![]() |
|
Portal | PhotoPost Gallery | Register | Blogs | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Search | Today's Posts | Mark Forums Read |
![]() |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#41
|
|||||
|
|||||
![]() Quote:
That bucket also would have been rapidly depleted of any nitrate it contained, so over those 5 days mulm production would have been practically non-existent. I noticed a little bit of detritus in the bottom when I emptied it out, but only because I was looking for it. I suppose it's possible the O2 levels still fell, but certainly not low enough to produce a rotten egg smell. Maybe that means my reactor wasn't actually working at that point and that's why my cyano problem was so bad? I only started seeing mulm and clumping inside the rector after MB7, and that was after the bucket thing. It wasn't until after I finished the two week start-up dose that I started having problems with the effluent line clogging. After it clogged the first time (I caught it before the reactor went rotten), I had to remove and blow-out the effluent line every couple of days. I eventually started filling it with bleach in my sink, which bought me about a week before it was completely clogged again. Before MB7, it was set and forget. After MB7, it needed daily attention and completely melted down when I didn't have any to give for five days. Quote:
Quote:
At least this way I can light the fuge chamber of my sump again and start stocking it with macro algaes. I didn't want the light spill-over hitting the reactor, so it's been dark fuge. |
#42
|
|||||
|
|||||
![]() Quote:
Perhaps adding the MB7 to your reactor made the bio pellets dissolve more quickly (worked too good) and it overwhelmed the ability to discharge the carbon laden bacteria waste, esp with it recirculating. Just another theory... Oh, and what kind of skimmer do you have? How much gunk do you pull out in a week?
__________________
Reef Pilot's Undersea Oasis: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...d.php?t=102101 Frags FS: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...d.php?t=115022 Solutions are easy. The real difficulty lies in discovering the problem. Last edited by Reef Pilot; 05-09-2014 at 08:32 PM. |
#43
|
|||||
|
|||||
![]() There is no question whatsoever in my mind that my reactor was very poorly designed for all the potential conditions the pellets could create. It absolutely could not evacuate water fast enough as it was originally built.
Worst $500 I ever spent. |
#44
|
|||||
|
|||||
![]() Quote:
![]() I sure hope everything works out for you bud! This is by far the worst part of this hobby.
__________________
![]() They call it addiction for a reason... |
#45
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Any updates?Going back to the original problem for a second,do you think using ozone would be a possible solution to reducing or elliminating cyano?
|
![]() |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|