I've used these for many years since they first came out, but I have moved over to the lifeguard reactors because of their simples setup and controllability on top of keeping everything in the sump. No hoses or added worries of hoses/reactor leaking.
Thanks Cam 😀Another informative video. Could I add ! Don’t put the valve on the out side of reactor. I did and it leaked🥹. It is perfectly fine with the adjustment valve on the in side.
Cam, based on your experience, does a GFO reactor remove more phosphate than just having a bag of GFO in the sump, or does it just do it faster? Thanks
Can you do a video on the 550 reactor, everyone is doing the 150. I have an old one with missing pieces and I have been ordering the fittings so I can use it, but I want to make sure I got everything. Thanks
I think the 2 reactors are very similar. Probably the only difference is the size and a slight difference in the intake/outlet positions. I’ll try and do a focus on the 550 in a future build, we do use them often. Cam
Great video! I’m interest in running the small one on my planted tank. I get upwards of 2-3 ppm out of the tap, and my aquarium water clocks in from 5ppm-10ppm. Would this work on freshwater? Would this work with seachem phosguard? Does the phosban pull out other nutrients beside po3 like a carbon media would?
I think the reactor would work on freshwater, but with the levels you’re getting I think I’d be more inclined to start using RO water (remineralised) rather than your tap water for waterchanges. It would probably be a never ending battle trying to reduce your phosphate from that level with a reactor. Cam
With a reactor you can control the flow so improving the level of phosphate taken out or left in your aquarium water, also you generally change the media only once a month - 3 months, i do like lanthium chloride to lower levels to a reasonable amount then run a reactor to maintain it in a heavier bioload aquarium or a neglected aquarium :)
@@GalleryAquaticaTV curious to hear what issues you have with lanthanum chloride. I was toying with using it but ended up going down the GFO route because I heard of cases of fish mortality?
