New reactor design for bio pellets reactor

[kien]

I push my dual Vertex UF-20s with 1000gph and like you, mine clogs over time too. However, the clogging is not due to the mulm. My reactor plate holes at the top (and bottom sometimes) clogs with all sorts of sponges and other organisms that thrive in the reactor A thorough cleaning is just part of the maintenance schedule for me.

[Coleus]

Originally Posted by kien

I push my dual Vertex UF-20s with 1000gph and like you, mine clogs over time too. However, the clogging is not due to the mulm. My reactor plate holes at the top (and bottom sometimes) clogs with all sorts of sponges and other organisms that thrive in the reactor A thorough cleaning is just part of the maintenance schedule for me.

What Kien? You are back ? no wonder the weather is so freaking COLD today hahaha. You are right, not just the mulms but i all got all sort of organism got stuck and require cleaning which i HATE. Prefer set it and leave it way

[kien]

Originally Posted by Coleus

What Kien? You are back ? no wonder the weather is so freaking COLD today hahaha. You are right, not just the mulms but i all got all sort of organism got stuck and require cleaning which i HATE. Prefer set it and leave it way

yes I'm back and I brought the cold because it was just too damn hot in Florida

Stop being so lazy and suck it up butter cup!

[Coleus]

Originally Posted by kien

yes I'm back and I brought the cold because it was just too damn hot in Florida

Stop being so lazy and suck it up butter cup!

lol butter cup. Hmmm who has not changed the water for a month?... not me...

Looks like you had a great time in Florida, post more picts on facebook you lazy ass, welcome back to the COLD.

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by kien

I push my dual Vertex UF-20s with 1000gph and like you, mine clogs over time too. However, the clogging is not due to the mulm. My reactor plate holes at the top (and bottom sometimes) clogs with all sorts of sponges and other organisms that thrive in the reactor A thorough cleaning is just part of the maintenance schedule for me.

That sounds like too much flow for the UF-20. My Mag 5 (spec is 500 gph) is probably running at about 3 or 400 gph, after going through my chiller.

Also, are you using a mesh at the top and bottom plates? Without those, my pellets would escape, and as mentioned before, the foam screens would clog. And the foam screens would also require a higher flow pump.

Also, what pellets are you using? I use the Vertex Probio Pellets. Haven't tried any others.

Like I said, mine takes no maintenance, other than adding pellets every 3 months, and no build up of stuff inside the reactor.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

That sounds like too much flow for the UF-20

For one UF-20, probably yes. I have two of them in series and the pump is dialed back a bit so it's not quite 1000gph.