First DIY kalk reactor...

afboundguy · 02/03/2011, 05:56 AM

I was so impressed with the quality of products from AVAST after a raving review of their DIY cone skimmer with swabbie from a local club member I started looking at everything on their site and started drooling.

They have outstanding prices on Kalk reactors but I didnt have enough at the time so I started pricing out the parts to do it myself. I emailed Dan about having the tube size in stock and other parts and he was beyond helpful. He finally got the impression I wanted to build it myself and he offered to out a DIY kit together for me and I jumped in it. Quality of the products was great and it was easy to put together.

Both Dan and Justin had incredibly fast response time on any questions I had. I know it's not on the site yet but email them and ask for it... By thw way the Kalk stirrer works awesome!!!

I look forward to purchasing more DIY items from them in the future hopefully the cone skimmer when I save up the money...

Avast Marine · 02/03/2011, 04:44 PM

PICTURES!!! lol

On a scale of 1-10 how hard was it putting together? For me they are a 3, but I have put quite a few together :-) The body connector was the only part I was thinking might be difficult for a first timer, especially without a video.

afboundguy · 02/03/2011, 07:22 PM

if 1 is hard and 10 is easy I'd say 8ish. I didn't have really any problems building it. I put it together before gluing. Biggest pain was my fault when I put too much kalk in and the stirrer part came unattached to the motor

So I just took out the kalk and it's working perfect now...

I don't have any build pictures but I'll try to snap one while it's in action...

Thanks again Dan for all the help...

milkman55 · 02/04/2011, 10:27 PM

A DIY Kalk stirrer would be a great addition to the product line. I have built two of the media reactors and they were a 1 on a 1-10 scale. Very easy.

afboundguy · 02/07/2011, 01:15 PM

Few pics as promised...

02/03/2011, 05:56 AM	#1
afboundguy recovering acan'aholic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ipswich MA Posts: 224	First DIY kalk reactor... I was so impressed with the quality of products from AVAST after a raving review of their DIY cone skimmer with swabbie from a local club member I started looking at everything on their site and started drooling. They have outstanding prices on Kalk reactors but I didnt have enough at the time so I started pricing out the parts to do it myself. I emailed Dan about having the tube size in stock and other parts and he was beyond helpful. He finally got the impression I wanted to build it myself and he offered to out a DIY kit together for me and I jumped in it. Quality of the products was great and it was easy to put together. Both Dan and Justin had incredibly fast response time on any questions I had. I know it's not on the site yet but email them and ask for it... By thw way the Kalk stirrer works awesome!!! I look forward to purchasing more DIY items from them in the future hopefully the cone skimmer when I save up the money... __________________ 2013 BoD Vice President Boston Reefers Society 2012 BoD President Boston Reefers Society 2011 BoD Secretary Boston Reefers Society 2010 BoD at Large Boston Reefers Society Current Tank Info: 25 gallon starfire cube

02/03/2011, 04:44 PM	#2
Avast Marine RC Sponsor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 2,446	PICTURES!!! lol On a scale of 1-10 how hard was it putting together? For me they are a 3, but I have put quite a few together :-) The body connector was the only part I was thinking might be difficult for a first timer, especially without a video. __________________ Dan Don't rush art, you get bad art.

02/03/2011, 07:22 PM	#3
afboundguy recovering acan'aholic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ipswich MA Posts: 224	if 1 is hard and 10 is easy I'd say 8ish. I didn't have really any problems building it. I put it together before gluing. Biggest pain was my fault when I put too much kalk in and the stirrer part came unattached to the motor So I just took out the kalk and it's working perfect now... I don't have any build pictures but I'll try to snap one while it's in action... Thanks again Dan for all the help... __________________ 2013 BoD Vice President Boston Reefers Society 2012 BoD President Boston Reefers Society 2011 BoD Secretary Boston Reefers Society 2010 BoD at Large Boston Reefers Society Current Tank Info: 25 gallon starfire cube

02/07/2011, 01:15 PM	#5
afboundguy recovering acan'aholic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ipswich MA Posts: 224	Few pics as promised... __________________ 2013 BoD Vice President Boston Reefers Society 2012 BoD President Boston Reefers Society 2011 BoD Secretary Boston Reefers Society 2010 BoD at Large Boston Reefers Society Current Tank Info: 25 gallon starfire cube

02/04/2011, 10:27 PM	#4
milkman55 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Parkville, MO Posts: 832	A DIY Kalk stirrer would be a great addition to the product line. I have built two of the media reactors and they were a 1 on a 1-10 scale. Very easy.