Calcium Reactors

[mx mr bean]

anyone reccomend any brands for calcium reactors? i researched them and found out about Knop's but they are a bit pricey and ive never had experience with calcium reactors i have decided tho that theyre better than kalkwasser setups. please help with reccommendations thanks guys.

 

[cgrant]

I just got my geo not too long ago and it has turned out to be a great reactor, i like the reverse flow so the media dont compact and i would also recommend a ph controller so you dont come home one day and your media isnt melted. I like using the larger schuran style media
get a good quality regulator, you dont want to skimp on that...and a 5 lb bottle and your good to go.
dial it in slow...better to be a little low at 1st than to dial it up and have to work backwards to bring all the levels down back into check.
You will need a feed pump a mj 1200 works fine for me or something like a aqualifter. geosreef and you can check them out.

 

[mx mr bean]

great but about how much did the ractor and the regulator run u?(basically everytging all together)

 

[cgrant]

a good ca reactor setup is gonna run you ~600-700 bucks!
They are not cheap but well worth the money if your gonna have corals on a good size tank.
Now if your only doing like a 40 or 50 gallon tank than probably not worth it at that point, i would just dose the chem's if that is the case.

 

[mx mr bean]

i have a 90 is that big enough or should i stick with dosing every week?