Vertex Calcium Reactor Loud?

[David Cher]

@CivicS14 do you get the few sec 1 bubble thing ? or like few sec few bubbles ?

did you use the recommended orientation for the tube ?

here is how it sound like

 

[CivicS14]

@CivicS14 do you get the few sec 1 bubble thing ? or like few sec few bubbles ?

did you use the recommended orientation for the tube ?

here is how it sound like

That attachment isn’t working for. Tubing for?

 

[David Cher]

i mean did you connect your tubes on the CR as per what is required from the manufacturer ?

here is the video. towards the end of the video , there is a loud noise

 

[CivicS14]

Yeah. I’m running the tubes recommended by vertex. I had to purge the air out when I switched to the kamoer tho.

 

[David Cher]

Did you push water into the reactor or pulling using kamoer ??? Did you set the kamoer to 120ml with the recirculating pump on to bleed out all the air ???

 

[Galizio]

Did you push water into the reactor or pulling using kamoer ??? Did you set the kamoer to 120ml with the recirculating pump on to bleed out all the air ???

I turn the recirculating pump off and also pull one of the tube on top of reactor out till water start coming out. Having the same issue and have to do this every 2-3 days is kinda annoying...

 

[CivicS14]

Did you push water into the reactor or pulling using kamoer ??? Did you set the kamoer to 120ml with the recirculating pump on to bleed out all the air ???

No, pulling it even at full speed wasn't enough to purge it. I had to push water through it and remove one of the tubes off the top of the main chamber until it flooded it out a bit. Then I connected the kamoer to pull water through it.

Hope that helps.

 

[David Cher]

No, pulling it even at full speed wasn't enough to purge it. I had to push water through it and remove one of the tubes off the top of the main chamber until it flooded it out a bit. Then I connected the kamoer to pull water through it.

Hope that helps.

do you still have the loud sound when the co2 get pump in after bleeding ???

 

[CivicS14]

do you still have the loud sound when the co2 get pump in after bleeding ???

Nope, it's completely silent now.

 

[David Cher]

let me try to set the kamoer to 120ml and it is pushing water into the reactor

@CivicS14 do you will that help ?

 

[CivicS14]

let me try to set the kamoer to 120ml and it is pushing water into the reactor

@CivicS14 do you will that help ?

Push water in it, but remove the tube off the top of the main chamber that that lets the excess air/gas out until it floods a bit. Have a towel ready. Then change your setup back to pulling water through it. This is what worked for me.

 

[David Cher]

Push water in it, but remove the tube off the top of the main chamber that that lets the excess air/gas out until it floods a bit. Have a towel ready. Then change your setup back to pulling water through it. This is what worked for me.

@CivicS14 which one did you remove ? left or the right ?

 

[CivicS14]

@CivicS14 which one did you remove ? left or the right ?

I'm not really sure how to answer that since left or right is relative on how you are looking at it.

It's the tubing that goes from the first reactor to the second reactor.
hope this helps (see highlighted in the diagram).

 

[David Cher]

@CivicS14 thanks your method does not work .

think the best was to use this instead :

 

[David Cher]

@randyBRS hi sir , does the BRS tank have the same loud issue when used with the vertex ?

 

[David Cher]

@CivicS14 seems that it is working now . slient after a few hours of pulling water .

 

[CivicS14]

@CivicS14 seems that it is working now . slient after a few hours of pulling water .

so... my method worked for you? if so, glad it did. cause i tried all those other methods and it wouldn't get the air that was trapped under the lid. i did that and it got a majority of it out and worked for me.

 

[David Cher]

so... my method worked for you? if so, glad it did. cause i tried all those other methods and it wouldn't get the air that was trapped under the lid. i did that and it got a majority of it out and worked for me.

yes .it is pretty much silent now

 

[Scubabum]

yes .it is pretty much silent now

If you have troubles again you can try this... Since you are using the Kamoer you do not need the needle valve. Devan from Reef Dudes showed me this mod. Re purpose the needle valve to slow down the recirculating CO2. Did this on my Vertex and it's dead silent now.

 

[David Cher]

If you have troubles again you can try this... Since you are using the Kamoer you do not need the needle valve. Devan from Reef Dudes showed me this mod. Re purpose the needle valve to slow down the recirculating CO2. Did this on my Vertex and it's dead silent now.

@Scubabum thanks , i watched the at the 28min mark and he mentioned this.