Daisy chaining reactors

[Teeb]

I'm getting my tank back up and running and have a questions about daisy chaining my reactors. I'm running a BP and GFO reactor. Does anyone have theirs setup like this? I was thinking I could run the BP first since they require a little more flow. Any advice?

 

[REEFKEEPER10]

The biofilm will clog the GFO plus when you slow the flow for the GFO you will be slowing the biopellets. How will you be applying flow.

 

[Teeb]

It's ran off a manifold from my return pump. I could always tee it off and run them individually, but it would be a lot less plumbing to daisy chain. I running the BP in a BR70 which takes surprisingly little flow to get them to tumble. The biofilm was my biggest concern.

 

[soccerbag]

I would run them separately Teeb. More control over them individually and you will eliminate the biofilm issue that way. I understand your want to simplify things for sure. But I would not try and simplify things here. Just build another "arm" on the manifold and you will be good to go. : )

 

[btkrausen]

Agreed with the above. Generally, running reactors for different media will require different flow. This is the reason I stopped using the BRS Dual Reactor and went with two singles.

I run mine off a manifold from my return pump as well, each with its own ball valve to control flow.