BRS rox carbon 0.8

[atmercure]

Got some of this yesterday. Any recommendations on how to run it in a reactor. Was gonna use a two little fishies but this stuff goes right thru the filter pads. i just threw it in a media bag in the sump but know it would be better in a reactor. my total system volume is 250 gall. and they recommend 1.5 cups. i thought you were supposed to run water as fast as you can thru carbon without it tumbling. that would be really slow with this stuff

 

[gnashty]

I packed my reactor full and let her rip. make sure the output goes into a filter sock to catch any fines that make it thru the filter pad.

 

[atmercure]

gnashty;836990 wrote: I packed my reactor full and let her rip. make sure the output goes into a filter sock to catch any fines that make it thru the filter pad.

which reactor do you use. thats what i did with the two little fishies and the carbon went straight thru the filter pad.

 

[ichthyoid]

If you have the small TLF reactor that's probably too small from what you are describing.

Get a bigger reactor, or turn your flow down. No reactor should pass particulates of any kind, whether GAC, GFO or whatever.

Fwiw-
I've always had good results with Marineland-Black Diamond (?) GAC.

GAC that is produced with extremely small particle size is a mixed blessing. On the one hand it adsorbs at a very fast rate, but on the other it is so lite that it can get entrained in the flow very easily as well.

Just my $0.02

 

[atmercure]

ichthyoid;837010 wrote: If you have the small TLF reactor that's probably too small from what you are describing.

Get a bigger reactor, or turn your flow down. No reactor should pass particulates of any kind, whether GAC, GFO or whatever.

Fwiw-
I've always had good results with Marineland-Black Diamond (?) GAC.

GAC that is produced with extremely small particle size is a mixed blessing. On the one hand it adsorbs at a very fast rate, but on the other it is so lite that it can get entrained in the flow very easily as well.

Just my $0.02

The TLF would work fine but the pads that come with it allow the small carbon to pass. I ran seachem carbon before and didn't have the problem. Guess I need to modify it with some filter pads with smaller holes.

 

[skriz]

atmercure;836980 wrote: Got some of this yesterday. Any recommendations on how to run it in a reactor. Was gonna use a two little fishies but this stuff goes right thru the filter pads. i just threw it in a media bag in the sump but know it would be better in a reactor. my total system volume is 250 gall. and they recommend 1.5 cups. i thought you were supposed to run water as fast as you can thru carbon without it tumbling. that would be really slow with this stuff

Get a better reactor. No point buying good medias then hindering the performance with faulty equipment.

 

[picoreefguy]

Use a bars reactor. The new cartridges are really nice and the slits won't any of the rox carbon through

 

[atmercure]

just modified my TLF with some other filter pads i had laying around. working good. thanks for all the replies

 

[glxtrix]

yeah add some more filter pads and you're good. Also, sandwich the media with the pads and put the flow up.

 

[tbryan]

well i see you have it fixed but i was going to say that they also sell some finer screens for the TLF for use with their bioplastics that might work.

 

[atmercure]

Thanks man

 

[outdrsyguy1]

I need to do the same mod to my TLF, where should I get the filter pads?

 

[atmercure]

outdrsyguy1;837592 wrote: I need to do the same mod to my TLF, where should I get the filter pads?

i just had some foam laying around and cut it down to the same height.

 

[glxtrix]

outdrsyguy1;837592 wrote: I need to do the same mod to my TLF, where should I get the filter pads?

Any LFS or petsmart should carry something you can hack up and use.

 

[Jaycen B.]

Or just double up the foam pads, that is what I did when I ran rox. IMHO rox is not worth the cost. I have much better luck with the cheaper stuff, just got to rinse it a tad more.