Best Biopellet reactor

[Jason McK]

Wondering if people could give me their thoughts on what the best Biopellets fluidized filter is

[apexifd]

best one out there is probably euro reef but, it's not cheap either.

Reef Octopus is nice as well.

I use Aquamaxx, which works quite well for me.

There's also nexreef SMR1 and others similar up flow design reactor.

[Delphinus]

I've been using a Vertex UF-20 for a couple years now and it seems to do well. At least I never need to do anything with it other than add pellets every 6 months or so.

[Reef Pilot]

Ditto on the UF-20. Easy to control tumble with valve on the intake.

[H2o2]

Check out the new Cad Light conic bio reactor under filtersection at J&Ls its plug and play and seems like a good build

[kien]

Been using my Vertex UF-20 for a 3 years now as well. Works well. I'm in the process of looking for a recirculating one though so that I can fine tune the output independently of the fluidization. The new recirculating pellet reactors look cool and if I were to buy a brand new one today I'd probably get the Reef octopus one.

[Tom R]

+1

Originally Posted by Delphinus

I've been using a Vertex UF-20 for a couple years now and it seems to do well. At least I never need to do anything with it other than add pellets every 6 months or so.

[Reef Pilot]

Well, they definitely work very well. Over the summer, I let my tank go a bit with less water changes, and my UF-20 ran low on bio-pellets. My N03 got up to 50 PPM (I was shocked), as I hadn't checked it for a while.

I filled up my UF-20 with bio-pellets (1000 ml bag), along with some heavy MB7 dosing, and the N03 went down to zero in 3 weeks, with no cyano or any other adverse effects on my tank. When I first started using bio-pellets, it took me 6 months (I started off a little too gradual) to achieve that.

[banditpowdercoat]

Is the cad lights reactor good? I'm thinking I need a new one. Have 2 TLF reactors in series off my return pump, but not quite enough flow once I split it, and it takes and dumps from my main sump. My Skimmer is in a 2nd sump(Rubbermaid) beside tank. I might be able to fit the CL reactor in the rubbermade. But want to know if it's worth it? I do get clumping after a while in the TLF reactors. Tank sitters never shake them and I'm gone 3wks outa 6