Bpb Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 What are y'all's thoughts on reusing calcium reactor media. Just picked up an aquamaxx nano hob carx and it came full of media but hasn't been used in a while. If I rinsed the media real well in RODI what are the thoughts on using it? Or should buy new? It looks like arm fine media. Resembles crushed coral substrate. Also came with 1/2 gallon unused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Wouldn't see any harm as long as it's been rinsed off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Seems like it would be fine if you wash it in RODI. I also feel like you would bake it afterward to 225. Just seems like any unwanted bacteria and organisms would die from one or the other. The baking is probably not needed but I'm just weird about things that came out of other people's tanks that I know they were breaking down and probably neglecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 You could also do a somewhat quick bath in vinegar to dissolve the outside layer and then back into some RO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Toss it! Who knows what the previous person used in their tanks. They could have dosed copper for all you know. Carx media is cheap... $30/year. Not worth it in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Ty makes an excellent point I didn't think of. He's right toss it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Who runs copper in a display tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 I am going to toss it for the sole purpose that I need to order other stuff. My spare ph probe is dead, fails calibration every time. Dried out too long. I also need to get a bubble counter for the regulator. I may as well throw in a little media as well. This calcium reactor is kind of tiny. About the size of a TLF phosban reactor... Which speaking of, I will be using as an effluent chamber with a little DIY time. Essentially all I need are barb converters that fit the existing tubing to reduce down to airline tubing. This reactor also came with fine media. Having never closely inspected it before, I think the previous owner may have just used crushed coral. It literally looks like bagged cc substrate. Complete with dwarf cerith shells and crushed clam/mussel/oyster shell fragments. I'm gonna go with the arm course instead. See my build thread soon I'm gonna need a lot of help getting this running. Almost wanting to back out now and cut my losses. Afraid to nuke the tank in the changeover/fine tuning process Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Who runs copper in a display tank?Crazy people who sell their Carx, regulator, CO2 cylinder, and extra media for $100! [emoji33] If not copper, think about the amount of bound phosphates it would potentially have in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 That's true. They DID try to pass off a bunch of junk to me as nice equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Who runs copper in a display tank? Ever looked for something on Craigslist? There are more idiots out there than successful reefers. I met a girl at work that has a "reef" tank. She told me she was thinking of quitting because she's tired of picking bristleworms out of her rocks with tweezers every month. I'm not kidding, she pulls every rock out every month and manually removes worms. She also told me that she doses calcium so that her xenia will grow faster. She said she doses bacteria every month so that it stays in the tank. I was like until she told me about her state of the art fluorescent lights, then I was like 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 couldn't have said it better myself Sasha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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