Quite a few people recommended Warner Marine's EcoBak media when it comes to nitrate & phosphate reduction in the aquarium. This was one of the first brands to come to market initially, and for a period it was almost always out of stock. If you've been on the fence, unsure if it is worth the effort, let me assure you that it replaces other choices like vodka dosing... and it does so nicely.
Biopellets need to be run in a specially designed reactor. Two that I've used are by NextReef and by AquaMaxx. These reactors force water to flow strongly through the media, causing it to tumble at all times. Water shouldn't channel or flow through clumped media,
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Marine Depot.com's Ben Ros talks with Marc on camera about some of the stuff going on over there. Of course he couldn't make it through our booth without his fair share of bloopers, so I went ahead and added them in at the end of the interview. Enjoy a company that truly has a good sense of humor.
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In the true deeply-lazy-reefer fashion, I tend to neglect scraping the coralline algae off the glass. It's a pain, my long-handled scraper doesn't have a sharp enough blade, but my short-handled razor scraper isn't long enough to reach the bottom of the tank, and either way I wind up soaked, stabbed by acros, bitten by &%$#@ fish, and probably accidentally fragging stuff along the way. Not a very enjoyable way to spend an evening.
I HAVE FOUND THE ANSWER! AND ITS PRICE TAG WARMS MY CHEAP@$$ SHRIVELED SOUL!
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