3 different reactors in one sump?

[VoZe]

Can you run calcium reactor along with gfo and carbon reactor all in one sump also if you buy a calcium reactor does it come with everything like the pumps, carbon tank and regulator?

 

[Reeferdood]

Quick answer for the first part of the question is yes. As for the CaRx, most reactor setups you have to buy everything separately.
Unless you have a great understanding of calcium reactors and a huge demand for calcium and alkalinity in your system, I would manually dose for now.
I have seen a lot of people struggle with them and even wipe out tanks because of a small error.
My.02

 

[VoZe]

Quick answer for the first part of the question is yes. As for the CaRx, most reactor setups you have to buy everything separately.
Unless you have a great understanding of calcium reactors and a huge demand for calcium and alkalinity in your system, I would manually dose for now.
I have seen a lot of people struggle with them and even wipe out tanks because of a small error.
My.02

What about gfo and carbon do you think it’s worth it to set one up?

 

[lapin]

Carbon is usually a good one. The GFO is really not needed unless you have a high phosphate issue.

 

[TheHarold]

Because let’s make the tank as complicated as possible and introduce MORE points of failure?

 

[VoZe]

I’m planing to add a snowflake eel and a zebra lionfish I hear that they add a lot of waste into your water so that’s way I was planning on adding a gfo unless you guys think it’s unnecessary

 

[W@tchm@n]

Quick answer for the first part of the question is yes. As for the CaRx, most reactor setups you have to buy everything separately.
Unless you have a great understanding of calcium reactors and a huge demand for calcium and alkalinity in your system, I would manually dose for now.
I have seen a lot of people struggle with them and even wipe out tanks because of a small error.
My.02

What he said [emoji115]

Also, gfo and carbon can be run in the same sump... But you may not need gfo if u don't have an issue with high phosphates so could be a waste of cash anyway.

U could also run a mini fuge with cheato or some other form of algae to keep nutirnts down.

 

[VoZe]

I would love to have a Fuge but I don’t have any space in my sump for one

 

[W@tchm@n]

I would love to have a Fuge but I don’t have any space in my sump for one

Ahh right...
Is you tank established and are u having an issue and considering these reactors?

 

[NS Mike D]

I’m planing to add a snowflake eel and a zebra lionfish I hear that they add a lot of waste into your water so that’s way I was planning on adding a gfo unless you guys think it’s unnecessary

GFO is a solution to a problem. Unlike alkalinity and calcium which we know gets consumed as corals build their skeletons and thus needs to be replenished at the rate of consumption, GFO is used to reduce excess phosphates if you are adding them faster than your corals consume them (and thus taken up by nuisance algae).

i run GFO in my carbon reactor when my phosphates creep up. So a separate reactor is not required. You can also place gfo in a mesh bag in a high flow area. So, IMHO, no need for a gfo reactor unless you need one to address an ongoing algae problem and running in the carbn reactor isnt desired

 

[VoZe]

Ahh right...
Is you tank established and are u having an issue and considering these reactors?

Not yet it’s still in process but the tank is a Red Sea reefer 250 so the sump area isn’t quite big and the only place that a fuge can fit in is next to the skimmer which has no diver so the cheato would just get sucked in

 

[NS Mike D]

I would love to have a Fuge but I don’t have any space in my sump for one

I have a under the tank sump and a HOB fuge. The HOB is simply for cheato and pods The sumps hides the hardware

 

[VoZe]

I have a under the tank sump and a HOB fuge. The HOB is simply for cheato and pods The sumps hides the hardware

How well does a HOB fuge work to control nutrients

 

[JumboShrimp]

The single reactors from BRS are fairly inexpensive, and have an inline flow valve (on, through off). I like to run Phosguard in it. If you have it hooked up, why not open the flow to the valve to use it only when you feel your phosphates are too high, and turn it off when not needed? Just a thought.

 

[NS Mike D]

How well does a HOB fuge work to control nutrients

Pretty effective from what I can tell. It fills the HOB like a brick, so I cut it back weekly.

 

[NS Mike D]

The single reactors from BRS are fairly inexpensive, and have an inline flow valve (on, through off). I like to run Phosguard in it. If you have it hooked up, why not open the flow to the valve to use it only when you feel your phosphates are too high, and turn it off when not needed? Just a thought.

+1 on the on/off as needed, although if I read the phosguard instruction correctly, it's works faster than gfo (can take down phosphate too fast) and if not replaced/recharged will put the phosphates back in the tank (have to monitor more than my schedule permits). Thus I opted for gfo replacing it once a month.

 

[VoZe]

Anyone uses carbon to get clear water?

 

[JumboShrimp]

I actually have the BRS dual reactors— run carbon to polish the water in one side, the Phosguard in the other side. I have even put cheap filter floss in one of the chambers from time to time to polish the water as well. (Currently a FOWRL tank.)

 

[NS Mike D]

Anyone uses carbon to get clear water?

yup would never run a tank without it. not only to keep water clear but as an insurance policy for when a coral melts down and decides to release it's toxins. Like anything else, moderation - it can remove trace elements so stick with the manufacturer instructions to avoid stripping your tank of trace elements between water changes

 

[VoZe]

Does it matter on what size pellets or grains you get