It is a gate valve but it's on my primary drain, herbie style.

I have a 4 ft sump and im running my pump from one side to the reactor on the other side where the skimmer outlet is ....my return compartment is to small for two pumps ...(plus that was the only size other then my 250pgh i had in my tickle trunk of goodies)

I've reduced from 1.5" to 1" with a bushing before the ball valve. I'll build the manifold out of 1" using 1" gate valves and then reduce as nessacary on the output of the gate valve. This way I'll still have higher flow for larger items such as the reactors needed for the pellets and I can reduce down to 1/4" if needed for lower flow applications, ie: calc. reactors.

I wish I would have put a valve upstream of the tee to reduce the flow to the tank and increase to the manifold if needed, I can retrofit later if needed.

A picture is worth a thousand words!! but this is all glued together now and then i just slide this in the reactor full of pellets works great for me ...i just couldnt get it to churn before the way it is now ....
Hope this helps ......:biggrin:

http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/a...reactor001.jpg

Wow all this trouble!!!

Ian look into getting better pricing on the deltec 509 fluidizer, believe me a better unit and no fushing, no using the foam, no cleaning, no clogging, and it holds more.

If you can get good pricing on these units, I think others would be interested in buying.

If anyone in Calgary wants to see them running, let me know, we can always arrange a viewing. They are worth the money as there is no fussing around.

We are actually a dealer for Deltec; however, we have not ventured much into the their product line much.

We can do the FR-509 reactor for $260.00, I would think that is pretty competitive! :mrgreen:

The Vertex reactor that Ian sold me works very well. No mods needed and tumbles the pellets perfectly. Not sure, but I think the Vertex is cheaper than the Deltec.

+1 and we really like the Vertex reactor; however, we can get the Deltecs if people want them. They are somewhat expensive in comparison......

Ian

What pump do you recommend for the Vertex reactor and pellets?

Perfect, I see clearly now what you where talking about. Thanks