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I just got my cadlights reactor in and it was easy as 1, 2, 3 to setup.
All I did was soak my Dr. Tim's Pearls in RO for about 2 hours, then remove the lid with the thumb screws dump them in, place in sump and place the pvc output towards skimmer. Done/Done, took all of 5 minutes to actually setup.
I emailed cad lights and they assured me that the pellets are fine and if you look at the reef octopus reactors its similar. While the flow looks rough and chaotic it is actually really gentle and pretty slow.