jason7504 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 im getting a Saphhire Aquatics Nano Media Reactor and was thinking of getting some Ferric Oxide and carbon from bulkreefsupply and mixing them together. to make my own "chemipure" would that work well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I tried mixing the GFO and carbon. It does not work well. They separate based on density and the GFO is all on the bottom, and the carbon on the top. If I keep the flow low enough for the carbon, the GFO does not move, if I increase the flow for the GFO, the carbon is a solid mass at the top of the reactor. Run either GFO or carbon, but not both at the same time. When it is time to change the media, I will probably alternate. Or run carbon for a week, then GFO for a while. Then back to carbon for a week, then GFO... Then again I have two reactors for two tanks. Maybe I will run both reactors on a tank for a week, one with GFO, the other with carbon, then switch them both to the other tank for a week... Who knows, maybe I'll just need to break down and get another reactor for carbon that I switch between the two tanks. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason7504 Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 oh ok. i think i will run GFO in the media reactor and maybe just run carbon in a media bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Bags are OK to a point. It hasto be in a good flow to go THROUGH the bag, not just around it. Less is better. Keep seperate as the carbon has a lot less life than the GFO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason7504 Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 well i have a bag of chemipure elite in my return chamber..but its just plopped on top of my return pump..is that not good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrellw Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Hi Jason, Be sure to post a review of the reactor when you get it going, I'm thinking of setting one up in my cube, and that looks like a good one. -Darrell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Another reason not to mix them is carbon should be replaced every couple weeks and ferric oxide can be used for a few months before replacing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Another reason not to mix them is carbon should be replaced every couple weeks and ferric oxide can be used for a few months before replacing. It should be easy enough to remove the carbon from my reactor... It is all at the top. I just need to open the top and pull the tube up so the carbon falls out, then replace the little tube back down. In practice I don't think it will be quite that easy, but we will see. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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