Phosban Reactor?

[rob020880]

Hello,

I have 130 gal tank with a 30 gal sump. I would like to employ a Phosban reactor. I had a couple questions though.

Is the Two little fishes the best reactor? If not what is your suggestion? Will one be enough for my tank? What should I fill it with? I would like to use carbon as well so should I use something like Chemipure elite, or should I get two reactors and put carbon in one and phosban in the other, or is there some other product I should use? What pump would you suggest for both one and two reactors? I assume they can run off of one pump.

 

[jsr]

I have a TLF reactor on my 135 running GFO media (PhosBan). If I were to run carbon, I would add another. As for pumps, I have a MJ400 connected to the reactor.

 

[Wrench]

I like the TLF reactor. It does the job and is affordable. I have one on my 120g with carbon in it. I have no need to run phosban. If you do then you may think of getting two reactors; one for carbon and the other for phosban.

 

[plummike]

I have one in the sump for my 125 and it works well. I wouldn't mix the Phosphate remover and carbon because Chemi will last longer and carbon won't last as long. I lay a bag of carbon across the flow in front of sponge filter. I also run ChemiElite on a hob filter. Sump is full of rubble and Skimmer pump.

 

[rob020880]

So using chemipure elite in the reactor would be good right? It would do the job of phosban and carbon, no?

 

[jsr]

I would run two if you want to run carbon and GFO.

 

[rob020880]

Is carbon and phosban the best option? Is there anything better then this combo? What about the multipurpose media out there?

 

[rob020880]

Hows this reactor, is it better then the TLF reactor?

http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/10677/product.web

 

[jsr]

Depends on what you are trying to do. GFO will help control phosphates, carbon will, in the end, help clean up the water a bit. It should make the water a little clearer by removing some of the other organics floating around. Think of carbon as a Britta filter. Post some specifics about your tank. Do you have phosphate in your water, are you using RO/DI water, live rock/sand weight, etc. The more information, the better.

 

[seapug]

TLF makes great products. They can be a bit pricier but are designed and teted by scientist-bobbyists, so there's never need to question their practicality or quality.

I run two, one with carbon, other with PhosBan and I'm very pleased with the results. They run off a MJ600 but even that's too much. I have to crank back the flow a lot.

 

[ahullsb]

How long does the phosban media last? My roommate and I have different opinions...

 

[jsr]

Depends on how much phosphate (P04) you have in the tank. Lightly saturated, a month or more. Heavy saturation, a few weeks at best.

 

[Aquarist007]

I run phosban in one reactor for two months. In the other reactor I run carbon for 2-3 weeks.
Because of that it is better to run them in in separate reactors

www.mops.ca is running a special the reactor plus phosban for 50 dollars--good deal
to get the US web site go to the cdn site and there is a link there for it

 

[BCreefmaker]

i just picked up 2 TLF media reactors and was told if you have sps like i do, you should be very carefull of coral acclimating to lower phosphate levels. you have to add only a little bit every week and cut back your light to be certain it wont hurt anything. is this true or can i just dump in all the phosban at once?

 

[rob020880]

How is the aqua c xp plus reactor?

 

[jsr]

I was waiting for capn_hylinur to bring out the picture. I knew he had one but could not remember his full screen name.

 

[BCreefmaker]

bigger is better?

 

[newb]

for the xp go to marine depot and read the testamonials for it. with my setup i cant take that risk so i went for the TLF again. one is gfo the other is carbon. driven by mj900s and flow adjusted with the valve that comes with the unit. no runs drips errors. i really wish i could have gone with the xp though for size.

 

[95accord]

purchased one last week online. should arrive any day now. cant wait to get it on the go for my 55gal.

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11627221#post11627221 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jsr
I was waiting for capn_hylinur to bring out the picture. I knew he had one but could not remember his full screen name.

LoL---and everytime I post it I get a mail box full of hate mail:lol: :rollface: :lol:

I have to admit I like the size of the xp plus

it does question however if more is better-----I am not to sure on this one
eg in the case of the carbon your throwing alot more of it out in 2-3 weeks then before

I suppose if you have a phosphate problem then more phosban might work more effectively ---but it cost more then the reactor to fill it each time---LOL