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07-23-2007, 06:10 PM
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Phosban Reactor
http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...ID=tf-reactor2
anyone ever use this? im thinkin of gettin one for my 15gal nano cube. 
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07-23-2007, 06:25 PM
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I have one. I love it. It works much more efficiently than a filter bag IMO. Works great for carbon as well
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07-23-2007, 10:36 PM
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I have two hooked together in tandom. They work very well and are resonably priced. If you require a pump, the max required would be a MaxiJet 400.
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07-23-2007, 11:38 PM
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I got one also.
Good unit, works well, however for small tanks you will sacrafice some space to the pump. i use it on my 66 gal but initially it was running on my 6 Gal Nano to get rid of PO4. Works well. Be carefull when using carbon, it will give off a lot of black particulate that will be all over your sand or BB whatever case may be. If you have to use carbon wash it really well. I did wash it well, i thought but still had small particles of carbon on my BB but it was easy to syphon out anyway. It could be caused by grinding so not much you can do about that. J&L have the same problem - black staff on the sand. So they replased the sand now with new live sand.
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09-20-2007, 03:02 AM
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I use one to run carbon for my 120 gal. I use the Kent Reef Carbon as it comes in relatively large size pellets and stays inside the reactor.
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11-19-2007, 03:53 AM
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Are these HOB units or am I able to place it under my display tank in the stand?
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11-19-2007, 04:03 AM
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I have both models, the one by Two Little Fishes, and the Kent version. I would highly recommend the Two Little Fishes version over the Kent brand.
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11-19-2007, 04:41 AM
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11-19-2007, 04:52 AM
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They are selling 2 on J&L. One for Carbon and one for Phosphate. What does Carbon do and what does Phosphate do?
Is it a good idea to run both? http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...ID=tf-reactor3 Will
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11-19-2007, 05:03 AM
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The reactor is simply a chamber to put media (whatever you want: carbon, GFO, etc) into. You then attach a small pump to the reactor which pushes water through. It's more effective than just a filter bag because water passes through and all around the media evenly.
Most people use it for carbon or one of its substitutes, or granualated ferric oxide (GFO) which removes phosphate. A handy little device although you can't put a large amount of media in there for big tanks (clogging issues) and getting the right amount of flow through the media can be a little tricky especially if you've hooked two up in series. I also have one hooked up to my Tunze osmolator water top-off to dose kalkwasser.
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