tlf phos reactor problem help

sm fragman · 02/01/2008, 06:10 PM

i have a 24 gallon ap i got a two little fishies phosban reactor from pm. i also got some chem pure elite to run in it. i set it up purged the unit for a couple of minutes and them ran it in the tank. i look at the unit to find particals going through the top spung disk, so i turned it off and took it apart should i be worried about the media in that got in the tank, and do you guys feel that this should have worked,,,

thanks shawn

hyperfocal · 02/01/2008, 06:34 PM

Sounds like too much flow through the reactor. Resin media tends to be pretty buoyant; I have to dial back the flow through my Purigen reactor to a trickle and even then the media is rolling nicely. Do you have a ball valve you can install?

sm fragman · 02/01/2008, 06:41 PM

so you think i should dial the ball valve down on the maxijet 400,, i will have to give it another go arround,, you have purigen in that reactor? if you have that slow then i should be ok if i slow mine down i have purigen in a bag and i know that stuff is very small particals. thanks for the advice i will give it another try in the am.

thanks shawn m

02/01/2008, 06:10 PM	#1
sm fragman Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: ithaca ny Posts: 618	tlf phos reactor problem help i have a 24 gallon ap i got a two little fishies phosban reactor from pm. i also got some chem pure elite to run in it. i set it up purged the unit for a couple of minutes and them ran it in the tank. i look at the unit to find particals going through the top spung disk, so i turned it off and took it apart should i be worried about the media in that got in the tank, and do you guys feel that this should have worked,,, thanks shawn

02/01/2008, 06:34 PM	#2
hyperfocal Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Edge of oblivion Posts: 1,708	Sounds like too much flow through the reactor. Resin media tends to be pretty buoyant; I have to dial back the flow through my Purigen reactor to a trickle and even then the media is rolling nicely. Do you have a ball valve you can install? __________________ "Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent." -- Voltaire Current Tank Info: getting back into the hobby

02/01/2008, 06:41 PM	#3
sm fragman Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: ithaca ny Posts: 618	so you think i should dial the ball valve down on the maxijet 400,, i will have to give it another go arround,, you have purigen in that reactor? if you have that slow then i should be ok if i slow mine down i have purigen in a bag and i know that stuff is very small particals. thanks for the advice i will give it another try in the am. thanks shawn m