If you run a reactor I’d appreciate your opinions.
1. Is it better to buy a new bottle and fill it or swap out old bottles. (Hard for me to want to have old bottle in my living room)
2. How big of a bottle. (I’m thinking 10-15lbs as I’m not wanting to fill the bottles more than 2x a year.)
3. Thoughts on Ecotech Versa feed pump vs Kamora. (I did but the Kamora until the Versa gets released)
Kamora:
Min Flow Rate - 1mL per minute
Max Flow Rate - 120 mL per minute
PharMed Tubing Life - 2000 Hours
Versa:
Min dosing volume: .5ul/min
Max dosing volume: 300ml/min
Accuracy: +/- .2ml for quantities of 1ml or less, +/- 1% for quantities of 1- 300ml (2% advertised)
4. Do you tune the reactor more with your Effluent Alk or Efflunt flow?
5. Should I use a calculator to transition over from 2-part or is there a better way to transition. Currently dosing Triton Core7 diluted down to 7800 dKH.
6. Do I need to test every 6 hrs, 12 hrs, 24hrs, or 48hrs. When I transition with 2-parts I test every 6-12 hours until I get it dialed in. Overshooting the ALK consumption can STN/RTN your tank if the 2-part is strong like Core7. However, I know Calcium Reactors are much different and I’m really not sure how long the dose takes to affect the tank. I’m assuming if your lowering pH it will be much faster as opposed to adjusting the flow rate on a Kamora.?
7. Where do you set your pH set points on your Apex. How much of a deviation to peg a particular pH? If somebody can post a screen shot of their program it would be appreciated.
8. Best place to fill a bottle or swap a bottle?
1. Is it better to buy a new bottle and fill it or swap out old bottles. (Hard for me to want to have old bottle in my living room)
2. How big of a bottle. (I’m thinking 10-15lbs as I’m not wanting to fill the bottles more than 2x a year.)
3. Thoughts on Ecotech Versa feed pump vs Kamora. (I did but the Kamora until the Versa gets released)
Kamora:
Min Flow Rate - 1mL per minute
Max Flow Rate - 120 mL per minute
PharMed Tubing Life - 2000 Hours
Versa:
Min dosing volume: .5ul/min
Max dosing volume: 300ml/min
Accuracy: +/- .2ml for quantities of 1ml or less, +/- 1% for quantities of 1- 300ml (2% advertised)
4. Do you tune the reactor more with your Effluent Alk or Efflunt flow?
5. Should I use a calculator to transition over from 2-part or is there a better way to transition. Currently dosing Triton Core7 diluted down to 7800 dKH.
6. Do I need to test every 6 hrs, 12 hrs, 24hrs, or 48hrs. When I transition with 2-parts I test every 6-12 hours until I get it dialed in. Overshooting the ALK consumption can STN/RTN your tank if the 2-part is strong like Core7. However, I know Calcium Reactors are much different and I’m really not sure how long the dose takes to affect the tank. I’m assuming if your lowering pH it will be much faster as opposed to adjusting the flow rate on a Kamora.?
7. Where do you set your pH set points on your Apex. How much of a deviation to peg a particular pH? If somebody can post a screen shot of their program it would be appreciated.
8. Best place to fill a bottle or swap a bottle?
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