Water to Media Reactors?

Stolireef · 03/03/2017, 06:03 PM

Is it better to drive water to media reactors off the return pump or off the drain. I have an oversized return pump so it'll work either way.

GimpyFin · 03/03/2017, 06:21 PM

You won't really be able to feed them off the drain, but you can run them off the return. Though, for simplicity I usually keep the return and it's plumbing by itself and run reactors off separate, smaller pumps in the sump.

windlasher · 03/03/2017, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Stolireef

Is it better to drive water to media reactors off the return pump or off the drain. I have an oversized return pump so it'll work either way.

The drain would make it very difficult to control flow and might also affect water levels in the sump. Use a 1200 or other pump in the sump to drive media reactors. I have an oversized jaebo in my sump and I T off of that to drive my reactors, but I have tons of return flow.

rocsec1 · 03/03/2017, 09:55 PM

I run mine off a manifold. Pulled all those small pumps out of the sump. I like it berrerp

03/03/2017, 06:03 PM	#1
Stolireef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scottsdale AZ Posts: 3,180 Blog Entries: 5	Water to Media Reactors? Is it better to drive water to media reactors off the return pump or off the drain. I have an oversized return pump so it'll work either way. __________________ I want to burn twice as bright and half as long. Oh, and a full tank crash is just an excuse for a new build. Current Tank Info: 125 Rimless Leemar, Apex, Trigger 30 Elite Sump, Vertex 180i Skimmer, 2 X Gen4 Radion XR30W, BM Doser, 2xMP40WES, 2xTunze 6095, Sicce Syncra 4.0.

03/03/2017, 06:21 PM	#2
GimpyFin Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,032	You won't really be able to feed them off the drain, but you can run them off the return. Though, for simplicity I usually keep the return and it's plumbing by itself and run reactors off separate, smaller pumps in the sump. __________________ Brian Current Tank Info: 110 gallon

03/03/2017, 09:55 PM	#4
rocsec1 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Medina oh Posts: 1,782	I run mine off a manifold. Pulled all those small pumps out of the sump. I like it berrerp