Planning for future addition of calcium reactor, how do I set up plumbing?

Gobie74 · 05/29/2007, 05:39 AM

Right now I am designing the plumbing for my 150 tank and sump. I'd like to add a Calcium Reactor sometime in the near future but don't have the money at this time but I would like to design the plumbing to easily add the reactor later.

I was thinking of going with a Deltec PF501 but am flexible about that.

While looking through the online instructions from Deltec, I couldn't figure out how to hook up the water supply using a gravity feed like I plan on doing with the protein skimmer.

I see a small inlet tube in the diagram, is this the only inlet to the reactor? If so, how do you hook up a small flexible tube to a PVC plumbing system?

Any pictures or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

05/29/2007, 05:39 AM	#1
Gobie74 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: South Windsor, CT Posts: 924	Planning for future addition of calcium reactor, how do I set up plumbing? Right now I am designing the plumbing for my 150 tank and sump. I'd like to add a Calcium Reactor sometime in the near future but don't have the money at this time but I would like to design the plumbing to easily add the reactor later. I was thinking of going with a Deltec PF501 but am flexible about that. While looking through the online instructions from Deltec, I couldn't figure out how to hook up the water supply using a gravity feed like I plan on doing with the protein skimmer. I see a small inlet tube in the diagram, is this the only inlet to the reactor? If so, how do you hook up a small flexible tube to a PVC plumbing system? Any pictures or ideas would be greatly appreciated.