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02/13/2008, 08:59 PM
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calcium reactor
how does a calcium reactor work?
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02/13/2008, 09:03 PM
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CO2 lowers the pH of the water in the reactor allowing the reactor media (coral skeletons) to dissolve. The minerals from the dissolving coral skeleton are used by the living corals in your tank to continue to build there own skeletal structures.
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02/13/2008, 09:16 PM
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cool thanks that's good to know are there any links that anyone knows of to explain even more?
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02/13/2008, 10:48 PM
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woz9683 not to get off subject but do u really have an octopus????
but on the calc reactor are they really needed for FOWLR tanks? i dose kalk here and there
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02/13/2008, 11:06 PM
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A Guide to Using Calcium Reactors
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...ture/index.php Calcium Reactor setup calculator (CaCO3/CO2 reactors) http://reef.diesyst.com/reactor/reactor.html
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Did I write what I wrote? What the heck am I talking about! Well..... Nevermind. Current Tank Info: 225 gal reef, DSB, 40 g sump w/ LRT100 return, 37 g pre-sump, 3 MH 250 W 15K, 4 96 W PC dual actinic,ETS 1500 Skim.w/LRT70, 20 lb Ca R., 40 W UV, 1/3 HP chiller, two 350 W Htrs, Neptune II Cont., 330 P LR/ 330 P LS. 55 gal Refugium |
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