O.C.'s Pellet questions and answers!

pterfloth · #1 03-29-2010, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by christyf5

And I can't understand how you get it to work without glueing (actually I did'nt glue mine I just let it hang. I did the plastic canvas thing too and a MJ1200 and the pellets aren't doing a damned thing

I was going to use my 550 as well, then read your post. Do you have it sitting in the sump so that there is no head pressure to overcome?

christyf5 · #2 03-29-2010, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by pterfloth

I was going to use my 550 as well, then read your post. Do you have it sitting in the sump so that there is no head pressure to overcome?

Yep its in the sump, I ended up removing the top plate, flipping the bottom plate over and adding a piece of mesh to the "top" plate. Seems that builds up a bit of pressure in the reactor allowing the pellets to fly around. It still requires a ridiculous amount of flow to get the pellets moving

pterfloth · #3 03-29-2010, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by christyf5

Yep its in the sump, I ended up removing the top plate, flipping the bottom plate over and adding a piece of mesh to the "top" plate. Seems that builds up a bit of pressure in the reactor allowing the pellets to fly around. It still requires a ridiculous amount of flow to get the pellets moving

Is that working OK? Should I be looking for a bigger pump than a MJ1200?

BlueTang<3 · #4 03-29-2010, 11:20 PM

i am on zeo vit and getting great colours think it is worth switching to these pellets any one has done so already let me know ??

OceanicCorals-Ian- · #5 03-30-2010, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

i am on zeo vit and getting great colours think it is worth switching to these pellets any one has done so already let me know ??

I have switched on my personal aquarium and could not be happier! I am still using KZ additives such as Pohls Extra, Vitalizer, Bak, amino acids, Zeozyme, and Coral snow. I will no longer be using the reactor and zeolites, my days of pumping the reactor are over.

globaldesigns · #6 03-30-2010, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

i am on zeo vit and getting great colours think it is worth switching to these pellets any one has done so already let me know ??

As Ian has already stated, I too have removed the Zeolites... Still using all the other Zeo stuff, just no more reactor.

OceanicCorals-Eugene- · #7 03-30-2010, 06:19 AM

switched over from my daily dosing of vodka to the pellets and removed my way past due zeovit media out of the media chamber in the MCE600 and cant be any happier with the change, finally dont have to wake up and remember to dose the tank, still dosing the tank with Brightwell mb7 once in a while though.

Werbo · #8 03-30-2010, 02:49 PM

What we need now is a dual reactor (pellets and carbon) powered by one quality pump such as the Tunze or Eheim.

christyf5 · #9 03-30-2010, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by pterfloth

Is that working OK? Should I be looking for a bigger pump than a MJ1200?

Yep, I'm at 1L of pellets, I couldn't even make them move with 400gph. I temporarily used my mag 7 but it was tripping the breaker. 700gph is about right though.

OceanicCorals-Ian- · #10 03-30-2010, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by christyf5

Yep, I'm at 1L of pellets, I couldn't even make them move with 400gph. I temporarily used my mag 7 but it was tripping the breaker. 700gph is about right though.

This is the pump I am going to add to my reactor setup.