calcium reactor media

[kegogut]

What do you use?

From what Ive been told ARM coarse seems to be the most popular but wanted to see for myself what other people use.

[nickdo]

KZ:spin3::spin3::spin3:

[tkeracer619]

Use regular ARM. The smallest size.

[d2mini]

Two Little Fishies Reborn Media.

I had problems getting the coarse arm to dissolve. The Reborn has worked out much better for me.

[smoothdog]

The coarse arm is good for slower flowing reactors where clogging is an issue. With a high flowing reactor the finer media gives you more surface area and more media per cu/in of reactor space. I'm currently using the coralvue natural media in my GEO reactor but coarse arm in the slow flowing effluent chamber I have.

[kegogut]

Im using a Geo 618

[smoothdog]

I'd go with the smaller media in that reactor. Geo reactors have great turnover rates so clogging should not be an issue. I also found that mag didn't drop as fast with the TLF and coralvue media.

[africangrey]

How do you characterize the flow rate of a reactor, by its recirculating pump?

I'd go with the smaller media in that reactor. Geo reactors have great turnover rates so clogging should not be an issue. I also found that mag didn't drop as fast with the TLF and coralvue media.

[Piper27]

I had lots of trouble with the 618 and fine media. It clogged way to fast, i had to upgrade the pump and use the coarse media.

[gregr]

+1 for Reborn. Works great with MiniCal.

[cvye]

Reborn.

[kegogut]

A friend ( nook ) recommended I use coarse ARM media.

[d2mini]

Get the Reborn! ;)

[jda]

Natural media with as small of particle size as you can have without getting clogged. I use the medium sized ARM.

[smoothdog]

How do you characterize the flow rate of a reactor, by its recirculating pump?

Size of pump, plumbing and reaction chamber.