Mixing GFO and Carbon

[polarbear]

So since I moved my refugium under the tank I have lessroom to put everything. I was wondering if anyone here mixes their GFO andCarbon together into one reactor. I read and saw some videos online that saymixing them together is not a bad idea. The only issue comes from changing outthe media. Since GFO last longer than carbon you will have to switch both outat the same time wasting some of the GFO life. Also it was said that the GFOdoes not need to tumble and that the only reason this is done is to prevent itfrom clumping all together. From what I read and saw the mixing of the 2 willprevent this from happening since the carbon will keep the gfo from stickingtogether. They advised to not let the media tumble if running them togetherbecause the carbon will grind down the gfo.

What are some thoughts on this issue? I would love to just run one reactor onmy tank if possible.

[LuckySingh]

i done em with no issues . u can also use carbon in media bag in this way changing is no issue

[Kristy]

I wonder if you could put one of them in those little media bags (but throw it into the same reactor) to keep them separate so that you could replace them at different intervals? That would also prevent the carbon grinding down the GFO. Just thinking out loud here...

[Kristy]

Ha, what Lucky said! I posted too slow.

[polarbear]

That's a good idea.

[aceer15]

I wonder if you could put one of them in those little media bags (but throw it into the same reactor) to keep them separate so that you could replace them at different intervals? That would also prevent the carbon grinding down the GFO. Just thinking out loud here...

This is what I do. I put my gfo down low and my carbon up high in a media bag between 2 sponges. This way I can change out carbon without gfo; changing out gfo every 2 weeks gets expensive


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[Big_Pun]

I've tried it and the gfo clumps and clogs and flow gets reduced. this also stress's the pump also


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