reactor calibration

[kozmo02]

when you first set up a reactor, do you test the alk and calcium levels daily until you get the appropriate drip rate or do you just adjust the effluent to 6.5 pH and let it drip however many drips it wants to?

[Physh1]

Its a good idea. The reactor you have (???) should have instructions with some basic numbers to start with and then tune from there.....

A handy little equation to help is this....

kh x effluent drip rate(drops per minute) = co2 bubble rate (per minute)

exaple to get a kh of 35 in the effluent drip rate and at a drip rate of 60 drops/minute will get you 35x60 = 2100 = 21 bubbles per minute....

the ph of the effluent drip rate should be around 6.5-6.8 and with a kh of 35-60

Hope that not too much....

Cameron