Calcium reactor setup recommendations

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I am building a 140 shallow reef that will be SPS dominant. The total water volume will be around 200 gallons. I am looking into a calcium reactor setup instead of dosing at some point. What size would you recommend for this tank, also which equipment? thanks
 
If you can get one. The MTC Pro Cal would be PERFECT for your tank along with a masterflex feed pump and dual stage co2 regulator
 
I will check into them. Looks to be a great setup. I am tired of kalk and dosing. this would make life much easier, and I can adjust as tank grows. What regulator would you recommend? The pump that comes with the MTC isn't any good?
 
The pump that comes with it is fine. But that is a circulation pump. With a calcium reactor you have a pump to circulate water through the reactor, and one to feed water through it. They advertise it as a self siphoning reactor but do some user review research and that method literally never works long term.

A cheap solution would be to use a small utility pump like a maxijet or a small mag drive and have a fairly fast effluent rate (steady stream) which will prevent clogging of the line. My complaint about that method is you burn through co2 very fast.

Another option is to use a commercial grade continuous duty rated peristaltic like a masterflex or a Watson & marlow. They're not cheap but highly reliable. You can also fine tune the dose rate from a fast stream down to something ultra slow drip.

As far as regulators go I like the custom built dual stage regulators. There are a couple threads detailing part sourcing for masterflex pumps and dual stage regulators on the other big forum. I can PM them to you if needed
 

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