rmhuntley Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I've got a secondary chamber to a calcium reactor laying around and I got the bright(maybe) idea to try and turn it into a phosphate reactor. As per the drawing below(I am not an artist, so keep that in mind) it has a pressure fitting in the top for 1/4 tubing that I would replace w. a barbed fitting for 1/2" ID tubing. there is also a 1/4" pressure fitting on the bottom side as per drawing, will this work for water entering the chamber or should I run a rigid tube from up top and down through the dispersion plate? I plan on using 1/2" ID tubing all round and powering the whole setup w/ a MJ400. please let me know anything that you see wrong(hell, or even that I'm doing right) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ahbrit Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 on small tanks, even though 1/2" ID sounds like the most sense, i find it unneccesary. i ran a kent marine one which had 1/2" tubing, but had to turn it way down to stop it kicking the media back to the sump. i would consider unmodding the current setup and going with the 1/4" Even with the 1/4" consider the turnover in the chamber.......... Don't go to the trouble and expense of running a dedicated pump. thats what i would consider bad enginneering. T off an existing pump and save yourself some bucks (i would estimate 30 - 50gph with 1/4"......on a 20g tank thats full turnover 2 - 3 dozen times a day. If youre leaching phosphates from rock/ food/ waste, it should not be a problem) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Cool, I'll just tap off my return then. You just want a steady flow through the media right? Not like a fluidized sand bed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ahbrit Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 steady flow is the go return flow isnt just for show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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