Reactor questions

[NewbsReef]

hello y'all, somewhat new to the forum, I hardly posted but creep around a lot But I'm building a 40 gal breeder tank with a 20 gal tall sump. Will a carbon reactor "benefit" the tank? My tank is mainly SPS and Zoa heavy and 3 Duncan's. (All in a biocube 29 right now) I'm still fairly new to all the chemistry that goes on in this hobby. So far the sump will have a protein skimmer, and a refugium With maybe a mangrove plant or two.

 

[glb]

hello y'all, somewhat new to the forum, I hardly posted but creep around a lot But I'm building a 40 gal breeder tank with a 20 gal tall sump. Will a carbon reactor "benefit" the tank? My tank is mainly SPS and Zoa heavy and 3 Duncan's. (All in a biocube 29 right now) I'm still fairly new to all the chemistry that goes on in this hobby. So far the sump will have a protein skimmer, and a refugium With maybe a mangrove plant or two.

Nice! I love DIY builds! I have a 40g breeder and just throw a bag in the sump. My sump is a 20g tall too. You don't have much sump space so if you're going to use a reactor I'd recommend one for gfo, which needs to tumble more than carbon IMO. I actually took my gfo reactor offline after starting with nopox Carbon dosing. I wouldn't do it on a brand new tank though. Mine is 6 mos. old. Check out my build thread in my signature if you like. It has a ton of info, plus a ton of mistakes hopefully you can avoid! Feel free to ask any questions you might have and look forward to watching your build!

 

[NewbsReef]

Nice! I love DIY builds! I have a 40g breeder and just throw a bag in the sump. My sump is a 20g tall too. You don't have much sump space so if you're going to use a reactor I'd recommend one for gfo, which needs to tumble more than carbon IMO. I actually took my gfo reactor offline after starting with nopox Carbon dosing. I wouldn't do it on a brand new tank though. Mine is 6 mos. old. Check out my build thread in my signature if you like. It has a ton of info, plus a ton of mistakes hopefully you can avoid! Feel free to ask any questions you might have and look forward to watching your build!

Thanks for the quick response and I'll be taking a look at your build! It's an idea being tossed around right now. Im defiantly going to let the tank do its thing for awhile before i do anything. The only thing that's gonna stress me out is transferring everything from the cube to the new tank.

 

[glb]

Thanks for the quick response and I'll be taking a look at your build! It's an idea being tossed around right now. Im defiantly going to let the tank do its thing for awhile before i do anything. The only thing that's gonna stress me out is transferring everything from the cube to the new tank.

That would stress me out too. I would put up a post asking about that and read up. Lots of people upgrade and you're sure to get some good tips.

 

[NewbsReef]

That would stress me out too. I would put up a post asking about that and read up. Lots of people upgrade and you're sure to get some good tips.

My plan is to start picking brains here shortly about this whole process. I'm going to start up abuild thread here shortly and that's when all the questions will be asked.