calcium/kalk reactors

[morgan]

hey i have a fluided sand bed filter lying around and had heard u could mod it in to a kalk reactor or calicum reactor?? is this true has some one done this? or does some one know how to do it?? im on a bit of a budget and am prepeard to buil some thing as i am setting up a coral farm and would like it to be able to be left for a weekend or holiday being fairly self suffeicent
i will probely eventualy need a bigger skimmer and im not going to pay 2000 dollars for a 4 foot tall one when i could possible make one for less then that
any help would be good on the sand bed filter an skimmer questions i will drop eles where

 

[DonW]

hey i have a fluided sand bed filter lying around and had heard u could mod it in to a kalk reactor or calicum reactor?? is this true has some one done this? or does some one know how to do it?? im on a bit of a budget and am prepeard to buil some thing as i am setting up a coral farm and would like it to be able to be left for a weekend or holiday being fairly self suffeicent
i will probely eventualy need a bigger skimmer and im not going to pay 2000 dollars for a 4 foot tall one when i could possible make one for less then that
any help would be good on the sand bed filter an skimmer questions i will drop eles where

There is a big difference between a calcium reactor and a kalk reactor. Which of the tow are your wanting to build?

Don

 

[Herefishyfishy]

Don, your PM box is full...

 

[morgan]

um i dont mind which one i build preferably kalk but what ever is easyest to mod using a a sand bed filter

 

[plack]

If you don't mind manufacturing things yourself then you could make either.

Have you tested your tank for alkalinity then left it alone and not dosed anything at all for 3 full days then tested again to see how much it drops.

The reason is thats how you adjust a ca reactor and also a ggod way to know if you need a calcium reactor or not.

there are some good Do It Yourself (DIY) links in the DIY section and posting there would help you more. P.S. I am building my own skimmer and will post about it there later this month!!

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=12



Paul