Alright, I looked into the Spyglass for awhile and people were giving mixed reviews about Purigen clogging with the mess screen and the ball. So I started thinking of another (Simple) way to fluidize Purigen. Purigen is very light and has different micron sizes within the media.
So (#1) Find about the tallest media reactor that would fit outside my sump and still close the doors.
The taller the better to hold in the smallest particles at a high flow rate. If that makes sense.
So got to looking around at all brands and all their reactors. I found the Aquamaxx XL Biomaxx at Marine Depot and clicked on it.
When it popped up I started studying the bottom of the reactor. Noticed that at the bottom of the center tube it went into a round black manifold that shot water out side ways. Then noticed it had a solid bottom plate with spiraling groves cut in it to make bio pellets spin a lift like in a tornado.
Figure that would be better than a regular reactor that lifts water flow up after coming trough a sponge and a sponge will need to be rinsed.
So there is no filters or screens inside the reactor to clog :)
The last thing that is the (mod). Seachem's "The Bag" is made for Purigen and comes with a plastic adjustable ring that tightly closes "The Bag".
When you change the Purigen media "The Bag" will catch the most tiniest particles and they will stay in there polishing your water. The rest of the media stays down in the reactor. I put in 500ml and get 6 to eight weeks out of it easily. If you keep it in there too long it starts growing a nitrifying bacteria colony on the media. lol
My sump is no mater piece like yours but it gets the job done.
Top picture is the mod (lol) "The Bag" strapped locked to reactor out put hose in sump. Easy mod but very important.
Second picture showing wide shot... Control panel, reactors and etc... The Purigen reactor is on he right.
