Calcium reactor question

[arnaldolex]

Hello everyone I need some advice as to,calcium reactors. I've been doing reefs for over 15 years and always manually dosed pedalow,baking soda and Epsom salt and those that have seen my tank are always amazed. I decided to try a calcium reactor this year got me a korallin rated for up to 400 gallons I got the drip and bubble rate going pretty good. My 2 questions r how can I prevent air from building up inside and eventually stopping the flow is there a way to modify this I was thinking it has a valve to let out the air when u fill it up can I put tubing onto it and leave the valve very closed but open enough to do like 1 drip a minute is there any other hacks for this it's annoying about 6 times already this month. Second question I run like maybe 6 pounds of carbon in a reactor on my 180 that was never a problem tanks doing great but after I installed the reactor I've been noticing a lot of dust looking like carbon deposits everywhere to the point that I turned of my carbon reactor and now I don't c it anymore does the carbon reactor break down the carbon to dust is there anything I can do about this thanks everyone for the advice.

 

[brand]

Bro go back to manual you the expert at that you taught me lol.

 

[edd]

try turning down co2 bubble rate. i think your always going to have to purge air eventually. thats why the mtc has a float to purge it automatically.
your post is confusing are talking about calcium media or carbon dissolving. if co2 is too high you might be melting the cal media too fast.

 

[mbg75]

I have a korallin c1502. I leave the vent open so it drops every 5 seconds.

 

[Mattl22]

6 lbs of carbon in a 180 gal not to derail but that seems like a lot of carbon a good reefing friend recommend to me 1 cup per every hundred gallons ??

 

[jvu61]

I run 2 cups of carbon in my 300 gal. carbon should be packed very tight in a reactor because it is a soft media. if it tumbles it will break down and turn to dust.

 

[arnaldolex]

Thanks everyone, the post was like 2 questions sorry if it's confusing and thanks mbg75 that's what I was thinking of doing, did that fix your problem completelyn

 

[mbg75]

Always ran it with the vent cracked. Never had issues.
If I recall correctly, the reactor is designed so that if you do not have a ph controller, you leave the vent closed and the co2 lock keeps the media from melting. (Too much gas going in)