DIY Calcium Reactor
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Vincerama2
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Sooo...did the CA Reactor explode and cover Pixilpixi's babies with mineral oil? What are we talking about in this thread again?
I'm interested to see if the reactor is online and working now!
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PS. I use RO/DI water in the bubble counter
I'm interested to see if the reactor is online and working now!
V
PS. I use RO/DI water in the bubble counter
Vincerama2
Supporting Member
Awesome!
I kept meaning to build one. Like everyone else, I have all the acrylic sitting around, etc...then got lazy/busy. Then Bonnie was selling her K2R reactor so I bought it off her. The result is this...waiting for me to build a reactor resulted in me never putting a reactor on the tank. Buying one...boom, it's up and running! I had an eBay reactor years ago which ended up really compacting the media and eventually leaking. I'm sure I could have "fixed it" if I wanted to, but I screwed it up by messing with it too many times.
So huge props on just deciding to make a CA Reactor and just doing it! Great work! Show us a pic of it working!
I use a maxijet for my kalk mixer, I just smear some silicon around the impeller housing...doesn't leak!
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I kept meaning to build one. Like everyone else, I have all the acrylic sitting around, etc...then got lazy/busy. Then Bonnie was selling her K2R reactor so I bought it off her. The result is this...waiting for me to build a reactor resulted in me never putting a reactor on the tank. Buying one...boom, it's up and running! I had an eBay reactor years ago which ended up really compacting the media and eventually leaking. I'm sure I could have "fixed it" if I wanted to, but I screwed it up by messing with it too many times.
So huge props on just deciding to make a CA Reactor and just doing it! Great work! Show us a pic of it working!
I use a maxijet for my kalk mixer, I just smear some silicon around the impeller housing...doesn't leak!
V
pixelpixi
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So huge props on just deciding to make a CA Reactor and just doing it! Great work! Show us a pic of it working!
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Thanks! I seem to be strangely motivated to work on tank projects lately. I'm sure it'll pass.
I'll get some pics up soon. I need to take some photos of my DBTC and swap contributions anyway.
So huge props on just deciding to make a CA Reactor and just doing it! Great work! Show us a pic of it working!
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Thanks! I seem to be strangely motivated to work on tank projects lately. I'm sure it'll pass.
I'll get some pics up soon. I need to take some photos of my DBTC and swap contributions anyway.
Vincerama2
Supporting Member
Cool! I wouldn't mind a "phosban reactor" type thing, it seems easy, maybe I'll see if I can piece one together. Where did you buy the acrylic tubing? That's always the hardest part. Well, OK, the LID is the hardest part...
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