bio pellets on my 30nano with sump/refugium

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i have a huge bio-load on my 30 gal tank. cheato in the fuge couldnt keep up with the nutrients. i decided to give bio-pellets a try.

i ordered an extra tlf 150 reactor with a via aqua 480 pump (200gph) and 200ml of tlf npx bio-pellets. u must take out the foam and use plastic screens.

it a good idea on an established system to start with smaller amounts of pellets. 200ml will treat 50gal. i started with 50ml. the pump is set for full flow.

when i started about 3 days ago my nitrate was about 7 and phos was .07(little high) . i was running a phosban and carbon in a phosban reactor until i started the pellets.

instead of carbon im using seachem purgien now.

my skimmer since i added the pellets has not produced any skimmate, i guess this common for a few days.

it is a good idea to use a bacteria additive to jump start the pellets, so i added some microbacter7. i will add once a week.

last night i tested parameters again. nitrate fell to 2 but phosphate remained at .07.

i have not really noticed any changes with my corals yet.

i still plan to do 5gal water changes every 2 weeks.

i will do weekly updates.
 
Like I said, lots of people are saying that phos sometimes needs to be controlled with other means.

Is the skimmer working yet?

Any signs of bacterial colonies or red slime?

Good to hear about the nitrates, looking forward to hearing about this thread in the long run.
 
Like I said, lots of people are saying that phos sometimes needs to be controlled with other means.

ive heard that also. i just want to see if the pellets can lower it on its own.

Is the skimmer working yet?

nope


Any signs of bacterial colonies or red slime?

not yet.

Good to hear about the nitrates, looking forward to hearing about this thread in the long run.
 
update.

nitrates still at 2. phos dropped to .06 . water was slightly cloudy 2 nights ago but cleared up today. no water changes yet. still not running phos media.
 
the ph seems to be steadily dropping even though im aerating. i recalibrated my probe just to make sure. before i started the pellets ph never dropped below 8.0. last night it was down to 7.85. in hoping the extra skimmer im adding will help raise it some.

alk still around 8 kkh.

nitrate still at 2ppm . phos dropped to .05
 
Are you sure the purigen isn't removing nitrate?
 
I run bio pellets in my 90 gallon reef. I don't use anything else other than carbon. I can not get any nitrates or phosphates to read on my test kits. I tank has been set-up and running for about 6 months now with no issues.
 
ive found that i cant rely on liquid test kits. my salfert kits have read 0 for a while. now i use hanna meters for nitrate, phosphate and alkalinity. much more accurate.
 
Cliff519;5079382; said:
I run bio pellets in my 90 gallon reef. I don't use anything else other than carbon. I can not get any nitrates or phosphates to read on my test kits. I tank has been set-up and running for about 6 months now with no issues.
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Did you run them from start up? I think that helps a lot.
 
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