Running carbon + GFH in a 2 little fish phosban reactor

[gogol]

I want to run a reactor in a fuge, but I have space for only one reactor there.
I was wondering if I can have half of it filled with GFH with the top half running carbon between two separators ? I would encase the carbon half with filter sock to prevent mixing and for easy replacements.

Please let me know if this would work.

 

[depitch039]

Is your "fuge" also the sump or are they separate??

I run carbon and GFO in separate reactors but both can be run in one reactor, just understand that GFO works better at low flow rates, about 60-100GPH.

If your sump is separate from fuge run the media in the sump.

I use a small skimmer on the outflow section of my fuge to filter water from the fuge connected to my 125 gallon tank.

On my 90 gallon tank I use carbon and GFO in separate reactors,no space for a fuge,the carbon runs at 200GPH the GFO at 80GPH.

HTH

 

[JRWOHLER]

I posted a very similar question in the group buy question section. Will tag along here.

OK I am going to ask a semi-newbie question. In the past I have run carbon in my fresh water tanks, Phosban in my salt water tanks, until this year in my nano I used a media bag to help out with filtration. I now have a TLF reactor and am debating on which to run. I currently am using a Seachem SeaGel which is a mix. I understand the downside of mixing them is the carbon does not have the lifespan of the Phosbon media. Are there any other downsides to runnging them together? Could I put a barrier between them so I could change the carbon more frequently? If you could only run one or the other which would you pick?