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Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 5:35 pm
by KrazyPlace
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!
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 6:41 pm
by Brandon
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?
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 6:56 am
by ShagMan
Muwahahahahaha, it's been sealed for eternity!
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:49 pm
by KrazyPlace
Yep... it's sealed for good. I plan on pain sakenly pulling the sand out and inserting carbon 1 granule at a time.
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:58 pm
by Scott
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?
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:13 pm
by KrazyPlace
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?
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:46 am
by reeferpuffer
can we still get the hydroxide?
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:15 pm
by KrazyPlace
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.
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 2:21 am
by reeferpuffer
may hit you up on that for store use