People have stated how good the ox levels are but I still have not seen any redox levels
If the reactor is so good why don't you all rip out you other filtration and replace it with bead filters as they are the same as a reactor
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Stop posting in this thread just trying to stir things up by making broad statements misleading people. It is not helpful and your making it harder for people to find good information by instigating arguments and jumping off topic comparing totally different filtration components. We all know how you post which is fine, just please stop posting in this thread and start your own as you were asked to do so previously.
T1KARIMAN is incorrect a reactor is not at all like a bead filter.
A reactor is an open container with buoyant to neutrally buoyant media that is driven by a high output air pump saturating the media with oxygen aiding bacteria growth.
A true bead filter is a pressurized vessel that is filled with floating poly circular shaped beads. Water flows into the pressurized container via multiport valve or side mounted valve out slotted laterals in the bottom. Water is pushed up through the beads and packs them together catching debris and mechanically filtering fines. The filter can be backwashed and uses a blower to dislodge the waste from the bead pack allowing you to flush it from the system.
Now what you are incorrectly referring to as a bead filter im assuming is a pressurized filter like the ultima II filter that is filled with tubular media (something like bioflow 9). Similar to a bead filter but the media does not trap fines as well as a true bead and it is usually run in downflow mode within the pressurized container.
No air is used inside the pressurized vessel. Bead filters or pressure filters like the ultima are not the same as a moving bed bio reactor. The one similarity is the ultima uses a sinking tubular media similar to those used in bio reactors.
I will have to add some pics of what I am doing right now for my setup, now much is boiling ( tons of flow through sump, not ebough air at all) but I knew it was going to take me a week or so to figure out what I wanted to do and maybe order a larger air pump. Glad you shared your info . And T1 I didn't need to remove anything from my sump to add this setup into it. Pure added upgrade DIY fun!!!
