Tiny GFO Carbon Reactor?

[Big Mistake]

I would like to add a "reactor" to my 10 gallon Waterbox tank.

I have taken a small pump, added a section of tubing, put some GFO in the tubing, added filter material to both ends, and let it run in the tank.

I doubt that bags of GFO/carbon/etc really help much due only the surface having contact with the water.

Putting GFL/carbon/etc into the filter sock ... is less than desirable too.

Sort of looked for a tiny "pump filter" on Amazon.

Any other ideas?

Maybe a 3D printer to print a tiny reactor?

Now that would be a ...

-Big Mistake

 

[wculver]

I would like to add a "reactor" to my 10 gallon Waterbox tank.

I have taken a small pump, added a section of tubing, put some GFO in the tubing, added filter material to both ends, and let it run in the tank.

I doubt that bags of GFO/carbon/etc really help much due only the surface having contact with the water.

Putting GFL/carbon/etc into the filter sock ... is less than desirable too.

Sort of looked for a tiny "pump filter" on Amazon.

Any other ideas?

Maybe a 3D printer to print a tiny reactor?

Now that would be a ...

-Big Mistake

With some successive water changes you could quickly lower Phosphate levels. With 10 gallons it may well be worth managing the challenge that way.

If you do run GFO in 10 gallons you'd really need only a small amount to reduce Phsophate. I'm not all that familiar with waterbox setup so I'll make a suggestion based on how I manage.

Instead of a GFO reactor (I already run a carbon reactor) I just use a media bag. That bag is placed in the incoming sump flow where the water is made to filter through the media and the bag. Originally I had placed the bag just in the water column where the water would indirectly move through the bag but I found that wasn't effective. At any rate, if the waterbox setup has a place you could place a small amount of GFO in a flow area that perhaps could be a low cost option for you.

 

[hoardingcorals]

If you are looking for something off the shelf then I think the smallest reactor would be the Innovative Marine MiniMax Reactor. I haven't tried the updated version, but the original version worked well.

 

[BaliReefBox]

I made one out of a water filter housing. I put a small 12v dc pump straight into the bottom and it runs off a 12vdc power supply, like a cctv supply. I have put a piece of sponge then gfo then carbon and repeated until the desired level is reached then another sponge. I am running 65 grams of gfo atm and it drops the PO4 by a few ppm daily. I will be upping the gfo at the end of the month when I change the gfo and carbon to reduce it more. It work really well and you can source a smaller housing I am sure.

 

[BaliReefBox]

forgot to mention if there is no room in the aio sump they sell a mounting bracket so you could mount the canister like a HOB and have the pump and return in the sump. the rodi water fitting are great for this

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

U could prob make one out of pvc but it wouldn't be see through.
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[homer1475]

BRS mini with a mj1200 pump(although I think they sell them with a sicce pump now).

Roughly $80 with a pump.

Used it on my biocube ooh so many years ago, and still use it today on my 80G.

 

[Big Mistake]

Well ... the extra pump raised the tank temperature 2 degrees from 78 to 80 and the corals seemed not to like that.

I had thought about a small hang on filter but size matters.

When I set this tank up thought hard about drilling it so I could do continuous water changes.

There are cheap 2 channel dosing pumps on Amazon for $60 so just two 5-gallon buckets.

I still wonder if bare bottom is the problem. Something about an O2 depleted sand layer.

Keep thinking adding sand, CaribSea Ocean Direct.

I added some Tuxedo Urchins ... claimed they eat algae ... only eat Coraline Algae best I can tell.

I don't think a 1.5 inch Lawnmower Blenny is going to help. Probably only eats brine shrimp.

Tank is fishless and the Anemone gets feed every two weeks or so very little nutrient input.

This algae issue came in with a purchase.

So the Hanna Ultra Low Phosphate meter is claiming 0.00 down from 0.09 eight days ago and 0.07 four days ago. So maybe a day of the "reactor" running worked.

Might be in Florida, guess some sand and water will be an experiment.

End up introducing the creature from the Black Lagoon and that would be a ...

-Big Mistake

 

[Saltyanimals]

In a 10G I wouldn't even mess with a reactor unless you can't seem to control it with a media bag. Much less to deal with and can't imagine a huge nutrition problem in a 10 with the limited # of fish likely in it.

However reactors are "fun" if that's part of the intent to tinker. I like to K.I.S.S. where ever possible