DIY calcium reactor

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Plexiglass 5mm cut with my dremel 3000
20mm acrylic tube
20mm pvc connectors
M8x16 nylon Allen bolt
Pump maxi jet 500
O ring
Reverse osmosis fittings
And a battery collector
First I cut the battery collector at 40cm
Then try to make some circles with the dremel and the 5mm plexiglass and last try to fit everything together
I tried to copy the pacific sun 150 reactor. The sticker is just bubble magus from the skimmer I have.
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I like it... Maybe add a pH probe holder to the lid? You obviously have the skills needed to do so..
Thanks mate. At the moment I don't own a PH controller to see how to seal the probe. In the future I definitely add one. [emoji4]
 

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Cool! How will you set the ph in the reactor without a probe in the reactor to have co2 turn on and off?
 
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Cool! How will you set the ph in the reactor without a probe in the reactor to have co2 turn on and off?
Today I will make the frame for my 220 (main) litres reef. So I have a long way to finish the hole project and order a PH controller [emoji1] more DIY coming soon.
Also this one will made a zeovit reactor
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U can use these to add ph prob think its 3/8 size u got look it ph prob size but used one like this on one I made few years ago
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Some update here. I made a file for the reactor top cap for laser cut. Also upgrade the pump to jebao 1200
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also I will add a second chamber to drop the ph before adding in the tank. Here is the file I used for 8cm and 12 cm tube
 

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