Reactor assembled. Pic Now running.

DJ88 · #1 02-12-2002, 02:17 AM

[ 25 March 2002, 21:02: Message edited by: DJ88 ]

DJ88 · #2 02-12-2002, 02:20 AM

MAG3 For recirc.

Reaction chamber is 6" diameter, Tubing 24" high.

Silverfish · #3 02-12-2002, 02:34 AM

Nice work Darren. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Hey, wait a minute... that looks familiar.... [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]

DJ88 · #4 03-26-2002, 01:01 AM

~!~!~!~!IT'S ALIVE!~!~!~!~!

Hooked er up today. Its a running. with the recirc lines as well. I'll keep everyone posted on how it works.

As a FYI. It took two containers of ARM to fill this thing. And I still had room left over. :D That's 16lbs of media. :D

Go big or go home.. ;)

[ 25 March 2002, 22:18: Message edited by: DJ88 ]

DJ88 · #5 03-27-2002, 06:52 PM

pocilipora · #6 03-27-2002, 08:11 PM

When you shut off power to the mag3 for cleaning,arent you going to get a bit of a flood? Looks like you need a couple of ball valves before the quick couplers. Or am I looking at this wrong.

DJ88 · #7 03-27-2002, 08:23 PM

When it comes time to clean I will drain it. Through the two John Guest fittings lower than the disconnects. Due to the infrequency of this happening I am not worried about it too much. On my old Rx I never cleaned the Mag. Still runs fine.

FYI. I just took my old Rx's Mag apart after running for a year continuously and it is fine, clean as the day it was taken out of the box. So the need for cleaning IMO is minimal. Very minimal. If I do need to clean it something is wrong IMO. I'd prefer to NOT take them apart on a MAG in this case. Or any MAG plumbed externally. Better chance of keeping the seal intact.

Do keep in mind the pH of the water (6.8 or less)in the pump will be low enough to keep more of the Ca in solution than in the tank itself. You are not going to get the Calcium build up you do in pumps in your main system.

[ 27 March 2002, 16:27: Message edited by: DJ88 ]

StirCrazy · #8 03-27-2002, 08:53 PM

ok stupid question time.. by going big or going home :D , have you just increased the amount of medial so you can go longer between refills or is it that you can run more water now alowing capacity for a bigger tank... or both?

Steve

DJ88 · #9 03-27-2002, 09:16 PM

I went bigger water volume in the Rx so that the pH of the water in the reactor is a bit more stable. This requires less CO2 to keep the pH at 6.8.

The extra size let me put more media in it. an aded bonus.

Bryan · #10 03-27-2002, 10:48 PM

DJ88:

Looking at the hookup with the tubing, do you rcecycle the built up C02 in the top of the chamber back to the pump inlet.

-=Bryan=-