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07/15/2016, 01:21 PM | #1 |
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How do you load your MR5?
So, I received my 2 MR5s about a week ago, and just got around to hooking them up. The look great. I got the pre-assembled versions (I'm lazy), and I am very happy with the quality of build and everything was exactly how I ordered.
I routed some water off of my return pump because it has plenty of power. I routed all of the tubing (barb fittings make me nervous, but it is what it is). I turned back on my return pump, and got ready to load them up. This is where I ran into an issue. Maybe I'm just a complete moron, but I couldn't get the material to stay where it should at all. So, here is how I did it. Please help me understand where I went wrong, or maybe that there is a better way? -Unhooked the tubing using the screw-on fittitng, which means I could then take the whole unit out of my cabinet -Pulled the top off, leaving the tubing in the tube -Put 1 sponge about 6" down the from the top and made it as even as possible (I left the screens out because of the type of material I am using) -Plugged the middle tube with something I had lying around (by the way, the instructions say to use the cap located on the base to cover, but that didn't seem to exist, unless I missed something) -Poured my material in Most of the material immediately fell through along the outside edges of the sponge into the bottom of the reactor. As soon as I touched it, pretty much all of the rest fell through. The material I'm using is ROX 0.8 Carbon and High Capacity GFO from BRS. I'm also concerned that whenever I change out the media I'm going to have the same issue. I'm hoping someone has a good fix for this, or can just tell me what I'm doing wrong... Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
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07/18/2016, 09:52 AM | #2 |
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The only setup error was that the foam disk should be pushed all the way to the bottom before adding the media. That will prevent the "fall through the edges".
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07/29/2016, 02:33 PM | #3 |
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Forgot to give an update here. I did as Dan suggested, and both reactors are running beautifully now. My only regret is that I didn't buy these when I originally set up the tank so that I could have hard-plumbed them. Very happy with the Avast reactor. My next purchase will probably be a Pegleg, as I have never been very happy with my current skimmer.
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08/26/2016, 05:04 PM | #4 |
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do you have pics of your reactors setup?
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