What are YOU using for Carbon and GFO reactors?

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by Trevor W

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?

If find it very easy since the MR1 's are 4" diameter. If you can't get the media in them you have a serious problem

With them being that size you can get your hand right to the bottom for a good cleaning.


Stay clear..... This Bear bits off limbs!!

[chromakey]

Good Day:

I am looking at adding a reactor for GFO and/carbon on my JBJ 28 Gallon Nano. Is it possible/recommended to have both medias in one reactor? Are there sponges/discs that can separate the two media?


Thanks,
Michael

[Baldy]

I used to mix carbon and gfo when I was running biopellets in the second reactor. Its possible, but messy and you have to chane both at the same time which means gfo gets changed too much. The sponges that come with the tlf phosban 150 don't keep the 2 separated and they end up mixed. There might be reactors that are made to use both in the same chamber, but he phosban ones don't work very well for it

[scubadawg]

I am now using a Spectrapure Media reactor, instead of the BRS, I found the Spectrapure more controllable.