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Unread 09/07/2016, 03:18 PM   #1
Socalx45
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Trouble with BRS dual reactor

So I started to run carbon and GFO using the BRS dual reactor for my 125g tank. I have watched videos on how the GFO should look once its running. I get mine to tumble just a little like how it shows then in about a week its not moving at all. Eventually I turn the flow all the way up on the ball valve and it doesn't budge the GFO. Am I doing something wrong? I am using the cobalt pump that it comes with.


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Unread 09/07/2016, 03:32 PM   #2
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There probably is crud built up in the carbon chamber slowing down the flow to the gfo chamber. How is the flow coming out?


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Unread 09/07/2016, 04:04 PM   #3
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the flow doesn't seem like it has diminished at all


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Unread 09/07/2016, 04:22 PM   #4
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Then the gfo has clumped up. Have you checked your Alk/Ca/Mg levels?


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Unread 09/07/2016, 04:49 PM   #5
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yes Alk 7.8 CA 470 mg is 1320


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Unread 09/07/2016, 04:58 PM   #6
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Sometimes things get stuck in the tubes. I've had to take it apart and I find things stuck in there


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Unread 09/07/2016, 05:11 PM   #7
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and now that I think about it the GFO comes before the carbon


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