Alright... I finally got my Pacific Coast Calcium Reactor installed. I was a little reluctant to get it going, but I am now officially counting bubbles!
I do not have any room below my tank for the reactor to sit and I did not want the reactor visable, so I drilled a small hole next to where the carpet and baseboard meet and ran the water lines into the wall to keep things hidden.
Shown below, this wall is about 2' from the tank and the reactor sits on the same plane as the sump/fuge. I just built small landing for things to sit. Nothing special, but it'll do!
A little installation-tweaking had to be done. Originally, the irections called for two feed lines to be placed into the sump along with the effluent return line.
I tried to install the reactor as diected, but found that the water supply was insufficient. I am not certain as to why, but figued it to be the distance that the reactor has to sit from the tank peventing a strong enough syphon. So, I removed the 1/4" Gest fitting and replaced it with a 3/8" fitting. I then put a valve on the second feed line to seal it off and put a small feed pump at the other end of the 3/8" hose.
At first I was a little concerned because of a small leak. I thought that I had created too much positive pressure, but after tightening a few fittings, things seem to be operating fine... for now!
My effluent pH has been holding steady at 6.9