Vincerama2
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OK, I stole the idea from another reef board...someone took an old gatorade bottle and basically made a fluidized media filter like this commercial version;
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~SearchSt~magnavore%20simplicity%20chemical%20reactor~action~view~idProduct~MN4111.html
Anyway, after the "BPA is poison" stuff, a coworker abandoned his polycarbonate 1 litre drink bottle. I took it, drilled a hole in the lid, scavanged some PVC pipe and fittings from one of my many many many DIY projects of the past, then drilled a bunch of holes in the lid around the main centre hole and Voila! A ruined drink bottle!
I'm waiting for some glue to dry at the moment but tomorrow I will show the results of my efforts.
Currently I have GFO in a filter bag just sitting in the sump. I'm not sure it's very effective, so I started to look at phosban reactors, but can't get myself to buy something that I could build, even though it is totally ghetto after I've built it. So I hunted for "DIY FLuidized Bed" and found that guys gatorade bottle thing.
Anyway, I'll post pics if it turns out not to suck.
V
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~SearchSt~magnavore%20simplicity%20chemical%20reactor~action~view~idProduct~MN4111.html
Anyway, after the "BPA is poison" stuff, a coworker abandoned his polycarbonate 1 litre drink bottle. I took it, drilled a hole in the lid, scavanged some PVC pipe and fittings from one of my many many many DIY projects of the past, then drilled a bunch of holes in the lid around the main centre hole and Voila! A ruined drink bottle!
I'm waiting for some glue to dry at the moment but tomorrow I will show the results of my efforts.
Currently I have GFO in a filter bag just sitting in the sump. I'm not sure it's very effective, so I started to look at phosban reactors, but can't get myself to buy something that I could build, even though it is totally ghetto after I've built it. So I hunted for "DIY FLuidized Bed" and found that guys gatorade bottle thing.
Anyway, I'll post pics if it turns out not to suck.
V