[Lampshade]

I use biopellets, only one of the vertex bag things in my 150gal tank, so less than half of the recommended amount. Any time I notice that algae is getting abnormally high, I'll add a shot of vodka for me, and then another one for the tank. Seems to keep everything pretty happy so far. No bleaching, lots of sps. My only complaint is that after I vodka dose, the tank gets cyno for a week or 2. Which apparently is because pellets remove nitrate/phosphates at a 16:1 ratio, so when you use vodka and nuke your nitrates, you end up with extra phosphates. Clears up after I stop dosing, so never worry about it too much. And by some, it's very little, only one birdsnest style rock that is impossible to get good flow to. Overall, very happy, seems to be a nice buffer in the tank, I wouldn't rely on it to be a 1 stop fix all your problem magic device, but it certainly helps stabilize my tank. I'm running them in a TLF 550 reactor with a MJ1200 pump and about 12' of hose, so not much turnover at all.

edit: I should add, that i overfeed, change filter socks weekly, and have my skimmer set at an extremely dry skim. I read less than 5ppm nitrates at any given time. I had a HA outbreak awhile ago, thought it was pellets until I found a 3"+ snail dead behind some rocks, took it out and everything balanced out shortly after.