Canister filter as phosban reactor

[Henny]

I thought I saw a thread on this before but I can't seem to find it. What do you guys think about using an old canister filter as a phosban reactor? I have a Ehiem Professional II 2028 model that is just collecting dust and I thought I could use it to run carbon, phosban and any other media I could fit in there.

[alton]

I would think the water flow would be too high for the Phosban?

[Fish4life]

ALTON, Right on. Unless you place a ball valve on the inlet your going to turn your media into liquid. Not good......


Cheers,

Kurt

[ErikH]

Henny, you could pack it with carbon in between some filter floss. Phosban as stated needs extremely low flow.....

[Henny]

Ok thanks, just want I needed to know

[SoLiD]

Couldn't you just put both carbon and phosban in filter socks. Aslo put some filter pads and add a ball valve to bring to flow down to about 100GPH. How slow does it have to be because I've never had any problems???

[bimmerzs]

The phosban needs ~50gph maybe less. You adjust it so the top 1" just tumbles when using a reactor, my effluent comes out as just a trickle when it's tumbles. Having both types of media together is not recommended as the useful life differs between the two. Carbon is pretty much spent after 2-4 weeks(debatable) where some phosban media last for 2-3 months.

Cheers,

[SoLiD]

Good to know. Thanks