Meyeronfire!
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Can I run half phosguard and half carbon in my phosban reactor??
Phosban Reactor?
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yes you can but its not a very good idea, firstly carbon lasts just a few days or on the cleanest system a couple to 3 weeks, and phos media can last a lot longer, so you would be switching off the unit to replace the carbon and the phos media would get wasted.
also carbon works better under direct water pressure where a phos media works better if gently tumbled and so basically they wont work well together
also carbon works better under direct water pressure where a phos media works better if gently tumbled and so basically they wont work well together
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Yes you can, I did it in the past. It would be advisable to run two reactors or one at a time.
Both Carbon and GFO have a limited amount of capacity. How long depends on the water quality. GFO can be used up as quickly as a day at extreme levels. Carbon can last a very long time,
(I asked how long the city used there's for in the Water Treatment plant.....and it was on the order of many years),
I have never heard carbon working better under pressure ie (packed tight, so I will look into that that.......in regards to RO/DI filters, we want to ensure as much gets taken out in one pass....so its packed tight.....which also means not all surfaces touch water......we can pass it through a reactor many times and get the full use of the material.
However, both work via interaction with the water and a nice "dancing" motion for both which ensures the maximum water contact with all the surface areas of the material is recommended. It is because of this, and that they differ in mass....they one will either be getting ground up and passed in to the water or just sitting there........
Both Carbon and GFO have a limited amount of capacity. How long depends on the water quality. GFO can be used up as quickly as a day at extreme levels. Carbon can last a very long time,
(I asked how long the city used there's for in the Water Treatment plant.....and it was on the order of many years),
I have never heard carbon working better under pressure ie (packed tight, so I will look into that that.......in regards to RO/DI filters, we want to ensure as much gets taken out in one pass....so its packed tight.....which also means not all surfaces touch water......we can pass it through a reactor many times and get the full use of the material.
However, both work via interaction with the water and a nice "dancing" motion for both which ensures the maximum water contact with all the surface areas of the material is recommended. It is because of this, and that they differ in mass....they one will either be getting ground up and passed in to the water or just sitting there........
mandm25254
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I have a question sorry for the high jack.
if im running to seperate rex is it better to have a small maxijet run each or one larger maxijet run both.
if im running to seperate rex is it better to have a small maxijet run each or one larger maxijet run both.
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