New DIY Ca reactor

Good question? How is a CA Reactor rated?

I would imagine that if your efflluent rate was right and your KH was right and the CA was right were you wanted it; it could handle any size tank.

How quickly the media would deplete would be a different story.
 
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GEBC,
What's the going rate for your creation? I know this is the DIY forum, but I know 0 about acrylic and plumbing. Not to mention the lack of tools. Interested?
 
Bait, I would like to build and sell my reactors but I have limited time (I would be allot richer but a shrewd business man I am not) , I have had many requests to build these reactors, it is fairly simple to build with basic hand tools and was designed to be simple to build with no acrylic fabrication skills (thatââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s the beauty of it), If you would venture to build one I could answer any questions you may have via email, it is well worth the time and effort. My Email is greeneyedblackcat@access4less.net >>>>>>>>>GEBC
 
the only thing i'm going to do different is to put in 2 unions before and after the pump for easy cleaning..seams like pumps need to be cleaned every month
 
sounds good as i hate cleaning pumps....1 question i have is did you secure the chamber to the thinggy with the screws or do you have it just sitting on it for easy removal, right now mines just sitting on it so i can lift it off whenever i want
 
GEBC, thanks for the offer to help. I will reread the post and start getting a parts list together.
 
what i meant was do you have the chambers glued to the base,,i know the base is screwed to the cutting board
 
I'm curious about this as well. I see that you've screwed one of the grates upside down to the cutting board. Then you have the coupling (I assume that you're using some of the clear 4inch acrylic as a spacer around the grat for the coupling? Or perhaps just PVC as the spacer). After the on the top of the coupling, you've got another grate faced up. Do you have something between the two grates? Something to keep the water from coming in contact with the screws?

Does that even make sense as a question?

Got my acrylic yesterday, goign to start building this weekend.
 
DrMilhouse, starting from the bottom up the bases are assembled like this, 1 walmart cutting board, 2 upside down drain grates screwed to cutting board from the other side, 2 thinwall 4" pvc drain pipe caps glued over the drain grates, 2- 4" sch 40 couplings glued to the 4" thinwall caps, the second set of grates just sit in the bottom of the couplings to keep the media off of the bottom, you will have to notch the internal grates for the pumps inlet and first to second chamber inlet. I hope this helps >>>>>>>>>>GEBC
 
do you have to have a dosing pump on this or can you controll the drip rate another way, just trying to c
keep costs down alittle
 
I'm thinking of that too. Would a feed off of the overflow using gravity be enough to keep this going or do you think that a pump is needed?
 
DrMillhouse, it is a recirculation loop for the co2, it goes from the top of the first chamber to the pumps inlet, you may want to put a valve in that loop. I hope this helps>>>>>>>>>>GEBC
 
CO2 recovery line. Pulls any CO2 from the top and pushes it back thru the media to be used more efficiently.
 
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