need help with rector idea

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The phosphates are 0.2 and climbing. All "easy" solutions are not working. I am fairly sure I need a reactor. My idea is to buy two mini carbon-GFO reactors from BRS and connect them in series using one 300-400 gph pump placed in a sump with a flow regulator. One reactor will be used for gfo and the second one for carbon. I can't install a dual BRS reactor due to limited space in the cabinet. I understand that I will be limited to about 100 grams of gfo/carbon for my 100-110 gallon tank. Will that be enough or should I drop this idea?
How easy is it to remove the canister of the mini reactor inside the tight space? Will I flood the cabinet every time I need to replace the media?
Thanks!
 
Never mind... it seems that BRS does not recommend using mini reactor for GFO only (it would not tumble due to its small size) and it will be too small for the carbon/gfo mix for my 100 gallons volume even if I use high-capacity gfo. Back to the drawing board
 

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