Fluidized Bed... Carbon and Ferric Hydroxide

KrazyPlace · Post by **KrazyPlace** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 5:35 pm

I bought the $31 FB off of eBay. I can't take the top off!

The sand material inside is preloaded and the top is glued... So I have about a 1/4" hole to try to get the sand out and the carbon or ferric hydroxide in.

Look on the bright side... it won't leak!

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 6:41 pm

Ouch.. Well that sucks!
Wonder if you could retrofit a cap of some sort maybe use a neoprene washer or an o-ring to seal it?

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 6:56 am

Muwahahahahaha, it's been sealed for eternity!

KrazyPlace · Post by **KrazyPlace** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:49 pm

Yep... it's sealed for good. I plan on pain sakenly pulling the sand out and inserting carbon 1 granule at a time.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:58 pm

Man, that sucks. I would have thought that they would have screw on lids or a port to change out the media. Can you drill a 3/8-1/2 inch hole in the top and tap it so that you can screw in a threaded plug?

KrazyPlace · Post by **KrazyPlace** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:13 pm

I'm going to wait and see how 'painful' it is to use this little hole. Then I'll start drilling and messing it up.

For $31 what did I expect?

reeferpuffer · Post by **reeferpuffer** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:46 am

can we still get the hydroxide?

KrazyPlace · Post by **KrazyPlace** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:15 pm

I can still get Ferric Hydroxide... there is a minimum order though, so check out this thread: http://www.mbrk.com/viewtopic.php?t=1130

By the way... the Ferric Hydroxide fit nicely in the fluidized bed and so did the granular activated carbon! Not bad for a cheap system.

reeferpuffer · Post by **reeferpuffer** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 2:21 am

may hit you up on that for store use