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Quagulator how are you liking that reactor? I have the Ista Turbo and seems to be working decent for me. I did notice that there are bubbles leaving the outlet of my filter.
It's "okay", good for nano tanks but that's about it.
Again, 10 gallon tank with an Eheim 2213, so not very much flow at all.
I can barely get to a 1.0 drop in pH before bubbles are shooting up and out into the tank, the "turbo" wheel thing on the inside does nothing except inhibit flow - it doesn't "chop" up the bubbles at all, it doesn't even spin freely = it's seized up 3/4's of the time blocking even more flow.
The only way I could get it to stop spitting bubbles into the tank was to throttle back the filter after the reactor which increased backpressure and dissolved slightly more gas.
It's a nightmare to prime / purge the air out of for maintenance unless you completely turn it upside down (annoying).
It's quite loud for it's size - lots of sloshing and splashing noises, especially if the filter lets a little burp of air out.
For $20 I got what I was expecting I guess, so I'm not upset about it