bamburgb Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, Higher Thinking said: Nothing real fancy here. Eheim pump. The airline and water intake T together and get brought into the reactor along with recirculating water that is already in the reactor. The effluent then leaves the top. The amount of water that enters the reactor and then flows out is controlled by that gate valve, which Ts off my main return line. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk So you have the CO2 line and the joining up with the water intake? If so that’s extremely helpful and solves my confusion and I will need to go buy a piece tomorrow haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 So you have the CO2 line and the joining up with the water intake? If so that’s extremely helpful and solves my confusion and I will need to go buy a piece tomorrow haha.That's exactly right. New water, airline, and recirculating water all enters the intake of the recirc pump. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamburgb Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 1 minute ago, Higher Thinking said: That's exactly right. New water, airline, and recirculating water all enters the intake of the recirc pump. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk O I thought you meant they came together at your bubble counter. There is no inlet down near the pump which is what’s confusing me there are two ports on the top one on top of the bubble counter and one on the opposite side of the bubble counter but with all images i see that’s for the recirculating from one of the top ports... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 If you go to the link for the CR 100 below you can download the setup manual which shows how the connections run... I think it is pretty much the same for the 70 if memory serves. The CO2 should be fed into the bubble counter so you have some idea of the flow and can regulate in a controlled manner (if you are directly controlling of pH at this point). http://www.coralvue.com/reef-octopus-cr100-calcium-reactor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamburgb Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 It looks the same accept from what I see the cr-100 has a inlet spot down near the pump this one doesn’t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 O I thought you meant they came together at your bubble counter. There is no inlet down near the pump which is what’s confusing me there are two ports on the top one on top of the bubble counter and one on the opposite side of the bubble counter but with all images i see that’s for the recirculating from one of the top ports...That bubble counter in the reactor? That is built onto the unit, but I don't use it. My bubble counter is attached directly to the CO2 tank. So there is an airline that comes to the reactor (you can't really tell where the airline is coming from in the close up pic) from the CO2 tank. That then attaches to a T with the water from my main return pump (flow controlled by gate valve). That water/gas mixture is brought into the recirc pump along with recirc water from the reactor itself (the vertical tube coming down in the front of the pump). Those three sources are then shot up into the reactor via the vertical tube in the back. Does that make sense?Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamburgb Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 Ya it makes some sense but still kinda confuses me. As you can see in the image this is what I am working with and trying to figure out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 28 minutes ago, bamburgb said: It looks the same accept from what I see the cr-100 has a inlet spot down near the pump this one doesn’t. I would say CO2 to the top of the bubble counter then add a T to the blue line to attach your water feed - I seen that variation on ones without the second JG port on the pump recirc. line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamburgb Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 That’s what I was starting to think but didn’t wanna do something to mess it up or hurt the tank. Good thing I’m doing this just started measuring pH and it’s at 7.9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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