Carbon/GFO reactors for 230 gallon

Gunsnroses · 08/04/2014, 04:18 AM

Need to get some reactors for my 230 gallon total system volume set up.
The BRS one's look good and are pretty cheap, but each one is only rated for 120 gallons.
What do you larger tank guys recommend?
Nexreef/Reef Octopus/Avast......

redwhiteandblue · 08/04/2014, 06:42 AM

fwiw, i have the black brs reactors. standard size in my 180. even though they are rated for a small tank, i only use 1 cup of carbon 1 cup gfo, so the reactors work for me. if i used any more gfo, i would probably see negative affects.

Gunsnroses · 08/04/2014, 07:00 AM

Do you have a link to the black ones?
I haven't seen them.
The video that BRS has on their reactors say they are only good for up to 120 gallons.

noy · 08/04/2014, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gunsnroses

Do you have a link to the black ones?
I haven't seen them.
The video that BRS has on their reactors say they are only good for up to 120 gallons.

I use a nextreef MR-1. I actually have 2. These are great if you plan on using a lot of media. It does a phenomenal job fluidizing the media. From that viewpoint the BRS doesn't compare. If you get one - get the pump that comes with it - the flow in the pump is nicely matched with the size of the reactor and you get this nice colored tubing that doesn't promote algae growth.

The acrylic is very high quality and very robust.

The reactor has a pretty good flow through and you can hook it up to another reactor easily with the same pump.

If you have a low load or not a lot of problems with po4 - the BRS will probably do fine - otherwise I would recommend something a bit more robust.

08/04/2014, 04:18 AM	#1
Gunsnroses Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Pleasant View TN Posts: 421	Carbon/GFO reactors for 230 gallon Need to get some reactors for my 230 gallon total system volume set up. The BRS one's look good and are pretty cheap, but each one is only rated for 120 gallons. What do you larger tank guys recommend? Nexreef/Reef Octopus/Avast...... __________________ He who gets frustrated with freshwater tank, Never owned a Reef tank Current Tank Info: 180 gallon RR-75 gallon sump-50 gallon Refugium-RO Diablo DCS 200 Skimmer-Diablo 10500 and 5500 return pumps-Spectrapure MaxCap 90gpd

08/04/2014, 06:42 AM	#2
redwhiteandblue Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 259	fwiw, i have the black brs reactors. standard size in my 180. even though they are rated for a small tank, i only use 1 cup of carbon 1 cup gfo, so the reactors work for me. if i used any more gfo, i would probably see negative affects. __________________ 180 mixed reef since 2011....work in progress 55 in wall Fowlr

08/04/2014, 07:00 AM	#3
Gunsnroses Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Pleasant View TN Posts: 421	Do you have a link to the black ones? I haven't seen them. The video that BRS has on their reactors say they are only good for up to 120 gallons. __________________ He who gets frustrated with freshwater tank, Never owned a Reef tank Current Tank Info: 180 gallon RR-75 gallon sump-50 gallon Refugium-RO Diablo DCS 200 Skimmer-Diablo 10500 and 5500 return pumps-Spectrapure MaxCap 90gpd