O.C.'s Pellet questions and answers!

[pterfloth]

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]

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-]

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]

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-]

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]

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

[KPG007]

I have 3 sumpless tanks (2x 33g, 55g) and would love to try these pellets out. All 3 tanks currently have cannister filters attached to them. Has anyone tried adding the pellets to the cannister?
As a cannister has multiple compartments, can I also run carbon in there at the same time?

Thanks;
Kelly

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Originally Posted by KPG007

I have 3 sumpless tanks (2x 33g, 55g) and would love to try these pellets out. All 3 tanks currently have cannister filters attached to them. Has anyone tried adding the pellets to the cannister?
As a cannister has multiple compartments, can I also run carbon in there at the same time?

Thanks;
Kelly

Kelly,

Not sure I would suggest this mode of running the pellets, you need to be able to monitor them and make sure they are fairly aggressively "fluidized", most canisters don't run enough water volume and velocity to keep media fluidized.

Hope that makes sense.

Ian
O.C.

[OceanicCorals-Eugene-]

Originally Posted by KPG007

I have 3 sumpless tanks (2x 33g, 55g) and would love to try these pellets out. All 3 tanks currently have cannister filters attached to them. Has anyone tried adding the pellets to the cannister?
As a cannister has multiple compartments, can I also run carbon in there at the same time?

Thanks;
Kelly

Hey Kelly i would agree with Ian when it comes to running bio pellets inside canister filters, the reverse flow on can canister filters just dont tumble the pellets enough to warrant them useful. Infact i believe the pellets would eventually clog up overtime, as seen in the biostars/bioballs inside the canister.

Cheers,
Eugene

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Originally Posted by Tyler Werbowski

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

This big guy will run both media together!