Ok, its been five weeks today since starting the pellets. And I dont think i am experiencing what everyone else is.
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This test was taken today after a 10% water change. Tank water on right and reactor output oh the left, doesnt really matter. High nitrates aside, they should be different correct???
Info.
-330gal ish tank
-Vertex reactor on mj1200. Pellets tumbling nicely
-1L of NP bio pellets.
-Tank has been up for about 5 months, and used live rock from old tank.
-Sand was from old tank as well but rinsed thoroughly, safe to say very clean.
The only thing i can think of that might be a contributing factor in the whole picture is that I used this
http://www.tetra-fish.com/sites/tetr...id=1276&cid=73to make up a large portion of the initial startup water. It made my skimmer go crazy. It says on the package that it has mucous promoting chemical which I assume is the reason for the skimmer overflow.
Could the mucous promoting chemical in the water conditioner be killing the whole carbon bacteria cycle in my Bio pellets?????
Ian I have yet to try bacteria supp, kinda hard to find, but I did slow down the reactor to no avail.
Could anyone tell me what exactly should be happening.
Thanks
Cam