Im sure he means IN ADDITION to pellets

I'm only running two reactors and carbon is one thing I never remove. Bag ?

I would put the carbon in a bag (preferably in an area of upward flow) and gfo in the reactor.

I know Kien runs pellets, GFO & carbon all at once. Try to keep it simple, maintain your levels, change out you media on regular intervals & be patient.

I know it's not much for advise but it's the best I have at the moment.

What do you mean 'never remove' Patrick?

Hey pat. You still using water straight from the tap?

If so give it a few tests. Water quality could have changed.


Mike

Is anything happening to your fish or inverts or are they all fine? What type of corals are you losing?

Lots of very experienced reefers there in Edm. Hopefully, someone can help you out and find what might be causing your problem.

Are you still flying? I remember a while back you were concerned with how busy your life was getting.

I heard the same thing Greg. Apparently when Kien tried to run just pellets and carbon he would still get a fairly significant PO4 reading (Hanna checker). He concluded that bioPellets alone were not stripping PO4 fast enough so he runs GFO religiously. No more Po4 issues.

Every tank is different tho. I know plenty of people running pellets without any PO4 issues as well.. But then again I also know people who don't apply anything additional to just water changes. Grrrrrr! This hobby can be so annoying!

I have lost two fish in the last 6 months. The rest look fine.

Corals are all and anything. Palys. SPS (all). LPS (acans,torch,brain,candy cane ).