[bbehring]

I've been running my phosban reactor with rowphos and now phosAR HC. Not sure if it's just the PhosAR HC or not, but my pads seem to clogging up with in 2 to 3 days. I think the phosar HC media might be too small and is working it way into the pad to clog it up? Also the media seems to pack up quickly. The bottom pad with the media on it always rises up in the tube in about 3 days makes it way to the top. I'm running a MJ600 and have valves on the input/output to control the flow. It doesn't really matter what flow rate, the media no longer bubbles but the pads raise even when cleaned and new media put in. I've cleaned them thourghly several times with the same results. Thinking of buying new replacement sponge discs and maybe the regular phosar, not the HC. Any thoughts?

[DEWAYNE]

well, is there any way you can put a pre filter, you know something that will catch the bigger waste, like poly fiber, or anything similar.

[bbehring]

hum, I'll have to give that some thought. My sump has the 3 sections, supply side, fuge in the middle with DSB and cheato, with return section. The return section is where the powerhead for the reactor is placed. I don't quite have enough room to run and maintain a filter sock for the overflow incoming water so I do get a build up of detrius that I have to siphon out every few months. Not sure how I would employ a ploy filter before the reactor pump?