rocko918 January 28, 2012 Share January 28, 2012 I screwed up the settings on my reactor. now i am trying to get my alk up and ph stable. I have only run it while the lights were on. I am thinking i might change that based on the ph in the media. any thoughts? what do you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova26 January 28, 2012 Share January 28, 2012 I run mine 24/7 based on the ph in the reactor. Keeps allk stable. If I need to increase the alk. I lower the ph slightly. Hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind January 28, 2012 Share January 28, 2012 I have always ran mine 24/7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 January 28, 2012 Share January 28, 2012 Before my crash I ran it 24/7 as well on a pH controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami January 28, 2012 Share January 28, 2012 I ran mine 24/7, but on a peristaltic pump that ran 23 minutes out of every hour (so it wasn't quite 24/7). I arrived at the 23 minutes by monitoring and stabilizing the alk in the tank (to balance consumption and supplementation). I flowed CO2 only when the pH in the reaction chamber was greater than some threshold to ensure that the effluent had the desired alk and calcium concentration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der ABT January 28, 2012 Share January 28, 2012 24/7 here controlled by my acIII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocko918 January 28, 2012 Author Share January 28, 2012 of those who do run them 24/7 What type of media are you using and what is the ph in your reactor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals January 28, 2012 Share January 28, 2012 I run it all the time, ph is set from 6.39 to 6.56 or something along thoes lines from what I remember. I use arm, the small stuff. My ph in the main tank now stays at 7.9 to 8.1 from night and day. Thats now that I put the reactor drip in the skimmer area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazio92 January 28, 2012 Share January 28, 2012 I run mine 24/7 -Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerseller January 28, 2012 Share January 28, 2012 I do Bob, CO2 controlled by the acIII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 January 28, 2012 Share January 28, 2012 When it was running I had mine using the larger chunks from Gen X. I am not very fond of this media, however, as I never really saw much happening with it even when I dropped my pH in the reactor down to close to 6. My CA, however, did stay fairly stable at a pretty high level (just over 400). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott711 January 29, 2012 Share January 29, 2012 24/7 here too with aragonite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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