Kindafishy;145864 said:
I've got a Red Sea Merlin fluidized bed filter I used as a GFO reactor for quite a while. You can adjust the flow rate pretty accurately with the built in valve. I ran it on this ViaAqua 300lph powerhead and it worked well. I'll give you that if you want it? It pumps the water down a pipe in the center, then it flows up through the media.
I've been running the BRS dual reactor a few months now, so this is clean and ready to load.
Thanks for the hookup Troy! Its working great.
Though it was an adventure. First, when you build something, you shoudl make sure you have everything you need. I went to HD to get stuff to build a manifold. Get home and rather than glue the new manifold, what do I do? I cut the return where its going to go, then get ready to glue. Guess what, glue is bad. Crap, sump is in basement, tank upstairs, not good, you get the picture. Lucky for me walmart carries PVC glue. Next, I drop the lid to one of my skimmers and break it, ok, lets glue that back, now I have super glue on my cell phone. Okay, the foam I use to cover the tank isnt positioned right, causing part of the overflow water to drain on the floor, great, fix that, caught it and only lost a gallon or so.
What a night! And I wasnt even drinking!