My new DIY calcium reactor

[titoreefs]

This is my new calcium reactor

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.Its been up and running for about a month and works great.Im using dead SPS skeletons as a media for the moment but will soon change it to ARM media.Its maintaining calium at 460pm with this media wich is preaty big and chunky so i think i will get better results with ARM.

 

[mako199]

nice job ....very professional looking

 

[titoreefs]

Thanks mako199.It works great!I also buit a kalk reactor,this is the pic

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[steve68]

looks good great job.
if u hard plum it & put a spray bar in the first chamber it will
disolve the media better.
JME.
here is one i made but it's single 6 inch chamber.

 

[agfahy]

Any prints or design drawings? I wouldn't mind attempting this DIY as well.
thx

 

[titoreefs]

thx steve68, I was very temted to make a spray bar but i desided not to in the end and try it out first but i think that will be my next mod to it.The only thing i dont like is the hard plumbing cause the neck on these pump are frigile and flexible hoses are beter when it comes time to mess with them.
agfahy, I dont have design drawings cause I made this one by one i saw in a pic and made a few mods.

 

[cmhollis]

Very nice looking reactor tito. How much coin do you have into it, ballpark?

 

[Siklid]

very nice work, i'll soon be diy a calc reactor and will use your pics for a guide

 

[titoreefs]

tnx for the complements.cmhollis, the reactor is aprox. in the 150.00 to 170.00 range.I see in your tank info you have a cr-3. I made this reactor by a picture from an MRC reactor and made a few mods.I made grooves on the base and the bottom flange to strenthen the reactor cause the tube i used is 1/8'' thick walls so the tube is glued inside the grooves macking the tube and the acrilic one piece and the bottom of the top flange is one piece for the same reason.

 

[titoreefs]

This is the tank this puppy is running.

 

[nd31male]

Would love blueprints on this thing