Help with GEO REACTOR?

[gasman059]

I'll be back to my mistress after 18, and will continue to pursue utopia.
For now i can leave and i'm safe

 

[Rogger Castells]

Gasman, sorry about all the fuzz, sounds like you are doing everything right but a reading of 550 calcium is a bit too high too early, how much was it before? could you check that again?. also did you get all your parameters meassured before you started dosing? this would be useful as a baseline.
The attached is a calculator that allows you to tune your reactor more accurately, I have use it and it and like it a lot.

http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/reactor.html

Let us know your progress

 

[gasman059]

all was well before hand
pre reactor values
ph 8.1
alk 3.0
calcium 425

 

[chrisaggie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8840288#post8840288 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gasman059
OK-enuff we r trying to dial in a reactor here.
AM s/p 24 hrs at 50dpm-30bpm
effluent ph 6.7- the controller finally turn off the solenoid and the led light
calcium 550
alk 4.5meq/l
PH 8.0
Slooooowly but surely things r really no looking bad after 24 hrs/understanding that my current load is minimal; a total of 10 sps
colonies for my 200.

Are these alk and calcium values from your reactor effluent or your tank? If they are the effluent I would turn the pH down a little.

 

[gasman059]

this r tank values
this pm all is well
again calcium is 500
alk 5
ph 8.0
dpm30
ty for the article guys
i figure another 24 hrs and tomorow morning check
will c
In the meantine i decided to get some anthias 3 fem 1 male

 

[gasman059]

ok tomorow will measure again
I'm at:
40bpm
30dpm
effluent ph shutting off the solenoid at at 6.7

 

[Rogger Castells]

30dpm is not an accurate way to meassure, you need to get a little shot glass they sell at Publix an meassure the ml/min, you can find this shot glass int he kitchenwares area.
The controller should be shutting down the solenoide at 6.5.

 

[gasman059]

i will drop it to 6.6 or so and take it from there will be measuring the ml's /min. will keep u guys posted TYVM

 

[gasman059]

Ok boys s/p48 hrs of reactor
alk 2.0
calcium 425
ph 8.1
bpm 40
ml/min 40
My alk is droppin a bit and if it continues this trend i will b increasing my bubble count to compensate, and or fixin it with two part alk. This approach seems like the one with most common sense to me.Any suggestions from the reactor gurus roger and chris
tyvm guys

 

[Rogger Castells]

2 is low, I would not let it go that low, at that point I would have use a buffer (like part 2) to compensate.

 

[Rogger Castells]

BTW, because you are running your set-up with a controller, increasing the bubbles will only speed up the controller to shut down the co2.

 

[cwegescheide]

Actually with a controller you really don't have to be that concerned with the bubble count from your Co2 source. The controller will/should cut off the Co2 flow to your reactor if the PH drops below your setting. Also FWIW I was playing with my ACIII the other day and set my Co2 to manual on!!! and just wanted to watch the PH of my reactor drop from the internet. So of course I walk away and forget it for a while... my ph was like 6.4 something and when I got home I noticed my Ca reactor ARM media was totally HOSED!!! So I had to clean it all out and switched media. What a hassle. So be careful with the PH.

Oh the main reason I posted... I have my bubble count HIGH and let the controller handle the ph. Only the effluent drip rate is what I'm concerned with. Works like a charm.

Enjoy. Once you get your reactor dialed in it makes life much easier.

Chris

 

[gasman059]

Looks like its going to b dialed in sooner than wat i imagine
tomorow morning i'll be checking parameters again.

 

[gasman059]

i beleive i'm there
this am 8.1
alk 2.5-3.0
calcium 450