how do calcium reactors work?

The Reefer91 · 02/07/2006, 05:00 PM

how do they work? i have a basic idea, but not entirely

Wiskey · 02/07/2006, 05:04 PM

basically you have a chamber with media and water, CO2 is injected into it, lowering the PH of the water in the chamber and desolving the media. As the media desolves it releaces it's component parts, ie alk and ca, along with other things depending on the media.

HTH,
Whiskey

The Reefer91 · 02/07/2006, 05:14 PM

thanks. also, do you need 2 chambers? or could one do?

02/07/2006, 05:00 PM	#1
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02/07/2006, 05:04 PM	#2
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02/07/2006, 05:14 PM	#3
The Reefer91 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 1,250	thanks. also, do you need 2 chambers? or could one do? __________________ 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!!!