How to hard pipe bashsea reactor.

[Surfpulse]

Hey
So I'm trying to hard pipe a bashsea pellet reactor. I was hoping someone on here as done this.
What size hardware did you use, 1/2 or 3/4? Any advice would be amazing. I don't wanna break this reactor.

Thank you

 

[Surfpulse]

#bump
Tough crowd

 

[mpadgett88]

Ever figure it out

 

[Surfpulse]

Ever figure it out

I called Steve at bashsea and order a preplumbed lid.. easy peasy

 

[RobB'z Reef]

show us some pictures after you have it set up

 

[Surfpulse]

show us some pictures after you have it set up

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Nice pellet reactor. I see you have a bio film on top. Whats in the other one? I have the aquamaxx xl running pellets now.
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[Surfpulse]

Nice pellet reactor. I see you have a bio film on top. Whats in the other one? I have the aquamaxx xl running pellets now.
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Thank you. I run carbon and pellets. I can add another reactor such as gfo. I would just need to add it the mainfold..

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

I run skimmer. Pellets. Algae turf scrubber and filter sock. Carbon when needed. Right on!
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[Surfpulse]

I run skimmer. Pellets. Algae turf scrubber and filter sock. Carbon when needed. Right on!
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I run a filter roller, chaeto, skimmer, pellets, and carbon. Plus I dose alk, cal, with auto water change. I out a little

 

[RobB'z Reef]

sweet, I love my Bashsea sump and have a couple of their reactors as well. I don't have them hard plumbed as I only use them intermittently or as needed for clean up with carbon etc... Are those just suspended in mid-air hanging from your manifold?

 

[Surfpulse]

sweet, I love my Bashsea sump and have a couple of their reactors as well. I don't have them hard plumbed as I only use them intermittently or as needed for clean up with carbon etc... Are those just suspended in mid-air hanging from your manifold?

I a big fan of Steve products (bashsea). I wish I would have gotten one of the sumps. For me to do that, means draining my tank and starting over ... ugh
Yes, these are suspended from my manifold. My plumbing took about 12 hrs on my tank

 

[RobB'z Reef]

I a big fan of Steve products (bashsea). I wish I would have gotten one of the sumps. For me to do that, means draining my tank and starting over ... ugh
Yes, these are suspended from my manifold. My plumbing took about 12 hrs on my tank

I like the look of the reactors suspended, would also seem easy to remove and replace for maintenance that way as well! I didn't plumb in a manifold but it gives me food for thought.

Steve was awesome to work with and I'll continue to do business with them as needed. My custom sump below.

 

[zeusman1812]

Did you back off the barb fittings yourself or did you buy them with the hard plumb fittings already?

 

[Surfpulse]

Did you back off the barb fittings yourself or did you buy them with the hard plumb fittings already?

its been ages ago. I think just contact bashea before buying it, told what i wanted. It has worked ever since.