Co2 refill
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ashburn2k
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2.5g of kalk a day? Damn that’s like pouring 2 jugs of milk into your tank daily.
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sfsuphysics
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I evaporate more than that daily which like pouring more than 2 jugs of milk all over the walls and floor of the room every day
sfsuphysics
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Should I get DaStaCo or the Deltec one?Do it..do it.
CArx are awesome
Seriously it's fun spending someone else's money But yeah, cheapest thing is the CO2 tank, slap a regulator on that $$, then a feed pump $$$, oh yeah don't forget the calcium reactor itself $$$, I don't have an Apex either so need to have some controller as a failsafe $$$.
sfsuphysics
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*shrug* I dunno, house leaks air like a sieve? So constantly pulling air in and out? I honestly don't know, but I haven't seen mold yet anywhere near the tank.
ofzakaria
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Lol. Right?!. Ever seen this siteShould I get DaStaCo or the Deltec one?
But yeah, cheapest thing is the CO2 tank, slap a regulator on that $$, then a feed pump $$$, oh yeah don't forget the calcium reactor itself $$$, I don't have an Apex either so need to have some controller as a failsafe $$$.
Ofcourse carx is not a must and high initial investment. I think there are some cheaper options and good out there.
You do not need an apex, a good carx is safer than you would think...
you can pair the reactor with a stand alone kh tester like khg or khd..thatd another $450 to $550 thu..
dpc goes west
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try out global garden supply in burlinggame. cheapest C02 around, refill 5 lbs for 15$
sfsuphysics
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Yeah I know it doesn't HAVE to be a high initial investment but being as my lagoon is in the 300g range I can't exactly go with a tiny setup otherwise I'll be investing more down the road, so unless I find a dirt cheap setup it will be a bit of a high initial invest (and that's even without going to the fancy Deltec Twin Tech setup
). And I know you don't need an Apex, but some sort of pH controller would probably be recommended as a fail safe in case the tank pH gets too low which is where I'm thinking. I don't think a KHG would be terribly effective as a safety net though, absolutely great for making sure things are dialed in but being as it doesn't continuously test your kH there'd be too big of a window where disaster can happen.
ofzakaria
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Curious to know what disasters can CArx can cause? Especially in a less than 2 hour window?Yeah I know it doesn't HAVE to be a high initial investment but being as my lagoon is in the 300g range I can't exactly go with a tiny setup otherwise I'll be investing more down the road, so unless I find a dirt cheap setup it will be a bit of a high initial invest (and that's even without going to the fancy Deltec Twin Tech setup
And I know you don't need an Apex, but some sort of pH controller would probably be recommended as a fail safe in case the tank pH gets too low which is where I'm thinking. I don't think a KHG would be terribly effective as a safety net though, absolutely great for making sure things are dialed in but being as it doesn't continuously test your kH there'd be too big of a window where disaster can happen.
I actually believe kh tester will be very effective. I cannot think of a disastear scenario that the kh tester would not catch it on time and shut off the reactor. Granted you need some sort of controller with to shut off with it, except in case of khg since there is a khg CArx module that do the control for you without a controller.
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sfsuphysics
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Well the biggest what if is if the CO2 uncontrollably floods the reactor, granted it may be far fetched but I'm guessing CO2 could drop the reactor quite a bit. Now that I think of it though you'd also need to have a dosing mishap as well uncontrollably dumping reactor juice into the tank. So yeah, it's pretty much not going to happen... but it could!
ofzakaria
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Yup, while these are corner cases, but it does show the importance of having a way to control either the co2 solenoid or the reactor main power.Well the biggest what if is if the CO2 uncontrollably floods the reactor, granted it may be far fetched but I'm guessing CO2 could drop the reactor quite a bit. Now that I think of it though you'd also need to have a dosing mishap as well uncontrollably dumping reactor juice into the tank. So yeah, it's pretty much not going to happen... but it could!
Both can be done through a controller or stand alone CArx modules controllers
Thanks for sharing.
NanoCrazed
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I eliminate all these concerns with melting cubes... and baking soda. Lmao
EBJ
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Just use 2 partYeah I know it doesn't HAVE to be a high initial investment but being as my lagoon is in the 300g range I can't exactly go with a tiny setup otherwise I'll be investing more down the road, so unless I find a dirt cheap setup it will be a bit of a high initial invest (and that's even without going to the fancy Deltec Twin Tech setup
And I know you don't need an Apex, but some sort of pH controller would probably be recommended as a fail safe in case the tank pH gets too low which is where I'm thinking. I don't think a KHG would be terribly effective as a safety net though, absolutely great for making sure things are dialed in but being as it doesn't continuously test your kH there'd be too big of a window where disaster can happen.
glee
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Still available?
ashburn2k
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glee
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Coming in to SF anytime soon?
