TheClark Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Just now, obrien.david.j said: I've been watching your posts, every time you update. How about another thread on status? A reminder, which kits you've settled in on (which chemicals, which brands, is there a bkm for buying replacement chemicals) How often you're measuring. how easy is it to see the trended results, or do you have to manually create and overlay? etc. Ya, good thought, I need to do an update. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 New calcium reactor is online and holding alk steady. I'll be honest, it was a freaking nightmare getting this thing operable. For starters, the pump that came with it (Sicce, so it should have reliable) was leaking. Long story short, troubleshooting it took way longer than it should have and I ultimately replaced it with another pump. Same pump model, just a physically different one. I then had a serious issue purging the air from the unit. I ultimately cut in a T-Valve in the recirc line to be able to off gas the built up air. Oof! Frustrating to say the least. HOWEVER, now that I have it online and figured out, it is awesome. It's dead silent and I can use a markedly lower volume of CO2 gas to maintain the desired pH. The thing is freaking massive! The pictures don't do it justice. I was super (still kind of am) nervous about placing it on that stand. That's 3 full containers of ARM media in there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obrien.david.j Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 11 hours ago, Higher Thinking said: I then had a serious issue purging the air from the unit. I ultimately cut in a T-Valve in the recirc line to be able to off gas the built up air. Oof! Frustrating to say the least. The thing is freaking massive! The pictures don't do it justice. I was super (still kind of am) nervous about placing it on that stand. That's 3 full containers of ARM media in there! Fantastic looking reactor. I've got a bigger one that I need to upgrade to, a GEO 818. Have been waiting for new display tank to mature enough to add a bunch of new corals - and then will need bigger reactor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Now that's some faith in your plumbing connections to place the reactors on top of a power switch box. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 8 hours ago, SuncrestReef said: Now that's some faith in your plumbing connections to place the reactors on top of a power switch box. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 On 2/9/2021 at 9:13 AM, SuncrestReef said: Now that's some faith in your plumbing connections to place the reactors on top of a power switch box. I wasn't going to say anything but... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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