Gas Reactors
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Good way to lower total hardness / CO2 question
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CO2 reactor substitutes (was: salt in freshwater tanks)
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A CO2 Reactor (often called a In-line Reactor or Counter-flow Reactor) is a device that mixes CO2 gas with water from the return of a external aquarium filter.
ARM Reactor Substrate
The phosphate in the ARM reactor medium sample (received from Champion Lighting) tested out to 2.0 ppm. ARM calcium came out at 385 ppm, or 3850 ppm (when accounting for dilution).
Calcium Reactor Setup
Although we'd love to give steps on how exactly to set yours up, there are many different reactors out there. Nor can we tell you what CO2 bubble rate you should use.
Calcium Reactors for Aquariums: Advantages, Set Up, and Maintenance
Author, Marine Biotechnology Consultant
Michael Paletta, ...
The reactor is actually very simple. First the CO2 enters the reactor through a hole drilled into the tube. The CO2 is then forced downards by the pump. The foam stops any bubbles from entering the water but water can pass through.
In-line Reactor/Counter-flow Reactor - (high to very high) These can be DIY or bought, but tend to be quite expensive to buy or labor intensive to make.
Reactor: A device used to add a substance to the aquarium water in a controlled manner. Ozone, kalkwasser, and carbon dioxide are the most common reactors.
Reactors:
Not to be confused with an oxygen, calcium or some other reactor. These are not as common as the other filters. Reactors are much like a fluidized filter, but their media is specific.
Reactor: This is a device used to force a controlled reaction with a given substance. The most common reactor is an ozone reactor, which forces water through a pressurized column of an air-ozone mixture.
Reactor: An isolated container, usually located near the sump, that performs a specific task such as increasing calcium or oxygen in the water.
Red Slime: See cyanobacteria.
Reactor - Dosing device which adds reagents to tank water. E.g. a CO2 reactor (of which there are many types) mixes CO2 (carbon dioxide) from a pressurized or DIY system into the tank water.
Reactor - A device used to pass water through before being returned to the aquarium. These can be used with media to remove certain nutrients from the water.
A reactor on the other hand usually consists of a chamber where water is pushed downwards through the chamber and CO2 bubbles are diffused from the bottom.
CO2 Reactors
These are to get the CO2 dissolved in the water. There are many diff rent types commercially available as well as DIY types.
e) KW reactor
- this is a device that simplifies (b) so you don't have to make fresh batches everyday,
but at the moment, these are quite expensive.
4) Phosphate (PO4-) control
- this is quite an important area to cover.
Oxygen reactors have also become popular over the past few years. These are columnar pressurized devices that run water over some type of bio media.
The CO2 reactor can easily be constructed out of any wide bore tube. I use the lift tubes from an undergravel filter in my aquariums.
Chemical reactors are basically chambers in which aquarium water reacts with some medium to alter the aquarium water chemistry, either adding substances to the water or removing them.
KNOP Calcium Reactor
KNOP model D Cal. Reactor. includes solenoid, regulator and two aluminum CO2 bottles.
$400.00 ...
I run DIY calcium reactors on all my tanks. I see a PH rise from 8.0 at first light to 8.4 at lights out. A reasonable PH swing. I run Custom Sea Life Power Compacts on all my xenia tanks. 10 watts per gallon. 50% 7100K blue, 50% 6700K White ...
It is used in an ozone reactor or protein skimmer. It is important not to use too much ozone, and to filter ozonated water through carbon before returning it to the tank, as excess ozone can harm fish and other creatures.
Power stations and other industrial plants use high volumes of water to cool machinery (including nuclear reactors). This cooling water is then usually discarded by the plant, back into the environment at elevated temperatures.
Such systems are the CO2 reactor, the "bell" system or (far simpler and equally effective) inserting the CO2 outlet in your power filter's intake (in the tank).
This slow bubbling must be dissolved in your aquarium's water, through either a gas reactor (which lets water and gas mix in a chamber much like a trickle filter), an inverted jar (which just lets the gas diffuse into the water slowly), ...
Injection of co2 (using CO2 reactors or DIY systems) also softens water.
Airstones and diffusion bells are less efficient than reactors and filter dispersal.
I've Seen Other Recipes Out There - Why Should I Use This One?
160x60x60 cm 2 x400w HQI skimmer BK 250 Internal reactor calciun handycraft n° 2 Vortech Ecotech Marine
azinko's fishtank
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Systems with tablets that slowly dissolve
Cylinders that are connected to timers and release small amounts of carbon dioxide at regular intervals
Slow-release chemical reactors.
 See also: Water, Aquarium, Fish, Filter, Algae
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