phosphate reactor ?

I was looking at phosphate reactors. There doesnt seem to be a whole lot to them.
My question is would there be any advantage to running carbon in the same way? if so would it be possible to build a dual chamber reactor for carbon and phosphate remover?
Do you think it is really benificail to have one or would you do just as well to get a regular power filter and run it on your sump with either carbon phos remover or both?

Bruce, I've been thinking of a phosphate reactor also.  Where have you found any?

P.S. edit changed remover to reactor.

Edited by rstruhs

Jon/Bruce,

AC would be just fine in a fluidized bed or media vessel. You'll have some powdering initially, but it'll settle just fine. I prefer coconut shell for metals removal, bit for the application the adsorption should be fairly equal.

Just remember, the more media the better with AC. Looking at that little reactor, you may want to use a larger canister filter because that's all it really is anyway. It would be better to use a multiple pass (polishing) system where you are cycling water through the media faster than you are discharging the filtrate. In other words, as an example have a 300 gph pump cycling water through the media but only discharging 50 gph.

Edited by Carl

Can't you just use an old canister filter and take out the foam or other media?

have you guys seen the one made by two little fishes for the phosban its only $35 bucks?

Algae is an excellent phosphate user and when harvested, it removes that phosphate from the system. I turn on the Algae scrubber/Refugium lights 24/7 for a week to remove more phosphate and other nutrients. I rarely need to remove more phosphate than the algae is using. It's when someone has an algae bloom that I ask them to put some Activated Alumina in a mesh bag near a good water flow. This is simple and does the job.

Is there any reason why I shouldn't mix phosban and AC in the same fluidized bed?