I recently installed a Geo calcium reactor (Thanks, Halmus!) on my 120 and it's been running for a few weeks now. I am getting CO2 bubbles in my effluent line which get caught at the needle valve and cause drag leading to a gradually decreasing drip rate. I could set the drip at 15 drips per 10 seconds and within 24 hours, it's down to 6 per 10 seconds as the CO2 builds up in front of the needle valve.
Any ideas on what to do? I was thinking of installing a small secondary reactor to scrub off the CO2, but I imagine the bubbles are just going to accumulate in the secondary chamber and need an occasional burping...
Or I read something on reef2reef that I may have ramped up the reactor too fast and need to gradually bring down the pH to minimize CO2 bubbles...? I would have thought that problem would correct itself over a couple weeks if that was the case...
Any ideas on what to do? I was thinking of installing a small secondary reactor to scrub off the CO2, but I imagine the bubbles are just going to accumulate in the secondary chamber and need an occasional burping...
Or I read something on reef2reef that I may have ramped up the reactor too fast and need to gradually bring down the pH to minimize CO2 bubbles...? I would have thought that problem would correct itself over a couple weeks if that was the case...