Easy way to swap GFO?

[anen]

I have a 2 TLF reactors and swapping out the GFO and GAC is cumbersome and annoying. It takes me like an hour to take down my daisy chained setup swap the media out and then hook it all back up.

Any tips to complete the process faster?

Are there better reactors that are more easily maintained?

 

[PGUY1]

Same problem here. I use a second pump that I have laying around to flush the fines so I don't have to take the whole setup apart. I just take the reactor out by itself and leave the pump. It still sucks. BRS has a reactor with a removable media holder that you can take out, dump and fill, rinse in the container, and then replace. I am considering one of those. The only negative I can see is that it doesn't hang on the sump, it actually needs to be mounted to the inside of the stand.

 

[anen]

I bought the dual BRS one but it was huge wouldn't fit in my sump. There's got to be a better reactor with the same dimensions as the TLF. These things leak and it's so easy to knock the connectors out.