Which CO2 reactor?

[djlen]

I have no experience with them, but use a FilStar and am very happy with it. It's much more reasonable than the Eheims.
For price I haven't seen better prices than www.bigalsonline.com
I bought my FilStar there. They also give you the flow rates on all their cannisters and if you call will assist you with a choice of size for your tank.
I agree with Tom's assessment of 2 filters rather than one for your size tank. One thing cannisters will do unless you provide an interior water mover(small power head) is give you dead spots. For a tank your size rather than one large, I'd consider two smaller ones, one on each end.
I'm good at spending your money, huh?

Len

 

[plantbrain]

Any of the three companies are good IMO/IME.
You get more flow out of Rena and the Via Aqua and about the same media holding capacity. Similar baskets, they sell extra sponge so you can use nothing but sponge and bio media etc.

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[carpguy]

aquaticscapes.com is an entirely different site from aquaticscape.com.

Just to try a second go at that link…

DIY Reactor

It costs more than $10 unless you've got a bunch of the parts lying around, but it works great.

 

[Robert H]

You are talking about the mini vortex reactor. This was designed for small tanks. Bill actually designed it at my request.

It was really designed for very small tanks, 6 gallon and up. He figures the maximum it can handle is 30 gallons. The regular power reactor from Plant guild is larger and does better in larger aquariums. It can handle your size tank just fine.