stagnant biopellets

[Lance]

Originally Posted by christyf5

So I just returned from 10 days of holidays and discovered that while I was gone I managed to leave all the valves on my sump manifold in the closed position, leaving my biopellet, carbon and phosban reactors all full of stagnant water. That was 2 hours of cleaning, smelly yuck and black influent and effluent lines.

I turfed the carbon and phosban as they're easily replaceable but am wondering if there is anything to do to rescue the biopellets, they have a bit of a green hue to them. I've rinsed them really well and have them soaking in RO water but I'm wondering if its worth it to continue using them.

Any ideas?

Yup. I read up on this as I had the same issue. A good rinsing and they're good to go.

[Mandosh]

Sorry for the off topic question... Are you running both phosban and pellets? Everything I have heard suggests not using pellets and phosphate reducers together. I was never sure why though.

[christyf5]

Thanks Tony and Lance, sure be a shame to have to toss them with how much they're worth. I'll just soak them for awhile.

Mandosh: I did run the pellets without phosban as the rule however I wasn't seeing the results that others were and my phosphate levels were starting to creep up and I had algae growth so I put the phosban back online. To be honest I can't say I've been all that thrilled with the pellets and the phosban has probably being doing the bulk of the work.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Thanks Tony and Lance, sure be a shame to have to toss them with how much they're worth. I'll just soak them for awhile.

Mandosh: I did run the pellets without phosban as the rule however I wasn't seeing the results that others were and my phosphate levels were starting to creep up and I had algae growth so I put the phosban back online. To be honest I can't say I've been all that thrilled with the pellets and the phosban has probably being doing the bulk of the work.

Give them time. I've found the pellets to work very well. It's probably in your thread somewhere but what kind of reactor and pump and how much pellets are you running?

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Lance

Give them time. I've found the pellets to work very well. It's probably in your thread somewhere but what kind of reactor and pump and how much pellets are you running?

I run the Phosban POS, ahem, I mean 550 and I have no idea how much pellets are left, I think I initially bought the 1L package.

I'm sure the pellets kicked in at some point but I was unwilling to relinquish the phosphate reducing power of phosban. And my cyano/algaes never did fully go away which is why I'm not so thrilled with the pellets.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by christyf5

I run the Phosban POS, ahem, I mean 550 and I have no idea how much pellets are left, I think I initially bought the 1L package.

I'm sure the pellets kicked in at some point but I was unwilling to relinquish the phosphate reducing power of phosban. And my cyano/algaes never did fully go away which is why I'm not so thrilled with the pellets.

I started them in a 550 as well. Wasn't happy with it so I bought the Vertex UF-15 and filled it right up with pellets. I've got a Sedra 5000 powering the Vertex, a BRS reactor with carbon and the 550 with carbon. The pellets tumble great. Are your pellets tumbling well?

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Lance

I started them in a 550 as well. Wasn't happy with it so I bought the Vertex UF-15 and filled it right up with pellets. I've got a Sedra 5000 powering the Vertex, a BRS reactor with carbon and the 550 with carbon. The pellets tumble great. Are your pellets tumbling well?

Yeah they seem to be tumbling okay, I can hear them racheting around in there but they're not flying around like in some of the videos.

They still friggen reek of sulphur, I dunno about reusing them.

[Funky_Fish14]

Originally Posted by christyf5

sure be a shame to have to toss them with how much they're worth.

But think Christy, now you can just use rice!

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Funky_Fish14

But think Christy, now you can just use rice!

LOL, I dunno about that, its amazing how easily I'm roped into buying a product (zeovit, ultralith, biopellets) but as soon as people start talking about adding vodka, sugar or rice I'm like "whoa there! I dunno about that"

[Lance]

Originally Posted by christyf5

LOL, I dunno about that, its amazing how easily I'm roped into buying a product (zeovit, ultralith, biopellets) but as soon as people start talking about adding vodka, sugar or rice I'm like "whoa there! I dunno about that"

Hehe. I hear ya. If there's a new product I've got to have it. It would be sooooo much cheaper to just change more water more often. But that wouldn't be any fun would it?