Change to Calcium Reactor from Two Part Dosing

skidrow52 · Jun 23, 2014

I am doing two part dosing in my tank, I buy them from BRS and ship them to Saudi Arabia paying 3 times the actual cost, my dose has reached to 200ml per day of each CA and Alk, i have finally started thinking to change to a CA reactor, i have a Korallin S-1502 which i will convert into a Calcium reactor, my worry is of low PH as well as if this unit can keep up with my tank demand, the actualy water volume in my tank would be around 130g. I need advice on Korallin's C-1502 reactor.

Reefing Madness · Jun 24, 2014

mike007 · Jun 24, 2014

An Improved Do-it-Yourself Two-Part Calcium and Alkalinity Supplement System by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com
This Is much cheaper.

mcarroll · Jun 30, 2014

Depends if he has good local access to the ingredients. I can't find suitable material for DIY magnesium even in a large metro area of the US, so we can't assume.

To the OP: It's ridiculous to ship a 5-gallon bucket even within the US, so I can imagine you're paying a lot!

Do you know if there's calcium chloride and/or lime (calcium oxide) mining anywhere in your region - or even better, supplied locally? Food processors and other industries consume a lot of both chemicals so you may have to dig for an unusual (industrial) source, but hopefully you'll find something.

Then the question is about purity - what are the common contaminents? The article about is predicated on the US supply which has a known profile which is reef compatible.

-Matt

-Matt

skidrow52 · Jul 28, 2014

Thanks Matt for the detailed reply and sorry for responding so late, well here everything is available but it's not easy to find chemicals I work in a hotel and I asked my chef to ask his suppliers if one can get me calcium chloride but no one could, industrial grade calcium chlorite sacks I've seen and a friend bought it too to try it's granular form but he hasn't tried and I don't want to risk using anything else , medial suppliers sell it very expensive more than I will buy from BRS and ship it here . Well I've made my reactor ready now and I'm going to kick start it on Sunday .