Calcium Reactor???

[Terryz_]

Erm... kinda noob is equipment for marine... wats a calcium reactor for??? where to get... how to chose... need to replacement??? can someone advise...

[Achilles Tang]

Cookiemonster is offering his DIY set now... rush rush!

[Terryz_]

Ya... i noe... but wat does it do...

[Achilles Tang]

Simply... it puts calcium into your tank. Saves you daily dosing efforts.

[Terryz_]

Tat simple??? Den so ex...

[Terryz_]

Den wat model and brand of calcium reactor should i use for 4 ft tank...

[Terryz_]

With Calcium reactor... do i need to dose kalkwasser...

[Achilles Tang]

Yes, you can supplement a calcium reactor with kalkwasser dosing.

[Coral_ClamS]

can i give kalkwasser dosing a miss if i'm going to use a Ca reactor?

[Achilles Tang]

Yes you can. If you are getting enough calcium.

[Terryz_]

which is the brands of CA reactor i can get in SG.. Petmart got sell..

[Coral_ClamS]

BTW what does Ca reactor do other than adding calcium?

does it also add strontium, magnesium, iodine and other stuff(according to Tanzy)? and replenishing trace elements by changing water occasionally ! (MAIN POINT)

also heard that can maintain pH walue by adding a CO2 depot so as to reduce the increasing pH caused by ammonia rite?

[Achilles Tang]

To go indepth... yes... a CA reactor also provides these. Iodine not so... you have to supplement seperately.

Ammonia? What has that got to do with a reactor? It should be dealt with by your filtration system.

A cheap CA reactor/poorly designed one/improperly tuned one may actually reduce PH in the tank as the CO2 that drives the reactor causes very low PH to dissolve the CA media. This low PH makes its way out to the main tank and lowers the overall PH level.

That is why some reefers use a PH monitor to shut off a CA reactor when PH drops too low or they use a kalkreactor to counter the low PH.

[Terryz_]

Damn Chim...

[terryansimon]

sounds simple enough. if you read it through a couple of times.

now I'm hitting myself for not buying the reactor from AT.