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04-12-2006, 12:40 PM
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| Fire Coral  | Caclium reactor set up problems! help! I have just pruchased a calcium reactor,PH monitor and probe,Solenoid, dosing pumpo and CO2 kit.The manufacturer is Aquamedic. I have been running it for a day now and the monitor is showing a PH value of 5.2!!! I have set the controller at a high of 8.2 but even with the addition of the CO2 the monitor readout is steadily dropping. Unfortunately the instructions from Aquamedic are not very good so I may be doing something wrong.Has anyone any ideas or has anyone got the Aquamedic range of reactors etc and had similar experiences? Everything seems to be working OK and I calibrated the probe at PH7. Once again please help! Julian |
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04-12-2006, 12:44 PM
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| WOLVERINE~   | Re: Caclium reactor set up problems! first,,take it off line!!!
__________________ ~Welcome to my nightmare~ I think you're gonna like it I think you're gonna feel you belong. A walk to vacation, A necessary sedation, You wanna feel at home cause' you belong. *Disclaimer* i say this as my best advice to a beginner. do not,,,and i repeat,,,,,DO NOT look at my tank as an example....i have a well practised eye, decades of experience, and a trunkload of failures to allow me to force the issue and get away with things most cannot~ Quote:
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04-12-2006, 01:00 PM
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;)   | Re: Caclium reactor set up problems! I will tag along to read other's suggestions....
__________________ ~Doni Marie~ GOT ICH??? My Victorious Battle with ICH 120 Reef Chronicle ~ Breeding Picasso Clownfish~ Massive 300 gal growout~ My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~ Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~ "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________  |
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04-12-2006, 05:04 PM
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| Fire Coral | Re: Caclium reactor set up problems! Sorted it! I think! The reason the CO2 was being released and consequently reducing the PH was because I had it set as a high point and therefore it was triggering the solenoid. I have now set it as a low point and the solenoid valve has shut off the CO2 and the calcium enriched water is flowing into my sump and raising the KH of the water.This should stabilise the PH but as soon as it reaches the prset limit the solenoid will activate and release CO2 back into the water column, preventing my PH from raising or lowering. The only question I have is do I set my PH at 8.2 or should it correspond to the level at which the reactor media dissolves which is 6.7? At 8.2 it does not dissolve. Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks Julian. |
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