lifereef rector ?'s

freedominco · 08/10/2009, 02:10 AM

I bought a used lifereef reactor, skimmer and sump from a local reefer off of craigs list. He had the equipment up and running on a 320 gallon tank, I installed the sump and skimmer on my 90 gallon tank but waited to set up the reactor until I could get new media for it. I ordered a bottle of A.R.M from marine depot and cleaned out the reactor. Now I have had the reactor set up, low pressure side of the regulator reads 6, and the tank is about 1/3 of and inch from the red "order gas" part of the gauge and the bubble counter has a steady 1 bubble a second going through it. My problem is that the effluent Ph will not drop below 6.7 (Effluent is measured through the reactor with a Milwaukee controller) I have had it running for a couple of days first with a stream coming from the output of the reactor but have turned that back to a fast drip. The only thing I changed from the original set up was I went from using the guys old rio 180 pump to a rio 800, is that the problem? I see other lifereef reactors using stronger pumps then the rio 180 so I thought I would be ok. Or do I need to turn the output from the reactor down even more to get the Ph lower?

freedominco · 08/10/2009, 03:34 AM

OK I got it to drop to 6.4 pH by slowing down the output.

Greg 45 · 08/10/2009, 03:55 AM

Call Jeff @ Lifereef he will guide you through setting it up.

08/10/2009, 02:10 AM	#1
freedominco Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 104	lifereef rector ?'s I bought a used lifereef reactor, skimmer and sump from a local reefer off of craigs list. He had the equipment up and running on a 320 gallon tank, I installed the sump and skimmer on my 90 gallon tank but waited to set up the reactor until I could get new media for it. I ordered a bottle of A.R.M from marine depot and cleaned out the reactor. Now I have had the reactor set up, low pressure side of the regulator reads 6, and the tank is about 1/3 of and inch from the red "order gas" part of the gauge and the bubble counter has a steady 1 bubble a second going through it. My problem is that the effluent Ph will not drop below 6.7 (Effluent is measured through the reactor with a Milwaukee controller) I have had it running for a couple of days first with a stream coming from the output of the reactor but have turned that back to a fast drip. The only thing I changed from the original set up was I went from using the guys old rio 180 pump to a rio 800, is that the problem? I see other lifereef reactors using stronger pumps then the rio 180 so I thought I would be ok. Or do I need to turn the output from the reactor down even more to get the Ph lower?

08/10/2009, 03:34 AM	#2
freedominco Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 104	OK I got it to drop to 6.4 pH by slowing down the output. __________________ 180 gallon acrylic RR with Lifereef LF1-300 Sump Lifereef VS3-30 Protein Skimmer Lifereef LCR2 Calcium Reactor 10 gallon fuge 2 120 watt LED's Mixed Reef

08/10/2009, 03:55 AM	#3
Greg 45 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bayonne,N.J. Posts: 1,159	Call Jeff @ Lifereef he will guide you through setting it up.