Can you run carbon and phosphate remover in a calcium reactor?

[powers2001]

Can you run carbon and phosphate remover in a calcium reactor?

At the same time with aragonite material and CO2 injection?

[marioensf]

I do not think so

[Gary Majchrzak]

Originally Posted by powers2001

Can you run carbon and phosphate remover in a calcium reactor?

At the same time with aragonite material and CO2 injection?

run carbon and PO4 remover in a reactor separate from aragonite undergoing CO2 injection

[donk228]

Originally Posted by powers2001

Can you run carbon and phosphate remover in a calcium reactor?

At the same time with aragonite material and CO2 injection?

In theory, you can run Carbon and PO4 remover in the same reactor. However, there are two significant issues: the different sizes of media will need different flow rates to keep from tumbling too much/little and the carbon will be exhausted before the PO4 remover will.

I'm not sure about the effects of CO2 injection, but given the above issues, I don't think it would be worth combining all three.

[powers2001]

I read that carbon can be used in passive water bypass such as a bag sitting on the bottom of a sump. What are the ways phosphate remover can be used? And what is and how is magnesium chloride used?

[powers2001]

Is there any CO2 in a calcium reactor's outflow and would this help a container of macro algae?

[Gary Majchrzak]

Originally Posted by powers2001

Is there any CO2 in a calcium reactor's outflow and would this help a container of macro algae?

calcium reactor outflow is called effluent and yes- CO2 and PO4 contained in effluent can most definitely help feed algae growth. I drip effluent into my lit refugium.