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10/20/2014, 04:48 AM
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calcium reactor media
What do you use?
From what Ive been told ARM coarse seems to be the most popular but wanted to see for myself what other people use.
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10/20/2014, 08:11 AM
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10/20/2014, 10:43 AM
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Use regular ARM. The smallest size.
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10/20/2014, 01:05 PM
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Two Little Fishies Reborn Media.
I had problems getting the coarse arm to dissolve. The Reborn has worked out much better for me.
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10/20/2014, 02:30 PM
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The coarse arm is good for slower flowing reactors where clogging is an issue. With a high flowing reactor the finer media gives you more surface area and more media per cu/in of reactor space. I'm currently using the coralvue natural media in my GEO reactor but coarse arm in the slow flowing effluent chamber I have.
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Everything's better with Bacon! Current Tank Info: 150DD SPS dominant mixed reef. 100g sump/fuge, 6'x28"x12" frag tank, Diablo xs200 skimmer, Apex controller, Custom GEO 824 calcium reactor, panworld 200PS return pump. Lumenmax Elite reflector with Radium 250HQI bulb and 3 AI 32 HDs. Last edited by smoothdog; 10/20/2014 at 02:52 PM. |
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10/20/2014, 04:14 PM
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Im using a Geo 618
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Dave. "I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them." --Nicomo Cosca. Current Tank Info: 225 mixed w/ 225 sump 550 lbs live rock,3x MarinePure ceramic blocks,Skimz SM201,Geo 618 CR,Vectra L1,DOS automatic water changes,3x 250w MH w/ 4x actinic T5,All ran by Apex thru Fusion.--57 community tank w/ OR T-247,120 nem tank. |
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10/21/2014, 02:50 PM
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I'd go with the smaller media in that reactor. Geo reactors have great turnover rates so clogging should not be an issue. I also found that mag didn't drop as fast with the TLF and coralvue media.
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10/22/2014, 09:47 AM
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How do you characterize the flow rate of a reactor, by its recirculating pump?
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10/22/2014, 10:20 AM
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I had lots of trouble with the 618 and fine media. It clogged way to fast, i had to upgrade the pump and use the coarse media.
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10/22/2014, 10:28 AM
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+1 for Reborn. Works great with MiniCal.
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10/22/2014, 11:21 AM
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Reborn.
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10/22/2014, 12:07 PM
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A friend ( nook ) recommended I use coarse ARM media.
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Dave. "I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them." --Nicomo Cosca. Current Tank Info: 225 mixed w/ 225 sump 550 lbs live rock,3x MarinePure ceramic blocks,Skimz SM201,Geo 618 CR,Vectra L1,DOS automatic water changes,3x 250w MH w/ 4x actinic T5,All ran by Apex thru Fusion.--57 community tank w/ OR T-247,120 nem tank. |
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10/22/2014, 12:24 PM
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Get the Reborn!
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10/22/2014, 03:16 PM
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Natural media with as small of particle size as you can have without getting clogged. I use the medium sized ARM.
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10/22/2014, 10:24 PM
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