Devonjevon
Active Member
Ok so i have a new chinese product. the Alpha 2 biopellet reactor. It is a pretty awsome pellet reactor but it does have its flaws. The packing and shipping was superb.styrofoam like crazy
The plastic has the feel of high grade plastic. I dont have the confidence that it is built like a tank. I am accustom to the Bulk reef supply standard of quality but it doesn't even compare. It doesn't feel flimsy either with the exception of the legs. It appears that the company made an attempt to use the lowercase letter a as the legs of the reactor. It looks cool but i would rather have quality thick pieces of plastic instead of style. With other reactors i would just bump my reactor to dislodge clumps. I dare not do it with this on out of fear it might break.
The pump says 1.5. I think it is a propriety pump and im not sure of flow rate. I havent had any heat issues.
The measurements of the diameter is the outside diameter. the inside diameter is 3.5 inches
the entire height is 14.6 but the chamber is only 10 inch.
The main dissapointment was the capacity. It is stated that the capacity is 1.3L. This might be the water capacity because it is NOT pellet capacity. I pored in 1000ml of BRS pellets.
Half of the media would spin and the other half was stuck at the top of the reactor. I couldnt get it to spin or tap into spinning. I had to take out half of the pellets in order for the reactor to spin properly. 1000ml was not tried with standard round pellets. I really do not have the funds to purchase these pellets just to test.
The Good (click on the link below)
[video]http://s1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc474/tellycoleman/?action=view¤t=dbee76d9.mp4[/video]
IT SPINNNS IT SPINNS IT SPINNS
You will never have to worry about anerobic respiration.
Would I buy it again? Yes It seems to be the best at moving biopellets and just blows other reactors out the water. I bet the next generation of these reactors will be better and refined in quality.
The plastic has the feel of high grade plastic. I dont have the confidence that it is built like a tank. I am accustom to the Bulk reef supply standard of quality but it doesn't even compare. It doesn't feel flimsy either with the exception of the legs. It appears that the company made an attempt to use the lowercase letter a as the legs of the reactor. It looks cool but i would rather have quality thick pieces of plastic instead of style. With other reactors i would just bump my reactor to dislodge clumps. I dare not do it with this on out of fear it might break.
The pump says 1.5. I think it is a propriety pump and im not sure of flow rate. I havent had any heat issues.
The measurements of the diameter is the outside diameter. the inside diameter is 3.5 inches
the entire height is 14.6 but the chamber is only 10 inch.
The main dissapointment was the capacity. It is stated that the capacity is 1.3L. This might be the water capacity because it is NOT pellet capacity. I pored in 1000ml of BRS pellets.
The Good (click on the link below)
[video]http://s1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc474/tellycoleman/?action=view¤t=dbee76d9.mp4[/video]
IT SPINNNS IT SPINNS IT SPINNS
You will never have to worry about anerobic respiration.
Would I buy it again? Yes It seems to be the best at moving biopellets and just blows other reactors out the water. I bet the next generation of these reactors will be better and refined in quality.
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