biopellet question

[tropicaltrav]

hey guys i have a question about biopellets.. when u get an algae bloom with these, does that mean that you need to change the pellets? or is that just the start of the biopellet cycle and that in a few more weeks all the algae will start to disappear?

 

[turbonut]

Ive never got any kind of bloom with bp. Did you discontinue the use of your gfo when you put your bp online? If you even run gfo. But if you did that was a no no. What kind of flow do you have running thru the pellets?

 

[salort]

I didnt get any hair algae when I set up my BP either. Most important thing to remember is the hose exiting your reactor should be as close to ur skimmers pump as possible.

 

[Ocegueda 79]

I never had a problem with the..I run Ecobock I started with a slow tumble & I ran a T to the intake pump to my skimmer..

 

[Emac909]

The whole time I ran pellets I fought hair algae. I even starved my sps to death and still had hair algae. Befor pellets I had never had GHA. At the end of my tanks live I was going through $100 a month in GFO fighting phosphates. My RO/DI was good and read 0 Po4. But my tank was constantly at 0.08 PO4. I was running a skimmer that was over rated by a 100 gallons. The only thing that ever helped my fight GHA was a product by Red Sea called NO3-PO4:X or nopox (for short).

 

[riverview]

I ran into the gha on my rocks not sure why but i let it run its course and a few weeks all was gone .
mine might of been i had marco rocks and there known to carry p04.
I no others who had the same thing at the begining.

 

[tropicaltrav]

i just started using gfo after i took off my pellets because of the algae but sounds like i screwed up and should have left the BP on and the algae would have gone away on its own?

 

[riverview]

yes bio pellets and gfo on line

 

[tropicaltrav]

yes bio pellets and gfo on line

so i should run both?

 

[smalltime]

so i should run both?

Run gfo also. Pellets do remove po4 but mainly no3

 

[SchnitzelReef]

If you had an algae bloom it was because you added too many BPs at once. BPs are a carbon source for bacteria. You need to find the balance where the algae can grow, but not take over. That really bad algae bloom can wipe out your tank, if the algae grows really quickly it will suck out all the oxygen from your water. I did the same thing with vodka once. In the morning i had a few dead shrimp and my fish did not look happy. I dont know why so many people LOVE BPs, just run vodka. Its safer and easier IMO...Plus it literally does the EXACT same thing.

 

[lowbudget]

"what you say?"

If you had an algae bloom it was because you added too many BPs at once. BPs are a carbon source for bacteria. You need to find the balance where the algae can grow, but not take over. That really bad algae bloom can wipe out your tank, if the algae grows really quickly it will suck out all the oxygen from your water. I did the same thing with vodka once. In the morning i had a few dead shrimp and my fish did not look happy. I dont know why so many people LOVE BPs, just run vodka. Its safer and easier IMO...Plus it literally does the EXACT same thing.

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Uh oh. You mad?? Lol


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[lowbudget]

Algae suck o2? Didn't know that

 

[Ocegueda 79]

I run rowa phos & I had my mag 1500 and that help a lot with the algae..I paid the extra.. but I had switch to a cheaper media & my algae started to come back so I switched back to rowa..also I just found out running cheap bulbs will grow algae..I save $$ by getting my stuff from marinedepo I hope this help.