phosban as a CA+ reactor?

The Reefer91 · 04/14/2006, 08:52 AM

is it possible to tinker with a phosban reactor and make it a calcium reactor? like make it run on a eheim pump, have it return to the pump, etc.? it could save money.

just a thouht

elephen · 04/14/2006, 08:56 AM

You'd have to have a way to get CO2 into there also.

The Reefer91 · 04/14/2006, 08:59 AM

but if you could link the Co2 to the output of the pump going into the chamber, would that work? you could hook up a bubble counter and all next to it.

kybreos · 04/14/2006, 09:16 AM

i dont see why not. try it out, make sure you keep track of the cost and what you did.

mtfatwork · 04/14/2006, 10:15 AM

sounds like a great idea, you should start a thread on the build.

MCary · 04/14/2006, 10:25 AM

A calcium reactor is just a vessel where CO2 is mixed with the water and ran through a media. Any type of vessel will work. House water filter canisters, PVC pipe, jugs and jars, and your phosban reactor.

You just need to design a recirculation system, inject the CO2 in a pipe before the pump, the pump chops up the co2 bubble and mixes it with the water. Then you need an infeed tube coming from your tank and an out feed going back. VIOLA. easy breezy.

04/14/2006, 08:52 AM	#1
The Reefer91 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 1,250	phosban as a CA+ reactor? is it possible to tinker with a phosban reactor and make it a calcium reactor? like make it run on a eheim pump, have it return to the pump, etc.? it could save money. just a thouht __________________ Dan "Every day we fade little by little, 'till there's nothing left of us but the lies we've sown." Current Tank Info: 20g L display: 2x65watt Coralife light, Octopus 150 needle wheel protein skimmer, 1 Koralia 2 and 2 powersweeps, and a DIY sump/fuge.....120G in the works!!!

04/14/2006, 08:59 AM	#3
The Reefer91 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 1,250	but if you could link the Co2 to the output of the pump going into the chamber, would that work? you could hook up a bubble counter and all next to it. __________________ Dan "Every day we fade little by little, 'till there's nothing left of us but the lies we've sown." Current Tank Info: 20g L display: 2x65watt Coralife light, Octopus 150 needle wheel protein skimmer, 1 Koralia 2 and 2 powersweeps, and a DIY sump/fuge.....120G in the works!!!

04/14/2006, 09:16 AM	#4
kybreos Snar snar Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Pinellas, FL Posts: 929	i dont see why not. try it out, make sure you keep track of the cost and what you did. __________________ Simplify, trust me... Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Reef, Apex, Simplicity 320 DC Skimmer, 3 Radions Gen2,1 mp40w, Jebao PP-20, 55g sump, Jebao DCP-15000

04/14/2006, 10:15 AM	#5
mtfatwork Registered Member. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 116	sounds like a great idea, you should start a thread on the build. __________________ 6x tunze 6100, Tarpon return, Deltec media reactors, Volcano CArx and skimmer, Reeftek Kalkrx, 1/2 hp chiller, ACIII, 3x400w radiums= My kick butt 220 reef! Current Tank Info: 11 gallon frag tank w/ a 400 gallon sump!

04/14/2006, 08:56 AM	#2
elephen Moved On Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: kc Posts: 2,763	You'd have to have a way to get CO2 into there also.

04/14/2006, 10:25 AM	#6
MCary Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hardin, Montana Posts: 3,142	A calcium reactor is just a vessel where CO2 is mixed with the water and ran through a media. Any type of vessel will work. House water filter canisters, PVC pipe, jugs and jars, and your phosban reactor. You just need to design a recirculation system, inject the CO2 in a pipe before the pump, the pump chops up the co2 bubble and mixes it with the water. Then you need an infeed tube coming from your tank and an out feed going back. VIOLA. easy breezy.