Phosban Reactor
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mpls man
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I was just looking at buying 1 for my 75 soon to be a 110, i foung a good sale on them , cant tell the name of the site because of rules, e-mail me and i can tell you...hummer1011@netzero.com, from what i've read they do take care of phosphates, but not sure of people who have them in reef tanks, the 1 i'm looking at is about $31.00, w/o the pump.
euphoria
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Originally Posted by MPLS MAN
I was just looking at buying 1 for my 75 soon to be a 110, i foung a good sale on them , cant tell the name of the site because of rules, e-mail me and i can tell you...hummer1011@netzero.com, from what i've read they do take care of phosphates, but not sure of people who have them in reef tanks, the 1 i'm looking at is about $31.00, w/o the pump.
I bought mine for $50 and it's for a 150gallon. Hope it works.
Good luck
I was just looking at buying 1 for my 75 soon to be a 110, i foung a good sale on them , cant tell the name of the site because of rules, e-mail me and i can tell you...hummer1011@netzero.com, from what i've read they do take care of phosphates, but not sure of people who have them in reef tanks, the 1 i'm looking at is about $31.00, w/o the pump.
I bought mine for $50 and it's for a 150gallon. Hope it works.
Good luck
mpls man
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Originally Posted by EUPHORIA
PO4 is about 0.5ppm. I think that's high, although not terrible.
I"ll let you know how it works out. I'll set it up tomorrow
EUPHORIA...with your phosban reactor running ,is the media in the chamber turning a lot or very little, i have mine running now with a slow flow running through the chamber...just curious.
PO4 is about 0.5ppm. I think that's high, although not terrible.
I"ll let you know how it works out. I'll set it up tomorrow
EUPHORIA...with your phosban reactor running ,is the media in the chamber turning a lot or very little, i have mine running now with a slow flow running through the chamber...just curious.
bob a.
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I have the two little fishies reactor. Initially I had the media running between two sections of filter floss and it had a gap when running where the bottom of the upper layer did tumble. Problem was the flow out was terrible. I replaced the media after about 4 months and this time put it in a fine mesh bag and put that into the reactor. Flow is much better. I havent taken a phosphate reading in awhile, but I can tell you that the cheato is not growing nearly as fast as it once did nor is there as much algea growing in the tank itself. We always had problems with high levels of phosphates and this puppy does seem to do the trick. The FOWLR tank that has been running for about 2 months now, has a sump and the cheato is much more dense but that tank has no phosphate remover running. All it all, I think these are good systems to have for long term use.
lepete
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My flow is powered by a Maxijet 400.
My problem was that the maxi was picking up micro bubbles from the sump. I have a crappy DIM - do it myself- sump. Anyways, these micro bubble would gang up into a giga bubble and unwedge the lower styrofoam. Red dust everywhere in the sump and DT - kinda like Mars... really cool. Now, I tied the foam down with some fish line.
But the damage is done. I think that's why I am having red hairy algae... from the ferrous oxide.
My problem was that the maxi was picking up micro bubbles from the sump. I have a crappy DIM - do it myself- sump. Anyways, these micro bubble would gang up into a giga bubble and unwedge the lower styrofoam. Red dust everywhere in the sump and DT - kinda like Mars... really cool. Now, I tied the foam down with some fish line.
But the damage is done. I think that's why I am having red hairy algae... from the ferrous oxide.
mudplayerx
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Curious. How do you get phosphates if you use ro/di, have a skimmer, live rock, live sand, and good flow? Where does it come from? I've been lucky to have never had detectable phosphates in the year+ I have been in the hobby. Would appreciate info on how they enter the system so I can continue to avoid them. Thanks
euphoria
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Originally Posted by MPLS MAN
EUPHORIA...with your phosban reactor running ,is the media in the chamber turning a lot or very little, i have mine running now with a slow flow running through the chamber...just curious.
I have mine hooked up to a maxijet powerhead and it's doing about 75gph (recommended is between 60 and 80 i believe). The media is slowly tumbling around at the bottom part of the chamber. At first there were lots of particles coming out of the hose and I had to keep pulling it out of the sump w/ my turkey baster. Slowly the particles started to get lower in the chamber and now only half of the chamber has particles just slowly tumbling around.
