Needle wheel on Calcium reactor

[John D'Amico]

Yeah... Mine is old. Probably from the 90s. I got it cheap.

 

[X-37B]

Yeah... Mine is old. Probably from the 90s. I got it cheap.

Just hook the dosing pump to the effluent side and run it in continuous mode.
Let us know how it turns out.

 

[John D'Amico]

Took it all down. Lol. There was a leak at a connection. Probably fixed it now with just some Teflon. Pump is super loud. Probably a killer on electricity bill. Just gonna buy a new one. Recommendations that don't break the bank?

 

[X-37B]

Took it all down. Lol. There was a leak at a connection. Probably fixed it now with just some Teflon. Pump is super loud. Probably a killer on electricity bill. Just gonna buy a new one. Recommendations that don't break the bank?

I use Sicci 3.0 on my reactor. Any pump you can fit will work though.

 

[John D'Amico]

Actually a recommendation on a new reactor.

 

[John D'Amico]

How is the reef octopus? Looks like the difference on the cr100 vs cr140 is how often I'll need to refill. And the 140 gas 2 versions... One with DC motor and one not. Is adjustability going to be necessary?

 

[X-37B]

I run a geo 818. There are a few on ebay. Very simple and well put together reactors.

 

[John D'Amico]

I went with the octo

 

[X-37B]

I went with the octo

Nice! Let us know how it preforms.
Start a build thread so we can follow.

 

[KrisReef]

I think the age of my reactor and the changes in how they are set up might be the problem and my confusion. Mine uses a little giant pump to pull in the water from the sump and to circulate.

I have found that I need to have some pressure on the in tube to keep the flow stable, and I am also using an older calcium reactor. I have a 1/4 tube that comes off of my return to create pressure.

The exit side has a Kamoer metering pump. When the CO2 comes on it adds pressure to the reactor chamber- this seems to be the source of flow changes if I don’t have pressure on the supply side?

 

[Snoopy 67]

I had the MTC mini -cal with a Kamoer doser and it worked great controlling the effluent.
I see no reason the bigger model would not be the same.

 

[John D'Amico]

Nice! Let us know how it preforms.
Start a build thread so we can follow.

 

[John D'Amico]

Sump in basement

 

[John D'Amico]

Sump in basement