Adding Media Reactors

[Havoks]

I currently have a IM Fusion 20 and wanted two add a couple of media reactors. Will getting a Mag 9.5 to run both reactors and the return line work? Or is it just better to get two of the IM reactors? Any insight would be appreciated.

 

[Reef of Fillory]

I currently have a IM Fusion 20 and wanted two add a couple of media reactors. Will getting a Mag 9.5 to run both reactors and the return line work? Or is it just better to get two of the IM reactors? Any insight would be appreciated.

Here's a video that Mark Levinson put on YouTube about his suggestion to run reactors separate from the main return manifold.


With that said, I run my reactors off of the return pump, and when i'm not using the reactors I just tune down the return flow with a ball valve.

Make sure that you leave plenty of 'room' in the GPH of the return pump for headloss + the flow necessary for your reactors. I would suggest going a few hundred gph higher than what you think you need.

 

[Havoks]

The pump is rated at 950gph. The tank is an AIO. The pump will be in the rear sump are few inches below the return outlets. The reactors will be 2 Somatic UF-1, one with carbon and the other with Rowa phos.

 

[Reef of Fillory]

The pump is rated at 950gph. The tank is an AIO. The pump will be in the rear sump are few inches below the return outlets. The reactors will be 2 Somatic UF-1, one with carbon and the other with Rowa phos.

It looks like they suggest 300 gph pump for each reactor, plus the display turnover and the headless, I think that a mag 9.5 or similar will probably give you right in the range for what would be required.

2x reactors =600gph
20g tank @ 10x = 200gph
+ headloss from height and plumbing size restriction (~100-175?)

There's a headloss calculator out there on the internet from a few different sites where you can pick your pump and put the info in.

 

[Havoks]

Thanks for your help