What are YOU using for Carbon and GFO reactors?

Baldy · #1 02-08-2013, 02:36 AM

I use 2 TLF phosban 150s in series with a maxijet 1200. i bought them because they were cheap and small in size. if i had the room though, id give the brs reactors a shot. ive heard good things and like the videos ive watched

whatcaneyedo · #2 02-08-2013, 03:03 AM

I sold my TLF reactors and bought BRS a few years ago because I couldn't take it anymore. I could never get the O-ring in the top of the TLF reactor to sit right so that they wouldn't leak. I also found the ridged pipe coming up through the middle to be a nuisance to overcome when refilling the unit. The BRS product or just some RO pre filter housings modified to be the same thing was a wonderful idea. They're solid, economical, easy to use, and they don't leak!

The Guy · #3 02-08-2013, 03:41 AM

I use TLF 150 reactors, they are a PITA to put GFO into but seem to work well, I don't use carbon at all but I do run Purigen seems to keep my water pristine.

The Grizz · #4 02-08-2013, 03:48 AM

Using 3 - NextReef MR1 reactors for carbon, GFO & Vertex pellets.

Lance · #5 02-08-2013, 03:59 AM

BRS for carbon, TLF for GFO, and Vertex UF-15 for pelllets; all driven from the return pump.

1eyedjyde · #6 02-08-2013, 05:53 AM

I use the brs dual reactor it works great, easy to change out media plus both carbon and gfo are run off a single power head.

Mike-fish · #7 02-08-2013, 06:23 AM

Pair of TFl 550s

Trevor W · #8 02-08-2013, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by The Grizz

Using 3 - NextReef MR1 reactors for carbon, GFO & Vertex pellets.

Hey Grizz, are you running these off of your return line?
and are they able to be daisy chained together and run off of a single pump like the BRS dual reactor?

The Grizz · #9 02-08-2013, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Trevor W

Hey Grizz, are you running these off of your return line?
and are they able to be daisy chained together and run off of a single pump like the BRS dual reactor?

well yes and no, I am running 2 off my OF lines coming into my sump and the other (pellets) off a separate pump as they need more flow. You could link them together if you really wanted to but I would only do that with the Carbon & GFO reactors not the pellet one.

Trevor W · #10 02-08-2013, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by The Grizz

well yes and no, I am running 2 off my OF lines coming into my sump and the other (pellets) off a separate pump as they need more flow. You could link them together if you really wanted to but I would only do that with the Carbon & GFO reactors not the pellet one.

Awesome thats all I plan on running right now with this tank is Carbon and GFO. I plan on putting them in a cabinet beside the tank linked together and running off of a single pump like a maxijet 1200 or something similar.

How are the MR1's for changing media?