Hi Jasonanatal
I have a couple of Deltec
Ca reactors. They work very well for me.
My main tank has a Deltect PF-601 with a Milwaukee controller.
I do not run the CO2 24x7. It is only on for 6 hours a day starting a couple of hours after lights on.
I use a very low flow rate through the reactor. I found this rather hard to fine tune but I finally found the solution. I feed the reactor with a very small pump. I placed the effluent control valve (the grey and orange mini-ball valve) on the input hose. The output of the pump has a venturi fitting which I leave open so that the pump is not forced to run under pressure. This setup has allowed me to finesse the effluent down to a drip (a drop per second).
I have the CO2 adjusted to between twenty and thirty bubbles per minute.
I make sure that the
pH in the reactor does not drop below 6.65 so that my media does not turn tu mush. This is very important because if the
pH goes to low the media disolves into a fine grain powder that WILL ruin the recirculation pump. This is what I mean:
I measure my effluent coming out of the reator. The alkalinity is above 40kH and the
pH is around 7 something (I dont rememeber exactly and I dont have my notes handy).
My tank
pH drops to 7.8 or 7.9 at night and rises to 8.1 during the day. I make sure that my living room is very well ventilated and that there is good air exchange inside the tank stand and canopy. My
skimmer intake draws 900 Liters/hour of air from outside the tank stand.
I hope this helps. Please post if you have any specific questions.
