Reef Addicts - Comments

Mits - 07-13-2011 08:50 PM

Yeah, right when I was giving up on the Phosban reactor I started seeing articles about pellet reactors hitting the market.

melev - 07-12-2011 10:45 PM

That's because that isn't the right reactor for NP pellets. You want a reactor designed to fluidize pellets.

Mits - 07-12-2011 09:31 PM

Tumbling was always my problem with pellets. I could barely get them to move in a Phosban reactor 150 with a Maxijet 1200.

melev - 07-12-2011 03:27 PM

Checked the packaging of the BioSpheres and it says "keep them simmering" so that isn't exactly tumbling. I'll get a new reactor next week to install them on my system.

matt_longview - 07-12-2011 02:55 PM

Marc this is a question about your comment more than the situation. So considering biospheres don't need to tumble, what's the optimal gph to send around them? If it can be low enough, biospheres may be an excellent alternative for picos and nanos that don't need hundreds of gph heading through a reactor.

melev - 07-12-2011 02:37 PM

I was told BioSpheres don't have to tumble. Vertex do. So... the need for another reactor.

FlammySnake - 07-12-2011 02:17 PM

I've actually tried mixing different pellets(tlf and vertex) and found the tlf pellets didn't get air bubbles attaching, hardly floated, and didnt clump, the vertex however did the exact opposite.

melev - 07-12-2011 01:27 PM

Biopellets should get rid of both, but you can use Phosphate Control (or Phosphate Rx) to turn them to a solid and export the stuff via your skimmer. Biopellets take a few weeks to populate with bacteria, so I don't know that waiting to put them online is a good plan.

I just got in some new BioSpheres from Reef Octopus to try out, and they recommended I keep my current pellets online, and run these as well then at 3 weeks, turn mine off.

FlammySnake - 07-12-2011 01:08 PM

The cyano has only been around for the past few months, and it leaving coincided with the biopellets being taken off line for a few weeks. During said time, nitrate was stable. And with my 20 gallon a week water changes, roughly once a month the entire volume of water has been exchanged. With the nitrate gone, I would really like to eliminate phosphate from the system before restarting the biopellets.

melev - 07-12-2011 01:00 AM

If you run biopellets, don't use GFO. Why would you stop using biopellets now that the NO3 is zero? I run them and love that my PO4 and NO3 continue to read zero month after month after month. I don't have to worry about overfeeding my tank, ever. Macro algae grows well, yet no nuisance algae in my reef.

For cyano, I would run Chemi-Clean. Siphon out all you can before treating the tank, then dose it and let it kill the stuff. Your skimmer will pull out all kinds of nastiness 72 to 84 hours later. http://www.reefaddicts.com/content.p...-get-rid-of-it

melev - 07-10-2011 07:30 PM

Well Snake, you may fit right in with that personality. We'll have to see.

melev - 07-10-2011 07:26 PM

I like your goal. Let's see it happen.

Hat39406 - 07-10-2011 06:35 PM

I had Cyano for a while and then I used Chemi-Clean. I highly recommend Chemi-Clean. I don't have a trace of Cyano now. Just be sure to follow the directions.

cyano - 07-10-2011 06:01 PM

we have never battled kind sir, but I assure I am a hard adversary to conquer! lol anyway yeah that is a hard fight to win I just got over it about a month and a half ago myself after a 6 month battle and I am sure I will be battling it out again since relocating my tank

matt_longview - 07-10-2011 09:50 AM

First rule of reef club, don't talk about the price of reef club.

a whiff of grapeshot - 07-10-2011 02:15 AM

"I believe we just had a near-life-experience!"
I also am battling cyano. This website has been good to me with all my problems...its been the worst thing thats ever happen to me....

a whiff of grapeshot - 07-10-2011 02:08 AM

The first rule of reef club is, you do not talk about undergravel filters.
The second rule of reef club is...

FlammySnake - 07-10-2011 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by melev

What's with the condiments? lol

Well my initial post had a vague fight club reference, so I couldn't help. Once I find a way to amuse myself, unfortunately for those around me it never ends. And, it definately gets people interested, even if for the wrong reasons initially, but I'll take what I can get for my second post with a couple of(what i just realized are also way older than I thought, and crummier) crummy pictures.
I feel like the overall premise of the website gives me some superior level of creativity over the content and feel of my posts, which I quite enjoy, and plan to fully take advantage of! Thanks for making such a great reefing site!