N/P Reducing Pellets ("Solid Vodka") - "Wow" ... 3 month update

[Delphinus]

Not great on the photo, but here's one that sorta worked out:


It looks like mostly salt creep but I did wipe down the chamber before the picture so almost all of the white bits are mulm. (I see I missed a few spots, only showed up under the flash )

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

Basically exactly the same for me. No real SPS, a Birdsnest, Digitata and Acro.

um.. all three you mentions are real sps.

Steve

[banditpowdercoat]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

um.. all three you mentions are real sps.

Steve

I was meaning alot alot of them LOL, thye just 3 tiny frags, they are lost in my 150g

[globaldesigns]

K, want to report on things.

After 3 days (or 2 1/2), I am seeing more mulm from my ZeoReactor than prior. As I had an established 1.5L ZeoReactor, I already had bacteria colonization, so this probably sped up the process in the NP Bio Pellets. I am just guessing here.

Anyways, after mixing the reactor just now, I can see much more mulm being pumped into my display prior to not having the NP Bio-Pellets. Prior to the Pellets I never saw anything, but now I actually see it coming out of my returns with a bunch of micro bubbles (from the pumping action I guess)

I wasn't sure how good things would work, as I have the pellets in a carbon bag in the reactor, but all seems good. And when it is time to change the zeolites, I won't have to pick through things like Tony. HAHA!

This is good, will keep watching things and see what happens. I haven't tested anything yet, will wait a few more days before doing this.

[andestang]

So you didn't do any measurments before adding the pellets? Would be interesting to see if you get the same results as Tony.

Originally Posted by globaldesigns

K, want to report on things.

After 3 days (or 2 1/2), I am seeing more mulm from my ZeoReactor than prior. As I had an established 1.5L ZeoReactor, I already had bacteria colonization, so this probably sped up the process in the NP Bio Pellets. I am just guessing here.

Anyways, after mixing the reactor just now, I can see much more mulm being pumped into my display prior to not having the NP Bio-Pellets. Prior to the Pellets I never saw anything, but now I actually see it coming out of my returns with a bunch of micro bubbles (from the pumping action I guess)

I wasn't sure how good things would work, as I have the pellets in a carbon bag in the reactor, but all seems good. And when it is time to change the zeolites, I won't have to pick through things like Tony. HAHA!

This is good, will keep watching things and see what happens. I haven't tested anything yet, will wait a few more days before doing this.

[globaldesigns]

Originally Posted by andestang

So you didn't do any measurments before adding the pellets? Would be interesting to see if you get the same results as Tony.

I didn't do any measurements, as Nitrates & Ammonia are not a real problem in my tank... I am seeing what this does for growth and color. But I must say the mulm production seems better than the zeolites. Time will tell.

I think I might take some before pics and then do a comparison with some after pics.

[Delphinus]

Day 10 (or call it "week 2" - planning to continue testing on a weekly basis, but with this post I'm resetting to Sundays), nitrate is at 12.

Should be noted that bioload increased since last numbers I posted, added a lavender tang and a crosshatch trigger. I fed them like crazy the first few days to make sure they were eating and getting a fair share leftover from the tankmates feeding frenzy. So there was likely a slight slowdown in reduction or even an increase in nitrates for a bit. Now that they're pretty much in there with the rest of them I'm reverting to regular feeding schedule.

[Lance]

How are the new additions making out Tony?

[Delphinus]

Better, a lot better. The tang had me really worried for a bit (really got a rough hazing) but the aggression has abated and he's healing and eating and so both are doing really well.

[globaldesigns]

Update from me also... I seemed to have a slight algae on my sand, thought what the #$@#%#$%@#$... Anyways last night I found the intake pump for my skimmer was almost totally plugged. I am such a dummy, I noticed the outake for the skimmer was almost bubbless, thought to myself "Wow, water is changing and no bubble in water output", but in reality hardly any water was entering the skimmer. Another clue would of been the lack of skimmate, but again I thought "Wow, cleaner water means less skimmate"

I tookt the intake pump out, took it apart and it was completely jammed up with baby snails on the intake port, they must of liked eating the sludge on there. Something to keep an eye on.

Anyways, skimmer is now going crazy, to catch up on water cleaning.

On the BioPellets, I am seeing more mulm production and can notice an increased extension on SPS polyps when I pump the reactor.

Probably too soon for anything else, but will keep you posted.