GFO/Carbon reactor Question

[francisedward1993]

Is it possible to put biopellets in the GFO chamber and carbon on the other?

 

[piranhapat]

Yes

 

[greenstreet.1]

How will you keep the carbon from tumbling ? Reason for asking is because you have to make the pellets tumble.

 

[lnevo]

You need to mod it for separate flow. Easier to get away with carbon + gfo but biopellets need a lot more flow than carbon

 

[Cave Dweller]

Could you put the pellets in the first chamber, getting the most flow/tumble and then since they would have canisters you can load up the 2nd (or add extra sponge if not using the entire tube) with carbon without causing much disruption?

 

[lnevo]

No.

 

[lnevo]

Let me qualify that. Carbon needs slow flow in order for it to work. Its not a matter of tumbling or what not, but it needs slow contact time to adsorb whatever it is going to adsorb. Also carbon packed tight will slow the flow enough that it wont tumble the pellets properly and also clog much quicker especially with bacteria forming AFTER the pellet reactor.

Look into modding the reactor than you can control the flow separately. It only needs a few fittings.

 

[nyc reefer]

Dual Reactors

Sorry to hijack but when you use these dual media reactors what goes first GFO or carbon?

 

[oh207]

Its recommended that Carbon goes in 1st canister.