Help with CO2 reactor

[thetman36]

I Purchased a second hand Co2 reactor custom built can't get in touch with the person i bought it from. I need help figuring out how this thing gets set up and connected into the system. I know the blue line gets connected to the Co2 tank and the large union is where the intake water is connected but that is as far as I can get

 

[rkaragozler]

this was built by marine life aquatics, I have a cr1000 sitting here also, I did plenty of research on it but couldn't find any useful info, from what I gather
1- the black hose barb is your feed from an external pump
2- the white hose barb is your feed from the recirculating pump (the one I have has a eheim pump)
3- lower end of the bubble counter (blue line) goes to your neddle valve of your co2 tank
4- valve with the blue handle is your (effluent) return to sump.
hope this helps.

 

[thetman36]

thanks bro

that is a big help do you know about the big union on the white pipe on the bottom what does that get connected to

 

[rkaragozler]

from the looks of it they put the union their for a pump, what i would do is take that of and use a new one that matches your pump, or use a barb fitting to go to your pump.
unless you have the pump with the union already

 

[thetman36]

Two pumps to feed in

so you are saying there are two inputs for two pumps that is strange no?

 

[rkaragozler]

no one input is from a pump that will feed raw water from your sump, usually like a majijet 1200
and the one with the union is a recirculating pump for the reactor

 

[thetman36]

so from the recirculating pump it goes back to the reactor on the white barb fitting i get it thanks again sorry never used one of these before

 

[rkaragozler]

yes, good luck, don't hesitate to ask, this is the way we all learn

 

[thetman36]

one last question if i use a Reeflow dart hybrid as my main pump for my tank 210 gal can i run off of that to drive this thing or should I use a second pump and then add the recirculating pump

 

[rkaragozler]

you can run the dart to the reactor if you have a manifold, but remember that a a co2 reactor cant really go over 3 psi.

 

[thetman36]

got it great thanks did not know about the 3psi hope it does not leak i have not tested it yet lol

 

[rkaragozler]

good luck, keep us posted.