Need input from K1/Bio reactoir users

[DB junkie]

What are you guys using for air on your reactors?

What kind of airpumps and more importantly what kind of diffusers in the bottom?

I'm having issues and would like to know if general consensus is finer or courser bubbles?

Mine doesn't "boil". Trying to figure out if it's en equipment or design problem......

PICS would definetly help.....

 

[johno27]

I know you have been frustrated with the lack of good responses on your filtration questions. Sadly I am no help on this subject

I would pm vamptrev and ask him to post some info here if he could, I am also very interested in bio reactors

 

[earthstudent]

What are you guys using for air on your reactors?

What kind of airpumps and more importantly what kind of diffusers in the bottom?

I'm having issues and would like to know if general consensus is finer or courser bubbles?

Mine doesn't "boil". Trying to figure out if it's en equipment or design problem......

PICS would definetly help.....

I am not using a bio reactor but I do know a thing or 2 about building stuff and I am guessing, if you are not getting the "Boiling" affect, than you are not running enough volume of air. I am also guessing you don't want the bubbles to be too small as smaller bubbles will not rise as fast as larger bubbles and will not create the speed of water flow that larger bubbles should produce. Once again, this is just my thoughts on the subject and what I would be thinking if I was going to build one and I actually am thinking about building one.

 

[skynoch]

I'm using the pondmaster ap-100 with 7 of the extra large diffuser balls from big als with valves going to each to adjust the pressure. The ap-100 is overkill as I designed it to be used with 2 50 gallon bio-reactors with 5 cubic feet of k1 in each but am only using it on one now. Hope this helps some

 

[vamptrev]

i will get u all my model #'s later

u may have too much media or not strong enough air

 

[csx4236]

I'm using the pondmaster ap-100 with 7 of the extra large diffuser balls from big als with valves going to each to adjust the pressure. The ap-100 is overkill as I designed it to be used with 2 50 gallon bio-reactors with 5 cubic feet of k1 in each but am only using it on one now. Hope this helps some

I use two of these pumps to run my chamber so I would say one is way overkill and just buy large 12" airstones from place like aquatic eco systems you can also buy the center piece to attack all stones and has threaded connections for the pump inlet and stones. Can do either 6 or 8 per unit. I Run 8 with one of those pumps.

You just dont have enough air moving thru your barrel.

 

[DB junkie]

Ironic as I'm using the SAME pump mentioned here.

Tried the diffuser that comes with it. Tried several .7 cfm bubble bars, tried drilling PVC first small then large holes. The crap just sits on top of the water.

There shouldn't be any issue running 3 feet in a 55 gallon barrel should there? Planned on using 5 but dumped in just 3 to start and can't even get that tumbling.

Aquatic eco was backordered on the big bubble discs.... MIKE maybe you know something about this!?! lol

The bio reactors Aquatic eco offers us similar diameter barrels and thier's are supposed to work with like 1.5 cfm of air, yet I'm puishing over 5 and FAIL.

 

[skynoch]

If it's floating and you just started it then it hasn't built up any bacteria yet. When it build up some bacteria it will sink. This can take around 5 days.

 

[oldfish]

Also if your media is new it can float high in or even out of the water and does not move and mix as well as aged media.

 

[oldfish]

opps Skynoch posted while I was typing.