Calc Reactor Recomendations

[tubbsiewubbsie]

Anyone have any recomended calcium reactor setups? I'm think about setting one up on my new tank and I've never ran one before.

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[JRChristiansen]

Geo

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[tubbsiewubbsie]

Geo

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Thanks, I've been checking them out. Alot Folks seam to speak highly of their reactors. Is there anything in particular that sets them apart?

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[smoothdog]

I've only had Geo Ca reactors but loved both. They are very well built and offer simple operation and maintenance. No down tubes or fiddly bits to mess with. I actually like that they use a uni-seal for the bottom tube as opposed to a custom molded and welded on piece, as this is the part that tends to get broken on most reactors since it can easily get banged against something and snapped. Whatever you get, I would highly recommend budgeting in a good peristaltic pump rated for continuous use. Needle and pinch valves tend to get jammed up with detritus and seem to require constant adjusting to dial in a constant flow rate. Replacing them with a peri-pump eliminates that issue.

 

[Pife]

Depends on what you want to spend?

 

[Nanook]

Geosreef reactors here for close on 20 years.

 

[tubbsiewubbsie]

I'm looking at the Geo CR818. I'm thinking about pairing it with a versa pump and mabye the Tunze regulator/solenoid combo on BRS.

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[Markk96]

I have a old Geo 618 that I kept from the start. I contacted them to get an updated lid and manifold.

They are the best quality in my opinion.

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[Pife]

If I was to do it over again I would get an aquarium engineering calcium reactor because they are automatic.

 

[tubbsiewubbsie]

I'll have to take a look at those.

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[tubbsiewubbsie]

For those of you running calcium reactors did you start it out early on or did you wait until your tanks demand grew to some level? I'm just cutting over some of my sps but my alk demand is still really low. I'm dosing 55ml of brs soda ash per day. I'm thinking of waiting until that number becones much higher before I cut over to a calc reactor.

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[Reef-theapist]

I have had the Vertex RX-C for couple years. Guess it worked fine, never understood or been able to use the CO2 recovery system it has. My issue has been maintaining pH with this reactor. I have tried it a all and pH ran 7.5-7.85, corals finally started taking a dive and just went back to 2 part. I would be the biggest reactor you can afford.