My new CAC Dual 6X21 Calcium Reactor!!

KH971 · 03/27/2007, 09:03 PM

I have run a an MRC-2 Calcium reactor with the spray bar upgrade for the last 2 years, when I used ARM it was okay,but when I used Korallith or Gen-X my calcium would drop and I would waste CO2. I moded my MRC to save CO2 and it worked better but still it fell short on my 310 gallon system.
So I upgraded, I got a true dual recirculating 6inch x21inch tall tubes/ excess CO2 is recirculated back into the main chamber, so I achieve a truely effiecent reactor. It is dual upflow chamber design, notice the 1/2 pipe from the top of the first chamber to the bottom of the second chamber, then the second chamber has a return at the top to suck it back to the first chamber. This might be overkill,but right now I could do woth some overkill.
The first chamber has ZEOMAG on the bottom, and 1 1/2 containers, of Gen-X reactor media, and the second chamber has 1 1/2 containers of Gen-X reactor media in it. The system uses a MAG-3 for recirculation, I thought it might not be enough, but it looks like the flow is more enough. Notice the pictures of it next to my old MRC-2.

KH971 · 03/27/2007, 09:11 PM

KH971 · 03/27/2007, 09:13 PM

KH971 · 03/27/2007, 09:14 PM

KH971 · 03/27/2007, 09:17 PM

Sorry I got that one sideways, still haven't learned to rotate them.
Skimmer is well made and real strong notice the figure eight to hold both tubes together.

reeferman75 · 03/28/2007, 08:30 AM

looks good , let me know how the ZEOMAG does I am very interested in it.

KH971 · 04/01/2007, 08:29 PM

Here it is filled with 30lbs of Gen-X media, it has ZEO-Mag at the bottom of the first chamber. It could hold 10 more lbs of media, but I figured to best not overdue it.

03/27/2007, 09:03 PM	#1
KH971 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Eatonton,GA. Posts: 824	My new CAC Dual 6X21 Calcium Reactor!! I have run a an MRC-2 Calcium reactor with the spray bar upgrade for the last 2 years, when I used ARM it was okay,but when I used Korallith or Gen-X my calcium would drop and I would waste CO2. I moded my MRC to save CO2 and it worked better but still it fell short on my 310 gallon system. So I upgraded, I got a true dual recirculating 6inch x21inch tall tubes/ excess CO2 is recirculated back into the main chamber, so I achieve a truely effiecent reactor. It is dual upflow chamber design, notice the 1/2 pipe from the top of the first chamber to the bottom of the second chamber, then the second chamber has a return at the top to suck it back to the first chamber. This might be overkill,but right now I could do woth some overkill. The first chamber has ZEOMAG on the bottom, and 1 1/2 containers, of Gen-X reactor media, and the second chamber has 1 1/2 containers of Gen-X reactor media in it. The system uses a MAG-3 for recirculation, I thought it might not be enough, but it looks like the flow is more enough. Notice the pictures of it next to my old MRC-2.

03/27/2007, 09:11 PM	#2
KH971 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Eatonton,GA. Posts: 824

03/27/2007, 09:13 PM	#3
KH971 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Eatonton,GA. Posts: 824

03/27/2007, 09:14 PM	#4
KH971 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Eatonton,GA. Posts: 824

03/27/2007, 09:17 PM	#5
KH971 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Eatonton,GA. Posts: 824	Sorry I got that one sideways, still haven't learned to rotate them. Skimmer is well made and real strong notice the figure eight to hold both tubes together.

03/28/2007, 08:30 AM	#6
reeferman75 Moved On Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Atlanta , Ga Posts: 296	looks good , let me know how the ZEOMAG does I am very interested in it.

04/01/2007, 08:29 PM	#7
KH971 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Eatonton,GA. Posts: 824	Here it is filled with 30lbs of Gen-X media, it has ZEO-Mag at the bottom of the first chamber. It could hold 10 more lbs of media, but I figured to best not overdue it.