Two Little Fishies Phosban Reactor setup?

[danfish]

i have read some members put both phosphate remover and carbon together in the Two Little Fishies Phosban Reactor can you pls tell me how is this set up? carbon on top? phos remover on bottom? or mixed together, with or with out media bag? ect............. thx in advance

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i use seperate phosban reactors for both since they both require different flows through the chamber.... some members do use both in one reactor... bags are not used inside the reactors....

one of the other members here will be happy to tell ya which one goes 1st when your using 1 reactor...

 

[Domboski]

i use seperate phosban reactors for both since they both require different flows through the chamber.... some members do use both in one reactor... bags are not used inside the reactors....

one of the other members here will be happy to tell ya which one goes 1st when your using 1 reactor...

Ditto

 

[herman]

i use seperate phosban reactors for both since they both require different flows through the chamber.... some members do use both in one reactor... bags are not used inside the reactors....

one of the other members here will be happy to tell ya which one goes 1st when your using 1 reactor...

Scoots is growing up Separate them completely if you can. that is the most effective way.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

i use one reactor for each but they are plumbed together.

 

[guychoo]

the carbon needs a lot more flow than the phos, you can use 1 powerhead and plumb them together like scarf.

 

[danfish]

the carbon needs a lot more flow than the phos, you can use 1 powerhead and plumb them together like scarf.

if you plumb them together with one pump how are you able to get one reactor to have more flow than the other since is running threw the same tubing?

 

[DevIouS]

Use the valve that comes with the reactors & adjust accordingly.

 

[herman]

Carbon and any GFO (Phosban, Rowaphos etc) all have different flow recommendtions. By coupling them together one will be efficiently used while the other will not be. If you can separate them do it....

 

[danfish]

Carbon and any GFO (Phosban, Rowaphos etc) all have different flow recommendtions. By coupling them together one will be efficiently used while the other will not be. If you can separate them do it....

thx for all the info, im going with two reactors. im going to plumb the carbon into my return and use a pump on the phos one, what gph pump should i use ? is 80gph good enough ? if not witch one do you use? thx

 

[tosiek]

I'm running both in the same till i get off my lazy arse and make my own. i'm running Phos underneath with carbon ontop. Had it set up carbon then phos before and the phos sometimes floated through the top and into my sump as they only give you 2 foam spacers. :smash: Phos gets dirty quicker having it underneath and i'm sure that blocks the phos from actually absorbing the phos.

Dunno if that helped. Better to run 2 separate reactors IMO. Having both in one is lessening the effect of one or the other as both have different flow reccomendations.

 

[boozeman]

I~aquatic makes a nice dual chamber reactor

 

[danfish]

I~aquatic makes a nice dual chamber reactor

cant seem to find the site, do you have the address ? thx

 

[danfish]

cant seem to find the site, do you have the address ? thx

never mind i found it, nice dual chamber but they are base in singapore does anyboby in the states carry something simuliar? thx

 

[alfani]

is a reactor really necessary for phosban, can i just put the phosban next to a powerhead or directly in the path of water flow

 

[Deanos]

is a reactor really necessary for phosban

No.

can i just put the phosban next to a powerhead

No.

directly in the path of water flow

Yes, using the include filter bag.

Please search our site for additional methods. There are several threads on using Phosban.

 

[TUGBOATBRUCE]

You might wanna try PIGGY BACKING them -- use a larger pump and cut down the water Flo-

Works Great for me

 

[alfani]

i have a remora and a cpr bak pak skimmer both works great. thinking of putting phosban on the output holes of each skimmer. might need some work on remora but putting in cpr should be simple

 

[TUGBOATBRUCE]

For awhile I ran Chemi-pure in my phos-ban reactor and tossed a bag of phos-ban in in the sump (now I have the 2 reactors piggy backed -- Both woorked fine for me) But every tank will react differant

 

[strendo]

I put both in one and just turned down the flow a little with no problems.