phosphate reactor

[nico.m.ferreira]

Good day.

Can anybody help me?
How does a phosphate reactor work?
What does it do?
How is the maintenanse and cost involved in ceeping one for a 600l tank.
What size is recomended for 600l (excluding sump of about 100l)

Regards Nico

[Tobes]

Just google it, you'll get most of the info and what they look like as well as different models for tanks

[Mekaeel]

Originally Posted by nico.m.ferreira@gmail.com

Good day.

Can anybody help me?
How does a phosphate reactor work?
What does it do?
How is the maintenanse and cost involved in ceeping one for a 600l tank.
What size is recomended for 600l (excluding sump of about 100l)

Regards Nico

Hi Nico

Water enters the reactor from one end, gets filtered through the media and comes out on the other end.
You can get yourself a decent reactor eg. Phosban for under R1000.00. Then you got to get the media for it. The prices vary. Rowaphos, from what I have noticed, seems to be the most expensive. Brightwell on the other hand seems to be alot cheaper. Contact our sponsor, they should be able to help you out.
The standard Phosban reactor will be sufficient for your size tank.

[nico.m.ferreira]

Thanx for the quick help.
So it filters ot the phosphate?

[Mekaeel]

Originally Posted by nico.m.ferreira@gmail.com

So it filters ot the phosphate?

Errrmm...Sorry Nico, I dont understand this

[nico.m.ferreira]

Sorry my mistake. The backberry got small botons.
Anyway, so ir removes the phosphates from the water

[Nemos Janitor]

No it filters out nothing. Well not like you emagin. The media, Phosban, rowaphos, elemiphos etc is a chemical means of removing PO4. All of this media does not need to be in a reactor. However a reactors purpose is to keep the media in suspension. (fluidized) increasing efficentcy.

[nico.m.ferreira]

Sorry my fault,thwe blackberry go small buttons.
Anyway I ment to ask, "so the phosphate reactor rmoves the phosphate from the water?
Why don't we get nitrate/nitrit reactors?

[Nemos Janitor]

We do. There are many forms and this is the basis of marine species keeping. I suggest you look up @Tobes foot note or google arobic & anerobic filters. Complex as it may seem this is only the rewarding begining. Bud this is why we say take it slow. So much to learn &little patients

[nico.m.ferreira]

Originally Posted by Nemos Janitor

We do. There are many forms and this is the basis of marine species keeping. I suggest you look up @Tobes foot note or google arobic & anerobic filters. Complex as it may seem this is only the rewarding begining. Bud this is why we say take it slow. So much to learn &little patients

Haha. You got that right.
I got a massive hair algea outbreak that is out of controle.
Do you think it will work to help me defeat the algea outbreak?

[Nemos Janitor]

If you are asking if a PO4 reactor will cure a bryopsis issue? The answer is NO. It will help in the fight though as "P" Phosphates are essential to all life. Limit "P" and algae is deprived of food. However, Bryopsis thrives on available ammonia, nutrients and light. Sort these out and your issues are history.

[nico.m.ferreira]

How many hours light would you sugest per day.
I am thinking of increasing the overflow area and bigger return pump.

[Tobes]

Increasing the return flow won't help cause then the skimmer will be less effective. I know you have a 600-700l setup, but in order for us to give you the right advice, we need to know how long the tank's running, lights type and duration, flow pumps, water parameters, what livestock you got, feeding habits, type of skimmer and most of all pics of the tank and sump. Let's start with all this so we can see where the problem lies.Posted via Mobile Device