Sharkey Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 I had an idea that I want to bounce off you about calcium reactors to see what you think. We use a calcium reactor to drop the PH of water. So it will dissolve the media in the reactor. This in turn brings the alkalinity up. I use distilled water and a powdered supplement to reach this goal and it works well. But I realize in the long term a reactor is the way for stability and long term cost saving. But I had an idea, What if I put the reactor media into the containers of distilled water to dissolve as it has a low PH also (between 5.6 and 7 as a rule), it would be in advance and drip feed into the tank. That way I could use the water for top up and as alkalinity control? I could run an air stone in the 20l pails for circulation what do you think? The alkalinity could be controlled by the amount of media in the pail? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 sounds ok to me....but i dont use reactors, so better to ask one of the "Reactor" dudes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 What if I put the reactor media into the containers of distilled water to dissolve as it has a low PH also (between 5.6 and 7 as a rule) Distilled water should have a neutral PH, 7 is neutral. I can see some other 'holes' with the theory too including even if you used water of PH 5, then its a long way of the effluiant of the reactor, so it would take an unpractical amount of time for it to disolve the carbonate. Reactors are good, particualry in larger tanks. The Balling method is also popular, but becomes more challenging in larger tanks, and is far more of a hastle than the reactor. Mine requires less than an hr ever 6 months to maintain. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Probably better off DIYing a kalk stirrer instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey Posted October 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Thanks for the feed back guys. Pies what is the balling method? :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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