Well I did it

[ieGlenn_2316]

keep us informed chris as id like to know how it turns out. i have battled high nitrates for a very long time. and want to win the war....

 

[gumbii]

i used to dose vinegar with kalk... also the same thing...

 

[smalltime]

I really like the idea of the recirculating pellet reactor. Your able to control water flow through the reactor.Downside to pellets is you have to run po4 remover also

riverview great pictures!

 

[El Dude]

Anyone just throw gfo in with the bio pellets? I know you would have to replace the gfo before the pellets...but I just thought I'd ask.
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[jbaeza83]

Anyone just throw gfo in with the bio pellets? I know you would have to replace the gfo before the pellets...but I just thought I'd ask.
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in the same reactor? I would think the pellets would crush the gfo to powder if in the same reactor. I've read that you should still run gfo in a separate reactor along with pellets but its just what ive read, no experience with pellets.

 

[El Dude]

in the same reactor? I would think the pellets would crush the gfo to powder if in the same reactor. I've read that you should still run gfo in a separate reactor along with pellets but its just what ive read, no experience with pellets.

Hmmm...never thought about gfo getting crushed...thank goodness I asked huh? Yeah I READ that you should still run gfo with pellets, just not the separate reactor part...hence my question.

 

[wickedfish]

Gfo needs a small stir almost a poach if you will. While pellets occupy a rolling boil. Gfo gets exhausted and pellets get sheared of their bacteria.

Can't be run together successfully.

 

[OCReefMadness]

Jasper.

I know where do u live. Nice SPS!

Heres a couple older pix of my tank with pellets View attachment 10927 View attachment 10928

 

[pgr11]

Well it's online now. I was able to get some pellets that have been running in a system for a few months. I added a few new pellets and let her rip. This thing tumbles like crazy. Wish I knew how to upload video. So i'm off to the races

 

[OCReefMadness]

Where did you buy this reactor?

 

[pgr11]

Bought it from Jason at Tropical Reef Fish Store. He also hooked me up with the pellets that hes been running in his system.

 

[El Dude]

Yeah Jason always has the sexiest looking reactors...

 

[frodaddy]

Nice to see you saved the Vodka for the Redbulls not the tank !!!! Cant wait to see it do wonders on your tank like it has for Jason ...

 

[pgr11]

Nice to see you saved the Vodka for the Redbulls not the tank !!!! Cant wait to see it do wonders on your tank like it has for Jason ...

Me too. When are you gonna drag you UE butt up here and check out the tank

 

[frodaddy]

Hmmmm .... Good question !!! Maybe the next time im up there to discharge some firearms out in the desert I can make the stop by and have a beer next to it ..

 

[pgr11]

So the bp have been running for a week now and no ill effects. Curious Estaban how long did it take for you to start seeing your corals going south?

 

[wickedfish]

So the bp have been running for a week now and no ill effects. Curious Estaban how long did it take for you to start seeing your corals going south?

2 week mark I started seeing slow tissue necrosis from the sides and bases. First to go were the wild pieces. Look for burn on tips. Or maybe you get lucky and it works out like I hope it does. Still don't see any benefits from BP that vodka can't do. My vodka is on a doser for the past 3 months no issues.

The entire tale of 0 & 0 is bull crap. Corals in the wild are around some nitrate and phosphate or else they starve. Feed people, or in the words of "Jesse coral finder Soto" "I over feed and over skim I call it over reacting." Or something like that.

That is where I'm at, and the balance works. Feed heavy, skim well and add plenty of phosphate remover for the extra goodness. My goal is to have my corals grow large enough to take the skimmer completely off line.

 

[pgr11]

2 weeks down and no major ill effects. I added a half cup of pellets last night and will wait another 2 weeks before I add anymore. I did notice that I started to grow some gha and cyano in my sump and a little gha on one of my return flow accelerator. It wasn't much so I decided to just wait and see what happened. After a few days the cyano is gone now and the gha is just a tiny spot. I will remove it manually later today when I clean the inside of the acrylic. So really nothing major to report but in reality that's a good thing. If I can slowly get the pellets to start working I can a kid a plate of coral. Oh yeah I have also noticed the skim from the Skimmer is much much darker and smells way worse and seems thicker and nastier.

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[El Dude]

Great to hear! What are your nitrates at?

 

[pgr11]

Great to hear! What are your nitrates at?

Nitrates are still high but falling. They are around 30 and looking like they are inching toward 20. This is good though they were north of 40 before. I just measured this morning. I'm also going to do 40gal wc today.

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