bigbird123 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Well, I am working on a dual pellet reactor to make it work in limited space. it will be run by an Eheim 1262 pump directly into the skimmer. I want to determine if this process will need to have a co2 scrubber or not. I can use the same amount of pellets as a larger reactor but give them more room to get fluidized. I am trying to fix some of the problems others have had with either not enough flow or too much. This is an experiment...just a concept I have...I am using 5/8" ID acrylic piping with 3/4" fittings. I am using an Eheim 1262 (900 gph) on a "T" with a ball valve. With the head pressure from the T and 90's, it should generate about 350 gph to each chamber, which has been the consensus amount of flow. If it is too much, I can valve it down. Dual reactor in production... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innate1 Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Is this for the carbon dosing pellets? The chambers look kinda big. What kind of plate are you going to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird123 Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 These are for the new NP Bio pellets. The chambers are 4" x 10". I am using 1/4" acrylic with rubber gaskets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird123 Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Ordered my pellets yesterday. Looking forward to getting this going. I will leave the fuge running for the next 2 weeks as to not stress my corals and then start taking everything out slowly over the next week or so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfowler99 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Are you planning on running one chamber into the next or individually controllable flow via a manifold type setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird123 Posted September 30, 2010 Author Share Posted September 30, 2010 splitting the flow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+lewk Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 How's this coming along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird123 Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 Trying to get the right pump going. I have the unit finished, just working on flow. I'll post some pix tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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