Sue are you sure its the large media?
You said its deltec media that you have had for a while,that would make me suspect it is the regular rowalith media.
Deltec does now offer a large media but it is not available in many places,primarily only available from D+D,i'm pretty sure it has not been available that long .
Also the media deltec recommends for their reactors is not the large media,they recommend the smaller grade media as the deltec reactor is a fluidised bed type(and thats what causes all the problems with them clogging)
When greg said large media i think he was implying the schuran style media.
Did you rinse the media thoroughly before adding it to the reactor to remove the dust?
it could be that dust from the media got into the impeller shaft housing and caused it to lock up.