks fine to me.
Have you tested the dkh on the output?

 

[Yanir34]

Yes , it's 12 dkh .
There is HUGE buildup of co2 at the bottom the reactor , I need to move the rector gently to realse them .

 

[Yanir34]

Yes , it's 12 dkh .
There is HUGE buildup of co2 at the bottom the reactor , I need to move the rector gently to realse them .

 

[Shirak]

Yes , it's 12 dkh .
There is HUGE buildup of co2 at the bottom the reactor , I need to move the rector gently to realse them .

Well that’s a weird spot for it. Can you get some pictures or short video of what’s going on at the bottom? It looked like the circulation pump was running.

 

[Yanir34]

Also ,I've disconnected the reactor today and placed it over a table , empty the media , did double check ro the pipes and fittings , check the uni-seals , filled with water and turned on only kamoer pump at 100 ml/minute .
That's the results: there is air that somehow enter the reactor.
I suspected the push connect fittings, so I simply connect the silicon pipe of kamer pump , to RO tubing .
Still air is getting in somehow.
When I turned on the recirculating pump ,it got even worse.

I really don't know what to do at this point ...
This air leak/intefirens is definitely not good at all , and effects on the reactor.
Here is a video of this test ,that I did few hours ago.

 

[Yanir34]

I'm trying to upload the video ,