phosbane reactor question

rkizer06140 · 09-21-2006, 09:56 PM

i have a reactor and i need some help with the media.. on the directions it says to add 50g per 50 gallons of saltwater. i have a 55 gallon tank and when i converted grams to tablespoons i came up with 3.5 spoon full .. does this sound right to anyone

sasquatch · 09-21-2006, 10:02 PM

how did you convert? how many grams in container? I have math issues

rkizer06140 · 09-21-2006, 10:20 PM

im no mathmatican either so i found a converter on the web.. because i have no clue what 50g would look like in the reactor

BoomerD · 09-21-2006, 10:28 PM

It's not much. IIRC, for my 90 gallon, there was about 1-1/2 to 2" in the reactor. Be sure NOT to let it tumble or you will end up with an orange tank! I think it needs about 80 gph MAX flow thru it.

sasquatch · 09-21-2006, 10:52 PM

BoomerD,you dont tumble phosban? is this different than rowaphos, I was just going to build a tumbler this weekend

BoomerD · 09-22-2006, 12:00 AM

Do NOT tumble phosban or Rowaphos. This is experience talking here...not just passing on something I read somewhere...I turned my tank into a solid orange fog...so thick you couldn't see 4 inches into it...

Took a couple of days to settle back out, and a couple of weeks to finally get the mess cleaned up...Didn't seem to hurt anything however, but sure looked horrible, and I thought for sure I had nuked the tank...
BUT, sort of in my own defense, I was using one of the Fluidized Bed Filters instead of a reactor, and used a Maxi-Jet 1200 for power! heh-heh...when I first hooked it up, I had a Mag 5 plumbed to it, but (fortunately) I had put the FBF together wrong, and nothing would flow thru it...sheesh, what a mess THAT would have been...

sasquatch · 09-22-2006, 12:07 AM

OMG!! I was going to use my old fluidized and a 1200!!!eeek!!! Thanks

Gina · 09-22-2006, 07:14 AM

We have about 2" of Rowa-phos in our reactor. As Boomer said, we do not let it tumble. We also run about 5 gals of RO/DI water through it before we add it to our sump. That helps to get some of the orange out.

boozeman · 09-22-2006, 09:16 AM

would love to see a pic of an orange tank

meandean45 · 09-23-2006, 07:48 AM

Gee, all I have to do with the Rowa-phos in my reactor is rinse it w/RO water (like the instructions say) and I don't get the orange tank thing, and yes, it does tumble.
Regards,
Dean

fishhead · 10-05-2007, 01:56 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.

Triggerjay · 10-05-2007, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boozeman

would love to see a pic of an orange tank

Heres a black tank for ya booze... I have yet to do the orange one! LOL..Moral of the story... rinse your carbon too!

Jason

09-21-2006, 09:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
rkizer06140 Tunicate Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5 View Gallery Karma Komment	phosbane reactor question i have a reactor and i need some help with the media.. on the directions it says to add 50g per 50 gallons of saltwater. i have a 55 gallon tank and when i converted grams to tablespoons i came up with 3.5 spoon full .. does this sound right to anyone

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BoomerD Reef Shark Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 5,637 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: phosbane reactor question It's not much. IIRC, for my 90 gallon, there was about 1-1/2 to 2" in the reactor. Be sure NOT to let it tumble or you will end up with an orange tank! I think it needs about 80 gph MAX flow thru it. __________________ Intelligence is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where and how to find them! www.google.com

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sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,917 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: phosbane reactor question BoomerD,you dont tumble phosban? is this different than rowaphos, I was just going to build a tumbler this weekend

09-22-2006, 12:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
BoomerD Reef Shark Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 5,637 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: phosbane reactor question Do NOT tumble phosban or Rowaphos. This is experience talking here...not just passing on something I read somewhere...I turned my tank into a solid orange fog...so thick you couldn't see 4 inches into it... Took a couple of days to settle back out, and a couple of weeks to finally get the mess cleaned up...Didn't seem to hurt anything however, but sure looked horrible, and I thought for sure I had nuked the tank... BUT, sort of in my own defense, I was using one of the Fluidized Bed Filters instead of a reactor, and used a Maxi-Jet 1200 for power! heh-heh...when I first hooked it up, I had a Mag 5 plumbed to it, but (fortunately) I had put the FBF together wrong, and nothing would flow thru it...sheesh, what a mess THAT would have been... __________________ Intelligence is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where and how to find them! www.google.com

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sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,917 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: phosbane reactor question OMG!! I was going to use my old fluidized and a 1200!!!eeek!!! Thanks

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Gina Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,836 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: phosbane reactor question We have about 2" of Rowa-phos in our reactor. As Boomer said, we do not let it tumble. We also run about 5 gals of RO/DI water through it before we add it to our sump. That helps to get some of the orange out. __________________ Gina and Mark's 75 Visit Our Sponsors Gina's Cube Gina

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meandean45 Ricordea Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bradford, Vt., USA Posts: 177 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: phosbane reactor question Gee, all I have to do with the Rowa-phos in my reactor is rinse it w/RO water (like the instructions say) and I don't get the orange tank thing, and yes, it does tumble. Regards, Dean __________________ Meandean45 -RELATIVITY: "Sit on a red hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit next to a pretty Girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's Relativity". A.Einstein : "A man's got to know his limitations."- Clint Eastwood in "Magnum Force"

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fishhead Serpent Star Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 225 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: phosbane reactor question 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. __________________ "I change my socks every 3 days

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