EUPHORIA...with your phosban reactor running ,is the media in the chamber turning a lot or very little, i have mine running now with a slow flow running through the chamber...just curious.
I have mine hooked up to a maxijet powerhead and it's doing about 75gph (recommended is between 60 and 80 i believe). The media is slowly tumbling around at the bottom part of the chamber. At first there were lots of particles coming out of the hose and I had to keep pulling it out of the sump w/ my turkey baster. Slowly the particles started to get lower in the chamber and now only half of the chamber has particles just slowly tumbling around.
euphoria
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Originally Posted by mudplayerx
Curious. How do you get phosphates if you use ro/di, have a skimmer, live rock, live sand, and good flow? Where does it come from? I've been lucky to have never had detectable phosphates in the year+ I have been in the hobby. Would appreciate info on how they enter the system so I can continue to avoid them. Thanks
comes from the food you throw into the tank.
Curious. How do you get phosphates if you use ro/di, have a skimmer, live rock, live sand, and good flow? Where does it come from? I've been lucky to have never had detectable phosphates in the year+ I have been in the hobby. Would appreciate info on how they enter the system so I can continue to avoid them. Thanks
comes from the food you throw into the tank.
euphoria
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By the way, what kind of media are you guys running. I used this Pura Phoslock media and so far it hasn't done anything to remove phosphates. I've given up on the reactor and started a fuge setup w/ cheato. If the cheato starts to work well, I think I'll just disconnect the phosban and get rid of it.
I'm still curious though, what kind of media you guys use.
I'm still curious though, what kind of media you guys use.
bob a.
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Originally Posted by wax32
Bob A. :
Once you put the phosban in a bag in the reactor, did you turn up your valve to full flow so as not to wear out the pump?
I rinsed out the phosban in the bag so there wasnt any fine particulate matter and opened the valve slowly to full. Been running fine so far.
Bob A. :
Once you put the phosban in a bag in the reactor, did you turn up your valve to full flow so as not to wear out the pump?
I rinsed out the phosban in the bag so there wasnt any fine particulate matter and opened the valve slowly to full. Been running fine so far.
mpls man
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Originally Posted by EUPHORIA
By the way, what kind of media are you guys running. I used this Pura Phoslock media and so far it hasn't done anything to remove phosphates. I've given up on the reactor and started a fuge setup w/ cheato. If the cheato starts to work well, I think I'll just disconnect the phosban and get rid of it.
I'm still curious though, what kind of media you guys use.
I have the 2 little fishes reactor as well, i'm curious if you put the media loose into the reactor or in a bag, i was told to have it loose, so thats how i run mine.
as far as the type of media i have ...
it's called Phosban, made by 2 little fishies as well, 150g, comes in a small plastic container.
I also have had a fuge setup for about 2 yrs now, but i've noticed lately the hair alge growing more in the tank, thats why i went with the reactor.
By the way, what kind of media are you guys running. I used this Pura Phoslock media and so far it hasn't done anything to remove phosphates. I've given up on the reactor and started a fuge setup w/ cheato. If the cheato starts to work well, I think I'll just disconnect the phosban and get rid of it.
I'm still curious though, what kind of media you guys use.
I have the 2 little fishes reactor as well, i'm curious if you put the media loose into the reactor or in a bag, i was told to have it loose, so thats how i run mine.
as far as the type of media i have ...
it's called Phosban, made by 2 little fishies as well, 150g, comes in a small plastic container.
I also have had a fuge setup for about 2 yrs now, but i've noticed lately the hair alge growing more in the tank, thats why i went with the reactor.
cowfishrule
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im glad this i found this thread because i've been thinking about picking up one of these.
wondering if i could work this in-line with my cannister filter
hmmmmmmm
pondering.
any ideas? its a fluval 304
wondering if i could work this in-line with my cannister filter
hmmmmmmm
pondering.
any ideas? its a fluval 304