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anyone running a mrc cal reactor near worcester
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I have a MRC dual nano and I'm in Lowell.
But what you need help on? maybe we can help.
But what you need help on? maybe we can help.
I just setup an MRC Dual reactor as well.......What's your question?
I ran one for a couple of years but it didn't have any gauges?
You won't kill your tank setting up Ca reactor, just take the set up slowly and continue to supplement Ca/Alk as you did before until you get the reactor dialed in. Set the effluent rate at 50-70 ml/min and then slowly turn up the Co2 (make an adjustment and wait a day). To get it right, measure the effluent, either slowly bring the ph down to 6.6-6.9, or go by the CA/alk readings of the effluent (others have suggested this as a better method but I'm not sure on the target levels). Once you get it dialed using that method, test the levels in the tank water for a few days, if the reactor doesn't keep up, increase the effluent rate and repeat the dialing in process until it keeps up.
If you get carried away on the Co2 the media will start to dissolve too quickly and the water will get clowdy (in the reactor first, but you'll see it in the tank pretty soon too). It won't be a precipitation "snowstorm", more like a southdown storm. If this happens, back off on the Co2 and wait. It doesn't have catostrophic effects like a "snowstorm".
If yours has the same outlet valve as mine did it's tricky to make small adjustments. I found that if you put a large pair of hemostats on the outlet valve lever you can make fine adjustments more easily.
jk
You won't kill your tank setting up Ca reactor, just take the set up slowly and continue to supplement Ca/Alk as you did before until you get the reactor dialed in. Set the effluent rate at 50-70 ml/min and then slowly turn up the Co2 (make an adjustment and wait a day). To get it right, measure the effluent, either slowly bring the ph down to 6.6-6.9, or go by the CA/alk readings of the effluent (others have suggested this as a better method but I'm not sure on the target levels). Once you get it dialed using that method, test the levels in the tank water for a few days, if the reactor doesn't keep up, increase the effluent rate and repeat the dialing in process until it keeps up.
If you get carried away on the Co2 the media will start to dissolve too quickly and the water will get clowdy (in the reactor first, but you'll see it in the tank pretty soon too). It won't be a precipitation "snowstorm", more like a southdown storm. If this happens, back off on the Co2 and wait. It doesn't have catostrophic effects like a "snowstorm".
If yours has the same outlet valve as mine did it's tricky to make small adjustments. I found that if you put a large pair of hemostats on the outlet valve lever you can make fine adjustments more easily.
jk
JK, What's a hemostat?
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