Korallin Ca Reactor Setup Instructions

[dragon_slayer]

Over the past year i've had numerous request for the instruction sheet i made up for the Korallin Ca reactors but over the past 2 weeks i've received a ton of requests via PM. I figured with the increased request i'd post a thread with them again where they can be found easier or found by people who do not know to PM me direct. i'm glad to see the Korallin reactors are becoming more popular recently.

hth
kc

 

[Rogger Castells]

Thanks for the info!

Rogger

 

[dazza]

Nice to see this info again, the original thread helped greatly, very much appreiciated.

 

[bbuckmaster]

Thanks dragon you da man! been lookin all over the internet for instructions.

 

[dragon_slayer]

Thanks dragon you da man! been lookin all over the internet for instructions.

if you were like me when i bought my first reactor you would have expected the instructions to be included in the box

the so called instructions that come with the Korallin reactors are anything but that.

glad everyone is finding these useful

kc

 

[hurleycr]

dragon,

I got your instructions and they were very helpful during set up.

However for some reason I can't get my effluent to stay constant no matter what. I trying to resit messing with it too much. What could be up?


thanx, in advance

 

[dragon_slayer]

most likely causes are the use of gravity to supply the reactor rather then a feed pump or your trying to regulate the input efflunet rather then the output line.

kc

 

[hurleycr]

Nope,

using a quite one, to feed and am regualting by the output. I checked the other output line with the turn valve on it, and it was open a little, so I closed it off and am going to see if that makes a difference.

Otherwise any other thoughts?

I also having a problem of climbing alk... levels. I mean way up there kind of climbing. Calcium is at 350, alk is unreadable. PH is a solid 8.5.

I'm using ARM media, with the effluent at 6.5 - 6.7.

Chris

 

[dragon_slayer]

if Alk is climbing then your disolving to much media therefore you do not have the reactor adjusted to the tanks demands as instructed in the instructions, you should attempt to readjust the reactor properly.

kc

 

[usjaz]

Do any of you drip CA output into a skimmer reaction chamber directly? Yah, you might lose some Ca, but the skimmer will help air out any extra CO2, and the extra Ca concentration will help perciptate Phosphate.

What are your thoughts on this?

-jaz

 

[bbuckmaster]

I would think that you would probably would get better, more efficient results with a CO2 reactor/ nilsen combo. I would think that this combo would be better both at reducing CO2 levels thereby maintaining a higher ph and at the precipitation of phosphates. I'd have to check with RHF to be sure though

 

[aragongod]

does anyone have any pictures on how this reactor is supposed to be setup??? i'm having a little trouble with mine as i have no names on the pipes.

thanks. uk reefer.

 

[dragon_slayer]

the above included instruction sheet (downloadable) identifies each as to location and name.

kc

 

[dragon_slayer]

i've been getting allot of requests again so let's bump this thread up a bit, sorry for the slow responses to some of the pm's the cabinet business is booming these days



kc

 

[tigerczr]

OK...it's been about 1 1/2 weeks that I set up my Korallin and I can't get the Alk to stabilize. I started with Alk at 7.7 so I added Part B to boost it up (only one point a week) and I've been testing twice a day as you've indicated and it's been going down daily. Everyday I adjust the Drops and Bubbles. Currently, I am at 50 dpm and 11dpm. I stopped adding Part B to get an accurate read of the Alk and see if it continued to drop and of course it did drop. The ph of the effluent is 6.7-6.8 and the Alk is 35.8.

Should I continue to increase the drops and bubbles per minute until the Alk stops dropping? Also, at what rate do I increase the drops and bubbles?

Thanks

 

[tigerczr]

Also, should the drip out of the effluentcup be the same as the drops per minute? It seems that drip out of the cup is slower than the drip from the output.

Thanks

 

[dragon_slayer]

Should I continue to increase the drops and bubbles per minute until the Alk stops dropping?

Yes that is exactly what you need to do.

Also, should the drip out of the effluentcup be the same as the drops per minute?

both are irrelevant and it really doesn't make a difference either way, you want the reactor to match the tank demands the drip rate is simply to give you a means of consistency when you need to adjust something after say a CO2 bottle change or media change. FWIW i myself do not go by a drip rate but a ml/min rate. my 4002 has a good size stream coming out of it not a drip.

kc

 

[tigerczr]

The alk finally stabilized and I ended up at 70dpm and 22bpm.

My tanks ph is at 8.3 during the day and drops down to 7.9 at night. I thought that with the CR the ph would remain the same day or night. Should I be doing something different?

 

[dragon_slayer]

dumping your effluent into the area of the skimmer intake will help blow off excessive CO2 and help control the decline in pH.

kc

 

[tigerczr]

I actually have the effluent cup there now. Is there anything else I can do?

Thanks