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Old 03-23-2010, 11:20 PM
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my friend didn't do a water change either and it cleared up within a day.
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jeeze the trama of waking up to a cloudy tank I will remain calm
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jeeze the trama of waking up to a cloudy tank I will remain calm
+1, scared the crap out of me this morning until I realized my reactor was clogged (and FULL of mulm). After a quick cleaning I'm pretty happy, I can't wait for them to fully establish!
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I have been battling hair algae in my 28g nano cube and have tried almost everything, now as a last resort I am interested in giving these new n/p pellets a go.
Seeing how there is no room for a reactor on the tank I am wondering if I could bag the pellets and just put them in the overflow chamber? I could maybe take the bag out every few days and give it a shake. Would there be enough movement for this to work? Any other ideas how to add them reactor-less?

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I have been battling hair algae in my 28g nano cube and have tried almost everything, now as a last resort I am interested in giving these new n/p pellets a go.
Seeing how there is no room for a reactor on the tank I am wondering if I could bag the pellets and just put them in the overflow chamber? I could maybe take the bag out every few days and give it a shake. Would there be enough movement for this to work? Any other ideas how to add them reactor-less?

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The pellets need to be tumbled vigorously, so no your idea will not work. If possible figure out how to run a fluidizer.
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Here is my reactor tumbling nicely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbuPRkYg-FA

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Here is my reactor tumbling nicely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbuPRkYg-FA
Nice movement in that TLF. What powerhead are you using? How many pellets in that reactor?
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So some people have been running the pellets for nearly 7 months, Is everyone still happy? Anyone seeing improved coral growth/colors?

I strongly considering jumping on the bandwagon, I thought of going zeo however the constant dosing, shaking, plus my work schedule, pellets semm a far better choice for myself.
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I have had a severe hair algae outbreak...not sure if its the pellets or not...but I never had it before.

I have notices my corals are much brighter...but my kenya tree has lost all its color.
No change in my clams.
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Here is my reactor tumbling nicely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbuPRkYg-FA
Wow those are massive compared to the npx beads! I'm getting the same tumble with an mj600 on a TLF using the newer (and smaller) beads.
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