Who uses a Phosban Reactor?

[badpacket]

Hi Jon,

Appreciate the reply, was indeed not aware that the adsorption mechanism was differrent. Assuming PHOSaR will survive in HOT filters like Aquaclears, etc, and works as well as Rowa, you should have a winner on your hand.
This being said, I would expect cost to be the deciding factor. Over the lifetime of a $35 fluidized bed reactor, the costs to run Rowa or the non aluminum leaching ones makes the reactor cost basically zero.

Hope to hear good news about it.

 

[glbtrottr]

Phosban reactor here...

 

[greenfroggiespawn]

Do you guys have pictures? Is it simple to set up?

 

[JCDelbeek]

Jon: Is your product cost competitive with the others ... how about cost efficiency i.e. price per mg phosphate removed?

What about longevity i.e. given the same beginning phosphate level, how does longevity compare to the others?

How much phosphate does it remove per unit mass compared to the other products?

And finally .... ... if your product processes more water and hence more phosphate, does that mean it would be exhausted faster and requires more frequent replacement than other products?

Aloha!
Charles

 

[Mike.B]

3 here, 1 carbon/phosban/de nitrate

heres some pics...

 

[greenfroggiespawn]

Interesting picture. So I can submerge these completely w/o worrying?

 

[bjonesjr1]

I use the reactor as well, I use phosban in mine, my phosphate levels have gone down to 0 & I haven't had any algae problems since I added it to my tank. I use a Micro-Jet 450 to run mine just right with the ball valve in line to adjust when needed... Will be installed in my sump when that is built !!!

Here are some other pumps:
Mini-Jet 404
Mag-Drive Supreme Mini
Eheim 300 Compact

 

[bjonesjr1]

Here is a picture on my tank:

 

[Mike.B]

If your going to submerge it you have to completely remove the phosban sticker and all the glue.

 

[yama63]

you guys don't use a media bag with it ?? You just dump it in there?? I use a media bag that it came with???

 

[Mike.B]

haha, media bags only for those people who dont have a reactor, only when you use it in a cannister filters or when put in a high flow part of the sump do you need the media bag.

 

[greenfroggiespawn]

Bjonesjr1
Do got pics of the ball valve and lines?

Will I be able to tweek the powerheads? I just heard this was somewhat bad, creating back pressure?

The things is I'm proally gonna hange OUTSIDE of my sump, but the thing is my SUMP Is 21 inches HIGH (if the pump sits below).

So basically it pumps water through the reactor and 'drips' back into the tank? How can you tell its working well or if you have enough media?

 

[highquality]

Im not sure if mine is working right! It says to have top 1/2 tumbling , but it looks like the water is coming up one channel area in the granules. Its not coming thru everywhere, but in more concentrated flow zone. So one area at the top is tumbling but not whole 1/2 granules around entire top

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7618045#post7618045 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by highquality
Im not sure if mine is working right! It says to have top 1/2 tumbling , but it looks like the water is coming up one channel area in the granules. Its not coming thru everywhere, but in more concentrated flow zone. So one area at the top is tumbling but not whole 1/2 granules around entire top

turn up the flow

 

[highquality]

but then that channel will be tumbling from top to bottom

 

[bjonesjr1]

I'm sorry no pictures of the ball valve on the tubing of this, but I have a the micro jet 450 on the reactor its on the maximum flow it does, I control with the ball valve... I have it to where its barely making the phosban rise, because when its to high of flow, then the phosban becomes floating in the water colume, and thats not good. It is just at a slight tumble, not all over which is ok to me, but it does the job... My phosphates are at 0ppm.

 

[ZoeReef]

sub...clean installation guy..well done.

I put phosguard in a canister filter, according to instructions. They did not say to use a sock. In less than 48 hours the volume of media decreased by 1/3.

That tells me there is a whole bunch of phosguard media floating around somewhere in my tank. I've been fighting back with water changes. Lesson learned here...

 

[mikeo1210]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7615076#post7615076 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by subzero420
haha, media bags only for those people who dont have a reactor, only when you use it in a cannister filters or when put in a high flow part of the sump do you need the media bag.

I beg to differ (haha). The way you're using it you HAVE to use the sponges that come with the canister. If you're changing Phosban only once in six months (as suggested) those sponges are going to become nitrate factories. Not to mention you won't be able to use your canister for anything else. You don't need that much Phosban so why use your entire cansiter for it? Loosely packed in an easy flow through mesh bag (like the one that's provided) in a canister w/o sponges is the way to go IMO. Of course I'm not going to laugh at someone who does it differently.

 

[Mike.B]

The reason I was laughing was because I understood that he put the phosban in the media bag and then put it in the phosban reactor. Whats the point of the reactor if your just going to put it in a media bag? You mine as well just put in your sump somwhere and save $35. The whole point of the reactor is to tumble the media so it has different flow patterns so it makes the media last longer.

I think you missed the whole point, I was just laughing because you dont need to put the media in the bag and then in the reactor, and the way he posted he seemed lost. So dont give me this BS that "Of course I'm not going to laugh at someone who does it differently" cause I wasnt criticizing him.

As for nitrates you might be right about the nitrate factory thing. That was also my concern. We'll see how it goes once I get my tank established, and then deal with it if I need to.

 

[greenfroggiespawn]

What media do you guys suggest, and how often and how much do you guys change/use? *using cup as median for measuring?

Will mixing them hurt?