chrisfowler99 Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Thinking about a calcium reactor. Maybe a the dual Calcium/GFO reactor from BRS. What's the gain? What's the maintenance period? What are the alternatives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 you're talking about 2 different things Chris... calcium reactor = dissolves coral skeletons to raise the Alk and Ca of your system carbon/GFO reactor = holds carbon & GFO to reduce funk from your system BTW...on your tank, a single canister Carbon/GFO reactor will work fine. A Dual one is overkill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfowler99 Posted April 19, 2010 Author Share Posted April 19, 2010 You're right...I had even been looking at the page about their dual reactor when I typed that. Both media in a single reactor is fine? Ok..even though it's technically not part of the dual reactor...how about an education on a calcium reactor too? (My Alk (6) and Ca (400) are both low. And that's measured within a day of a water change... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 You're right...I had even been looking at the page about their dual reactor when I typed that. Both media in a single reactor is fine? Ok..even though it's technically not part of the dual reactor...how about an education on a calcium reactor too? (My Alk (6) and Ca (400) are both low. And that's measured within a day of a water change... ) yep...both in 2 reactor are fine. That's how I run mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadodge Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 i run (2) TWO LITTLE FISHY REACTOR, one with GFO other with CARBON. The i have a 2 chamber calcium reactor (PM), the second chamber is just to insure that all the CO2 being entered into the system is dissolved into the media. Maybe this will help a little. My system is a total water volume of around 140-150 gallons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfowler99 Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 Ok...picked up a single reactor, pump, GFO and carbon. Now, the next set of questions... how much GFO? how much carbon? mix them up? separate them with the sponge? if separated, GFO on top or carbon? change them out how often, monthly? (sounds like carbon will be the determining factor here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 use the calculator @ BRS' website (click on the clownfish on the UR of the body of the page). That will tell you how much carbon/GFO - separate them with the sponge - GFO on top as I pull the carbon every 2 weeks and the GFO every month. (You can probably go a month on carbon and 2 months on GFO, but I like to play things safe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfowler99 Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 As I read that I forgot that the container opens from the bottom and I was confused for a bit. Cool...lots of GFO used...yeesh. Gonna have to order some more after my first load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekreefer Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Do you used media bags with these or just let the carbon and GFO tumble around? I am currently running carbon in a media bag in a Aquaclear on my 29 gallon. It works but I clean the media bags twice a week. would a single canister be overkill for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadodge Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 just let it tumble around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 just let it tumble around. +1, tumble, but not grind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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