hobogato Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 well, i finally decided to take the kalk and calcium reactor plunge. built these over the last couple of days, recirculating pump for kalk reactor should be here tomorrow, all i am waiting on now is a float valve for the RO reservoir for it. THANK YOU MATT FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP ON THAT!! all of the expensive stuff for the calcium reactor should be here on monday, so i should be putting both reactors on next week those with experience - would it be better to do them at the same time, or one at a time (a few days apart) any past experience or help is welcome - thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishypets Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Those are some MONSTERS! Get ready for some serious growth. BTW you should try the Korallith media thumbsup.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 you think i will see more growth, even tho i have been dosing B-ionic daily? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishypets Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 With out a dobut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammondegge Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 those look great Ace! did you happen to chronicle the building of...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 no, i guess i should do that some day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Clint had me switch to the Korallin reactor media as well and I second that your growth sky rockets. Something is in the media that we just can't dose for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 well, i got them both up and running, and these are my test results as of this afternoon: tank: pH = 8.3 alk = 9.8 Dkh calc = 560 calcium reactor 1st chamber effluent: pH = 7.0 alk = 28 Dkh calcium reactor 2nd chamber effluent pH = 6.7 alk = 25 Dkh the calcium reactor results seem a little weird - i thought the 1st chamber (circulating) should have a lower pH than the 2nd chamber (static) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted July 13, 2006 Author Share Posted July 13, 2006 just re-tested, pH in first chamber effluent is 6.8 and second chamber effluent is 7.0 maybe it just had to run a bit longer to start working right :huh i just started it this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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