Who is running a reactor, and do I need to?

[black2012]

Sorry for the noob question - but how many people are running these? I do not have a sump and do not want a ton of clutter, but I am running a fairly heavy load of montipora and I understand that SPS benefit greatly from phosban reactors. They also look pretty cheap - 100 bucks or less for the reactor, media, and pump.

Easy to do? Worth it?

Thanks everyone!

 

[dmatt88]

Get a sump buddy.

.........yep. I'm a reefer.

 

[black2012]

Haha at that point i feel like i should have just build a custom tank with a sump - but I hear ya. Thanks for the advice.

Would a small sump/fuge do? As in no need for an in-sump skimmer?

 

[jjmoneyman]

A sump is a great place to hide all your crap like skimmer, heater, reactor if you want one, and the addition of a fuge would help as well.
In regards to your question about a reactor, I don't run one, but I run 2 skimmers and 2 fuges on one system. I believe in redundancy.

 

[black2012]

Got a firm no on the sump from my girlfriend. So back to square one - anyone running a reactor off the back or in the back sump?

Thanks

 

[cjrudy]

You can run phosban reactors off the back of your tank

 

[dson78]

I was looking into the same thing, i don't have a sump and was thinking of installing a reactor in the rear chamber. I have seen a video on youtube with a Kent reactor in the rear chamber but i don't know what model or how it is set up. I will be watching this thread and hopefully someone can give us some ideas on how we can accomplish this.

 

[black2012]

I've also read that it's very easy to just hang it off the back. My RSM250 is up against a corner on it's left side so it would not be visible.

From what I've read, it seems like a no brainer to get a reactor for nitrates and phosphates, and this seems to fit the bill for under 100.

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

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[magnetar68]

I have had two TLF Phosban 150s hanging off of the back of my 130D. I had a sump, but it was very loud, so I went back to the Tunze 9002 and the two reactors handing off the back powered by by a Rio+ 400 under the Tunze. It worked great. I had GAC/GFO in one and Biopellets in the other. It worked great except that the 9002 did not pull quite enough bacteria out of the water, so cyano was a bit of a problem. But hanging the two reactors off the back was fine. They sit so low you could barely seem them adn the tops are black, so they were not noticeable.