Biopellets vs gfo$ carbon or just fire em all up....

[newtothis]

Hey guys, I'm currently running pellets and have already plumbed in gfo& carbon. Haven't turned it on yet. Want to hear your input as to yah or nay or just fire em all on. So let's Hear it...

 

[pgr11]

I'd leave the gfo offline for now. The pellets need phosphate to feed off of

 

[standaman4]

Following cause I've been thinking about all these as well

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[h0ndap0w3r]

Pellets eat more nitrate then phosphate... let them mature before adding gfo if needed... csrbon can be ran and is thr combo that I use.

pellets and carbon

 

[newtothis]

Pellets eat more nitrate then phosphate... let them mature before adding gfo if needed... csrbon can be ran and is thr combo that I use.

pellets and carbon

Hey kyle, ill try this once I get some corals in...got any frags

 

[h0ndap0w3r]

Add the pellets and all that before any coral....they maynhave a negative reaction if done while their in the tank....

frags...not currently dealing with some issues...haha

 

[newtothis]

Ill get em online tomorrow

 

[phish96]

I would start with the pellets first. At least that's what I did. The tank is doing well and I added this while my livestock/corals were already in. I'm still dosing microbac7 every week and this week will be my 4th and last week doing so.

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[Usingthejohn]

How would you start biopellets if you already have a tank running gfo/carbon?

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[mark.a.smith405]

I started my pellets when I was already using GFO. I added carbon right when I started bio pellets because I wanted my levels to drop before my pellets started to strip the system. This way there would be less of a drop in nitrate / phosphate when the pellets kick in. I also started with a low low dose of pellets.

 

[newtothis]

I would start with the pellets first. At least that's what I did. The tank is doing well and I added this while my livestock/corals were already in. I'm still dosing microbac7 every week and this week will be my 4th and last week doing so.

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What does microbac actually do? Does it really work..or just let the pellets runs it course. What I have tumbling is to me very little (3 lid full). Where would you dose the microbac?

 

[newtothis]

How would you start biopellets if you already have a tank running gfo/carbon?

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Well from evryones input..I guess you start very little of the pellets. Take the gfo ofline until needed...

 

[newtothis]

Chris, you want to chime in on this one

 

[JasonG]

It's like that bactiv8 was telling u about, its heterotrophic bac that lives on the pellets, just pour it in high flow area and shut skimmer off for three hours. Helps seed pellets with bacteria

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[JasonG]

My pellets started working about 2 weeks in last time I dosed it, nor sure if that's why but what I did worked for me last time so I'm doing it again on my new set up

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[h0ndap0w3r]

Well from evryones input..I guess you start very little of the pellets. Take the gfo ofline until needed...

If theres nothing in thr tank...I say goto town...nothing to hurt....if u already have coral in the tank take it slow and bump itnup every week.

 

[phish96]

It's like that bactiv8 was telling u about, its heterotrophic bac that lives on the pellets, just pour it in high flow area and shut skimmer off for three hours. Helps seed pellets with bacteria

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like he said but from what I understand pellets is similar to carbon/vodka dosing. I just think of it as supplementing the bacteria giving you a stronger population. Any excess bacteria which you will have needs to be skimmed off, that's why I point the outflow back to my skimmer section. Some people actually go as far as directly plumbing the outflow directly to the skimmer's inlet. I also use matrix (2 liters) to again help house more bacteria. Chaeto to eat up the remaining phos & activated charcoal to further clean up the water.

 

[Reef Finders]

I use NPX Biopellets, they work great. no issues.

 

[hellbent1937]

I run all 3 lol. nitrates are 0 and phos is usually under .05ppm

 

[watchguy123]

What does a carbon reactor have to do with biopellets. Carbon deals with chemo tactic factors and yellow stuff in the water. Biopellets or carbon dosing relate to nitrate and phosphate removal.