Calcium Reactor feed pump question

serpentman · 09/27/2006, 05:35 AM

I am in the process of installing a Ca Reactor on my 180 reef (300g total system) and am wondering what size feed pump I should use. I was thinking along the lines of a MJ but unsure what size.

Unfortunately, a gravity feed will not work on my setup. Any advice?

old salty · 09/27/2006, 06:39 AM

I use the smallest MJ I could get (MJ 400). This feeds the Ca reactor and also the phosban reactor. Since neither require much flow (especially the Ca reactor), it works out quite well.

09/27/2006, 05:35 AM	#1
serpentman part time superhero Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Deep in the Heart of the Snowbelt (NE OHIO) Posts: 5,698	Calcium Reactor feed pump question I am in the process of installing a Ca Reactor on my 180 reef (300g total system) and am wondering what size feed pump I should use. I was thinking along the lines of a MJ but unsure what size. Unfortunately, a gravity feed will not work on my setup. Any advice? __________________ BS in Marine Bio ('96), First SW tank in 1992. Current Tank(s) 300g SPS with 90g frag tank and 40 anemone tank - decommissioned 46g LPS/Softy Cube 300g FOWLR under construction - decommissioned

09/27/2006, 06:39 AM	#2
old salty Genius Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The Island of Misfit Toys Posts: 3,131	I use the smallest MJ I could get (MJ 400). This feeds the Ca reactor and also the phosban reactor. Since neither require much flow (especially the Ca reactor), it works out quite well. __________________ "The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." Thomas Jefferson Current Tank Info: Out of the marine aquarium hobby