Fully submerge a media reactor?

[chaostactics]

Aside from increasing back pressure on the pump/lower gph. Any reason a fully submerged media reactor wouldn't be a good idea

 

[chaostactics]

Buler?

 

[ca1ore]

Why would it increase back pressure? Some arcane branch of physics I'm unaware of LOL. I have done this for years in my sump, it's fine.

 

[jda]

I do it too in one situation where I have no room to hang it out of the water. It is fine. Other than getting a bit of organics on it from being submerged, it does the job just fine.

 

[chaostactics]

Why would it increase back pressure? Some arcane branch of physics I'm unaware of LOL. I have done this for years in my sump, it's fine.

I figured since the outflow would be restricted by virtue of the effluent being underwater it would add some back pressure to the pump. Albeit: 1. I'm only submerging it, slightly below the waters surface. 2. I know little to nothing about fluid dynamics.

 

[ca1ore]

Think of it like a closed loop. No head pressure because both inlet and outlet are in the same body of water.

 

[chaostactics]

Think of it like a closed loop. No head pressure because both inlet and outlet are in the same body of water.

Duh... got it. Makes perfect sense, thank you

Just pulled the trigger on an Aquamaxx FR-S well see how it goes.