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Old 04-13-2012, 03:03 PM
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I've been asking people what they use lately and most say pellets and phosban.

Grizz what about you ?
I have some GFO waiting for me to get it online but ATM no phosban or GFO. There are many AMAZING tanks on here that are running what I call the BIG 3 ( carbon, pellets & GFO ).
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best pellets i have ever found are in my fish cupboard ill never use them again
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Doesn't bio pellets remove phosphates? Why would you need gfo as well?
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They don't remove phosphates at anywhere near the rate of nitrates
I also run vertex pellets and GFO
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Does anyone know when a good time to start pellets would be? My cycle is over the ammonia hump, and I've already gotten up to 20ppm nitrate (no lights and a previously dead tank so nothing's consuming it). I'm wondering if it would be a bad idea to put my pellet reactor online now, before there's even any fish in it?
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Does anyone know when a good time to start pellets would be? My cycle is over the ammonia hump, and I've already gotten up to 20ppm nitrate (no lights and a previously dead tank so nothing's consuming it). I'm wondering if it would be a bad idea to put my pellet reactor online now, before there's even any fish in it?
IMO you are way early. We recommend bio's on mature systems that can not keep Phosphate and Nitrate levels down naturally.

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