Calling DIY kings!!!

[Lil BamBam]

Can someone list me the parts needed to make an recirculating bio pellet reactor using a 150 TLF? This guy is talking but I don't understand...lol!!

The video below is an example of one running

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anAvasyQ2PQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[FishBeard]

No more biopellets for u!

 

[Lil BamBam]

No more biopellets for u!

No, but this crazy DIY has me going crazy and trying to figure out what he used..

IMO, this is the way a bio pellet should function...

We must not have DIY kings.... How about Master

 

[Tank2379]

Skunkmere is the King of DIY... Maybe he can chime in and he'll let you pick his brain

 

[jfuka78]

Easy answer, get a bigger skimmer. Then throw the pellets out

 

[Lil BamBam]

I love brains!!

 

[Tank2379]

Easy answer, get a bigger skimmer. Then throw the pellets out

That works too... lol

 

[CoralCompulsion]

Not exactly sure what he has going on there, but for both of my TLF pellet reactors, all I did was remove the short top plate inside, flip the long tube over, put a mesh screen over the red plate, and a short piece of clear tube inside to connect the long rigid tube with the plate to the inlet on top. Then put a MJ1200 on the inlet, and you're good to go. My pellets tumble like crazy.

Here is a similar mod, although mine doesn't ruin any of the parts, so you can use them later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh7LZExaMrA

 

[Lil BamBam]

Not exactly sure what he has going on there, but for both of my TLF pellet reactors, all I did was remove the short top plate inside, flip the long tube over, put a mesh screen over the red plate, and a short piece of clear tube inside to connect the long rigid tube with the plate to the inlet on top. Then put a MJ1200 on the inlet, and you're good to go. My pellets tumble like crazy.

Yeah, that way works also.. But I'm trying to control the flow out..

 

[EricTheRed]

Easy answer, get a bigger skimmer. Then throw the pellets out

THE single best thing I've done with my tank !!

 

[EricTheRed]

Although, I must say, I love the pellets in my fowler. Some pellets + GAC + GFO + good skimmer = NO WC's

 

[Lil BamBam]

THE single best thing I've done with my tank !!

You sold the G1?

 

[Tank2379]

He's a G

 

[EricTheRed]

You sold the G1?

Nope, used it for about a month then boxed it up for safekeeping. It is an excellent reactor!

Still running the G2 on my fowlr.

 

[William Lutman]

So all he is doing is looping water with his MJ. Pellets should tumble slow, I would run MJ400 or MJ600 to make the loop. I would feed this with MJ400 and put valve on output for flow.

 

[lysy85reef]

i have one made it myself work awsome but not really need for it
i can adjust flow thru the reactor without effecting tumbling of bio palets , so i can adjust how fast nitrates can be pulled out of the system

 

[lysy85reef]

i used quietone 1200 i think

 

[lysy85reef]

top view

 

[RedDevil.258]

Kinda like a calcium reactor? Tumble rate stays the same but you adjust the output/effluent? I like it!

 

[skunkmere]

the best mod is to use vinegar with a doser. 3 bucks a gallon for vingar, you can meter it, use it to clean pumps, and make a great cucumber salad.
2 cucumbers
1 small red onion
1 1/2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons dried dill