Best Bio-Pellet Reactor

[martinmcnally]

I just have my biopellets in a canister filter lol, but I wanna get a reactor soon too!

[The Grizz]

NextReef MR1 is my reactor of choice.

[kien]

double barreled action with dual vertex UF-20s. Love them. Throw away mesh and use enkmat though.

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by kien

Throw away mesh and use enkmat though.

What is enkmat??

[kien]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

What is enkmat??

Sorry, enkamat and it is this: http://www.colbond-geosynthetics.com...A7enkamat.html

Or, go to Michaels craft store, head to the knitting department and get a sheet of knitting mesh and cut it into a circle to replace the reactors foam.

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by kien

Sorry, enkamat and it is this: http://www.colbond-geosynthetics.com...A7enkamat.html

Or, go to Michaels craft store, head to the knitting department and get a sheet of knitting mesh and cut it into a circle to replace the reactors foam.

Oh, OK, your enkamat looks like the stuff to use for mesh mods for skimmer pump impellers. I used the round mesh from Michaels, cut down a bit to fit. Works good, and never clogs, but fine enough to hold the bio pellets. I notice that Vertex now has their own mesh inserts.
http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/vt...io+Peller.html
But much cheaper to DIY.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Oh, OK, your enkamat looks like the stuff to use for mesh mods for skimmer pump impellers. I used the round mesh from Michaels, cut down a bit to fit. Works good, and never clogs, but fine enough to hold the bio pellets. I notice that Vertex now has their own mesh inserts.
http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/vt...io+Peller.html
But much cheaper to DIY.

OH SNAP! I had no idea they had these! I gotta get me some. The knitting mesh works yes, but one thing I find is that stuff gets trapped inbetween the existing perforated plate and the knitting mesh that you put over that plate. It drives me nuts cuz the holes don't line up so there is the high potentially for clogging of organisms like sponges and crap. A dedicated meshed plate like this would be ideal in my experience with these reactors. Should reduce maintenance. Gonna get me some 'o that!

[kien]

Originally Posted by kien

Throw away mesh and use enkmat though.

Oops! I just realized I had a brain fart and said throw away MESH. What I meant to say was throw away the FOAM pads that it comes with and replace it with a meshy material. My bad!

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by kien

Oops! I just realized I had a brain fart and said throw away MESH. What I meant to say was throw away the FOAM pads that it comes with and replace it with a meshy material. My bad!

To bad you couldn't edit, huh?

[kien]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

To bad you couldn't edit, huh?

don't even go there!

.. there's already a thread for that