Two Little Fishies Phosban Reactor setup ? - Page 2

panmanmatt · 02-28-2007, 07:52 PM

The TLF reactor comes with a valve to regulate the flow. You want the phosphate media to barely bubble in the reactor. Too much flow and the media gets pulvarized and can harm your tank inhabitants.

I use a Minijet 404 with the valve almost completely closed.

fidojoe · 02-28-2007, 07:53 PM

I'm about to order 2 phosban reactors to daisy chain. I think I'm gonna get a mini-jet 606 to run them. I plan to run carbon (and possibly nitrate sponge) in the first, to kind of prep the water for the second one, which will hold phosban. I plan to use a full 150g container of phosba at a time in the second reactor.

I'm sure its fairly self explanitory once I get them, but for setup, I basically plumb the output of the 606 to the in of the first, then the out of the first to the in of the second, and the out of the second back into the sump, right?

That sound like it will work?

panmanmatt · 02-28-2007, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by fidojoe

I'm about to order 2 phosban reactors to daisy chain. I think I'm gonna get a mini-jet 606 to run them. I plan to run carbon (and possibly nitrate sponge) in the first, to kind of prep the water for the second one, which will hold phosban. I plan to use a full 150g container of phosba at a time in the second reactor.

I'm sure its fairly self explanitory once I get them, but for setup, I basically plumb the output of the 606 to the in of the first, then the out of the first to the in of the second, and the out of the second back into the sump, right?

That sound like it will work?

Yup that's exactly how you want it. You can run the pump wide open for the carbon and then throttle it back going into the phosban media.

Snelly40 · 02-28-2007, 10:26 PM

oops, i wrote that confusing, im gonna use a small powerhead for the phosban reactor.
i was thinking about a hydor just for flow in my tank

fidojoe · 02-28-2007, 10:45 PM

Cool! Thanks!

Only thing is that no matter where I throttle it back, I'd imagine that the flow is gonna me capped at whatever bottlenecks there are. So even if its wide open going into carbon, if the flow is restricted going into the phosban, its gonna restrict it into the carbon too???

billyr98 · 02-28-2007, 11:07 PM

i just set up both a Phosban reactor and carbon reactor, I will get some pictures tomorrow... They are seperate with the same pump...

billyr98 · 02-28-2007, 11:26 PM

got a picture from our club meeting, here it is...

the two long tubes on top of my sump are the reactors...

fishhead · 10-05-2007, 01:44 AM

i thought 50 GPH was about right for a Phosban150 Reactor. I try to get 150 grams to just tumble at the top, but not rise into the column. Just intalled it 3 days ago.

02-28-2007, 07:52 PM	#16 (permalink)
panmanmatt Golden Moray Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Waretown, NJ Posts: 2,041 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Two Little Fishies Phosban Reactor setup ? The TLF reactor comes with a valve to regulate the flow. You want the phosphate media to barely bubble in the reactor. Too much flow and the media gets pulvarized and can harm your tank inhabitants. I use a Minijet 404 with the valve almost completely closed.

02-28-2007, 07:53 PM	#17 (permalink)
fidojoe Fish Addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,584 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Two Little Fishies Phosban Reactor setup ? I'm about to order 2 phosban reactors to daisy chain. I think I'm gonna get a mini-jet 606 to run them. I plan to run carbon (and possibly nitrate sponge) in the first, to kind of prep the water for the second one, which will hold phosban. I plan to use a full 150g container of phosba at a time in the second reactor. I'm sure its fairly self explanitory once I get them, but for setup, I basically plumb the output of the 606 to the in of the first, then the out of the first to the in of the second, and the out of the second back into the sump, right? That sound like it will work? __________________ *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society* My Tank: 90g AGA, 18g tall sump, CSS 220 w/ meshmod impeller, 4x54w Tek T5 retro w/ IC reflectors, Kalk reactor w/ aquamedic niveaumat system, a few SPS, LPS, zoos, and a few softies, 2 Ocellaris Clowns (hosted by both a RBTA and GBTA), Yellow Watchman, Potter's angel, Yellow Tang, Foxface, Midas Blenny, Purple Pseudo, huge brittle star, 2 tigertail cukes, fire shrimp, snails, and unfortunately two emerald crabs (the bubble algae got out of control).

02-28-2007, 10:26 PM	#19 (permalink)
Snelly40 Manta Ray Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 3,038 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Two Little Fishies Phosban Reactor setup ? oops, i wrote that confusing, im gonna use a small powerhead for the phosban reactor. i was thinking about a hydor just for flow in my tank __________________ Snelly's 90gal Reef-O-Rama *Member-"Crabs Are Evil" Society*

02-28-2007, 10:45 PM	#20 (permalink)
fidojoe Fish Addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,584 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Two Little Fishies Phosban Reactor setup ? Cool! Thanks! Only thing is that no matter where I throttle it back, I'd imagine that the flow is gonna me capped at whatever bottlenecks there are. So even if its wide open going into carbon, if the flow is restricted going into the phosban, its gonna restrict it into the carbon too??? __________________ *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society* My Tank: 90g AGA, 18g tall sump, CSS 220 w/ meshmod impeller, 4x54w Tek T5 retro w/ IC reflectors, Kalk reactor w/ aquamedic niveaumat system, a few SPS, LPS, zoos, and a few softies, 2 Ocellaris Clowns (hosted by both a RBTA and GBTA), Yellow Watchman, Potter's angel, Yellow Tang, Foxface, Midas Blenny, Purple Pseudo, huge brittle star, 2 tigertail cukes, fire shrimp, snails, and unfortunately two emerald crabs (the bubble algae got out of control).

02-28-2007, 11:07 PM	#21 (permalink)
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10-05-2007, 01:44 AM	#23 (permalink)
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