Calcium reactor question

[ac]

It looks like I might be able to setup another reef tank in the next year(redo the one that caught on fire last week). I would like to keep sps type corals and clams. My question is do I need a calcium reactor? Does someone know of a good reference I can read about them? I know nothing about how to plumb them in or how to adjust them etc. The other thing is what's the difference between a kalk reactor and a calcium reactor. Sorry for the dumb questions, but if someone knows of a good reference I would appreicate it.

 

[golfish]

use the search button here or try a Yahoo search....You should find all you need to know

 

[tony detroit]

AC, what kind of reef do you want to set up.?
If just doing shrooms, zoos, and softies you could just run off of 2 part, although it gets bothersome having to add it.
You can run just about any reef off a kalk drip. Dripping kalk also has many benefits aside from just calcium addition alone.
Calcium reactors come in most handy in really high demand systems when you have a hard time keeping the alkalinity up. Plus the dissolving that they do will yield other trace elements such as magnesium, strontium, etc.

 

[ac]

Tony,
I want to do mostly sps corals in this tank.

 

[tony detroit]

You'll most likely need to do both then.