calcium reactor using fluidized bed filter

reefinmike · 11/15/2006, 07:40 PM

i was cleaning up my sump room a little ago and i found a old 25" fluidized bed sand filter and it looked like it would be perfect for the first chamber of a easy diy calcium reactor. basically it is a rectangle chamber with a inlet and return at the top. the inlet takes the water down to the bottom where there is a difuser plate and the outlet is simply a threaded 3/4" hole on the top.

is there any problem with using this? it seems like it would be basically the same thing as a normal calcium reactor chamber but cheaper... or in my case... free

http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS...edbedfilter600

11/15/2006, 07:40 PM	#1
reefinmike Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: ohio Posts: 846	calcium reactor using fluidized bed filter i was cleaning up my sump room a little ago and i found a old 25" fluidized bed sand filter and it looked like it would be perfect for the first chamber of a easy diy calcium reactor. basically it is a rectangle chamber with a inlet and return at the top. the inlet takes the water down to the bottom where there is a difuser plate and the outlet is simply a threaded 3/4" hole on the top. is there any problem with using this? it seems like it would be basically the same thing as a normal calcium reactor chamber but cheaper... or in my case... free http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS...edbedfilter600 __________________ 90g reef lit by 2 kessil 360's and 4 T5's. 55g sump/fuge, eshopps s-200 skimmer and slowly working on getting every apex gadget