Aquatics System Design nano CA Reactor COMPLETE!

[10" Red Devil]

Hello I have a slightly used Aquatic System Design Nano Calcium Reactor for sale with everything one would need to use it.

It is about the size of a Pop bottle and works for a tank up to 75 gallons.

It is great for nano's though.

Included is the reactor, Ehiem pump, a AquaClear feed pump (although there is the option to use a gravity feed line as well) Milwaukee Co2 Regulator Solenoid valve controller,

Also have a like new Pinpoint PH controller and probe. Everything is maybe 1 month old if that.

I am selling because I am leaving the hobby for a while, I have had two accidents in the past year and it has left me broken and frustrated.

The CA reactor package without the controller ran me $400 minus shipping. It is custom made and gets good reviews amongst nano reefers. The ph controller goes for $175 online.

Everything complete I will sell for $350.

Shipping will be from 48187 and the approximate weight is 15 pounds to give you a rough shipping estimate.

Here are the pics:



Controller

[scott mckinney]

I'd be interested in the regulator and bottle. Care to part those out?

[Jasontkd]

I would take the reactor only

[10" Red Devil]

Please send comments in private message please.

[10" Red Devil]

Will sell in pieces here is the break down:

Reactor itself w/ the ehiem pump (hard plumbed into the reactor) $250.

The Milwaukee Controller, solenoid valve is $50.

Pinpoint PH Controller with Probe $125.

[10" Red Devil]

The reactor is $225 Shipped.

[JimBob Schmidt]

pm on monitor

[JimBob Schmidt]

i mean controller

[10" Red Devil]

Co2 bottle is not for sale.

Milwaukee Regulator is SOLD!

[rawbomb]

pm sent on ca reactor

[10" Red Devil]

FYI,

The footprint on the CA reactor measures 6.75" x 5.5".

[10" Red Devil]

rawbomb,

Clean out your pm box dude!! Argh tryin to pm ya!

[sivert55]

PM sent

[rawbomb]

should be good now, try again.

[10" Red Devil]

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Sivert55,

Never got it.

[10" Red Devil]

Rawbomb,

Did you get my messages this morning and afternoon? It had a counter offer. Oh hell I will just put it here. $220 shipped. That covers insured priority shipping to most states and covers the 2% paypal charge.

Thanks.

[moonyguy]

pm Sent.

[10" Red Devil]

Pm answered Moonguy!

Thanks.

[10" Red Devil]

Okay so the reactor is now $200 shipped but no insurance. If you want insurance it will cost an extra $5 to most places.

Thanks.

[10" Red Devil]

Rawbomb your box is full again!

In regards to your question I copied and pasted this from another forum:

suggested tank size - 75 gallons (initial recommendation subject to revision)

This was a question posted about the suggested tank size:

what factors are considered when approximating a calcium reactor's potential as far as what size tank it could work with? couldn't you effectively run a small calcium reactor on a huge tank? it should work the same as any reactor if you get it set up with the right affluent drip rate and internal ph... you would just have to change the media on a more regular basis; right? I only ask because I'd like to put a reactor in the cabnet beneath my 75 gallon, but I have extremely limited space so something like this nano reactor would be great, but I want to make sure it would really be effective (and I can deal with a few more media changes if I can stop my calcium dosing regime.

Then this was the answer from scott:

Can you run a small reactor on a large tank effectively? Sure. Will it be enough to keep up with demand when balanced and running effectively? That is the question, and the answer is variable based on what demand acually is - how much calcium is the system consuming.

Getting a low ph reaction chamber loaded with media to give up the goods is easy to do.

The main factor in sizing a reactor, as I see it, is the reserve capacity of the reaction chamber or ability of the reaction chamber to hold enough volume of low ph water to allow you to run a sufficient effluent rate to keep up with calcium demand while keeping the whole process in check. Simply - can I run enough water through it so as not to inadvertanly raise the reaction chamber pH too quickly? If the chamber is small and effluent rate is high - then ph will rise fairly quickly. Adding more Co2 will lower it, within reason, but you get to the point where you are adding Co2 too quickly to keep up with the rapidly rising ph and it doesn't have time to slip into the water itself. Instead, it stays in the chamber as trapped gas - not helping, but hurting reactor performance - probably shutting it down all together if the reactor is designed to pull the excess gas back into the mixing pump.

On the flip side, you can run a really big reactor on a very small tank with a slow effluent rate but there are downsides to that also

You do need to keep it small enough so that the reaction chamber is turning over and the water does not become oversaturated. This would result in your media just stewing in it's own juices because the effluent is not carrying it out as quickly as it is breaking down in your chamber. The only other option is to run your ph JUST low enough to start to dissolve the media so that it doesn't saturate too quickly because of your low effluent rate. This is a balancing act, and probably an exercise in futility if you were hoping to take some work out of maintaining your calcium level.

[10" Red Devil]

Made a mistake earlier on the insurance. If you want insurance it is an extra $10. Sorry and thanks.

[10" Red Devil]

Ph controller and probe sold.

[10" Red Devil]

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