Is it ok to run carbon and GFO in the same reactor?

ispurlo · 02/11/2009, 06:42 PM

Is there any reason you shouldnt run gfo and carbon in a single reactor? I just set up a TLF phosban reactor with about 1/3 Rowaphos and 2/3 Carbon. Does anyone else do something similar with good results?

AquamanE · 02/11/2009, 06:47 PM

There might be others but i think one concern would be that one might outlast the other. You would have to switch both when only one is exhausted.

ispurlo · 02/11/2009, 07:00 PM

Good point, but the carbon is on top so I could change that without changing the Rowaphos media. How often should carbon be changed out?

mchud · 02/11/2009, 07:05 PM

I do it in my BRS reactor. and it works well and in the directions they show you how to do it. Good luck

buccard · 02/11/2009, 07:06 PM

I have read different opinions about carbon, some say it is exhausted in 24-48 hours-others say 1-2 weeks. Either way it is changed much more prequently than GFO.

02/11/2009, 06:42 PM	#1
ispurlo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 52	Is it ok to run carbon and GFO in the same reactor? Is there any reason you shouldnt run gfo and carbon in a single reactor? I just set up a TLF phosban reactor with about 1/3 Rowaphos and 2/3 Carbon. Does anyone else do something similar with good results?

02/11/2009, 06:47 PM	#2
AquamanE Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 6,544	There might be others but i think one concern would be that one might outlast the other. You would have to switch both when only one is exhausted. __________________ Eddie Soler FMAS BOD Member MACNA 2013 Chairman "I'd rather die living than live to die" Current Tank Info: 200G mixed reef with 60G sump, Radion LED’s , Bubble King skimmer, blah blah blah.

02/11/2009, 07:05 PM	#4
mchud Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Gill Mass Posts: 371	I do it in my BRS reactor. and it works well and in the directions they show you how to do it. Good luck __________________ Will miss you Wild Bill RIP Tessa Best friend of 14 years Bob Dog my buddy of 12.5 years Current Tank Info: 90 Gallon Dt, 150 gal sump, 100 gal frag tank and 12000 gal koi pond and 1200 goldfish pond.

02/11/2009, 07:06 PM	#5
buccard Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lakeland, Florida Posts: 970	I have read different opinions about carbon, some say it is exhausted in 24-48 hours-others say 1-2 weeks. Either way it is changed much more prequently than GFO. __________________ Roger Save a fish, click on the red house. Current Tank Info: 90 Gallon-mixed reef

02/11/2009, 07:00 PM	#3
ispurlo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 52	Good point, but the carbon is on top so I could change that without changing the Rowaphos media. How often should carbon be changed out?