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06-18-2010, 06:04 AM
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Day 7 params, a little movement in the numbers.
NO3 (Elos) - between 0.0 and 1.0ppm NO3 (Pinpoint) - 2.0 ppm (I should have tested with Pinpoint last week for a better basis of comparison but I got lazy - it takes 10-20 minutes of fiddling with the unit to get a steady reading whereas only 3 minutes with a chemical based test kit).. PO4 (D-D) - 0.03 P Cyano patch is still there for now. But overall the tank does have a slightly brighter, happier look to it. Hard to describe objectively, but it's stuff like "I swear that coral and that anemone are open bigger than they were a little while ago." Expensive day for test kits though. Ol' butterfingers dropped the tubes from the D-D test kit shattering one of them into tiny little bits. Which sucks because it's a nonstandard size and it was a, ahem, somewhat more expensive than average test kit at, I think, it was around $80 from J&L.  I don't see it listed there anymore (nor anywhere else that I checked, except for out of the country vendors) so I'm a little bummed. Gonna post to see if anyone has an old test kit they don't mind scavenging the test tube from so I can continue testing for PO4 as I go along here.Quote:
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06-30-2010, 02:52 AM
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I found that it takes a week or two after adding new pellets for the mulm to stop clumping up the pellets. Added more pellets into the Fluidized bed filter and it wouldn't tumble until Sunday night. The pellets also get stuck in the return at first, but once that is cleared out, the pellets are now tumbling extremely well.
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06-30-2010, 02:54 AM
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07-01-2010, 02:55 AM
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I've been running the new style beads for almost a month and here are some observations:
-I never had problems with clumping or with any cloudiness or discharge from the reactor. -I had the flow adjusted properly right from the beginning and the beads were tumbling as in the videos. -I didn't add any bacterial suppliment and let they bacteria colonize the beads naturally. - Nothing much happened for about 2 weeks and then I had a gradual appearance of cyano - Cyano was pretty bad but controllable. I didn't siphon it out of the tank but instead stirred up the patches on the sand. It was limited only to the sandbed. - I have noticed some changes over the last few days. I usually have to clean the glass with the magfloat once a week and really didn't need to this week. Cyano is declining and polyp extension on some of encrusting corals is more apparent. - My test kits were pretty well expired, so I don't have any measured values for phosphated or nitrates. Overall I'm pretty happy with the beads. If the Cyano fully disappears, I know it is a result of the reactor maturing because I haven't made any changes to the fish popluation or feeding patterns since I started the pellets.
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07-12-2010, 04:16 AM
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When will the Xtra beads become available?
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07-12-2010, 02:49 PM
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I've got what appears to be this type of algae spreading all over now. Haven't been feeding much but then again the tunze 9002 skimmer is a piece of crap. I wonder if it's not skimming well enough to be using these pellets/beads?
From Melev's site: maidenhead algae 
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07-12-2010, 06:30 PM
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50% of the equation with the beads is the skimmer, without efficient skimming the metabolites, dead, and or overflow surplus of bacteria have no where to go but eventually settle back into the tank. Skimming must be a priority and be as wet as possible in order to accelerate the nutrient export. Hope this helps!
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07-12-2010, 07:07 PM
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Wait so you mean I can frag and sell this algae? Best of all folks...it does great in areas not receiving much light!
Yeah my skimmer is junk. Tunze for the FAIL. I'll crank the air up more and try and skim wetter. It does great for a day then it can't push bubbles high enough to do its job. Frustrating. Edit: "This species is sensitive to high levels of nitrates" Hmmm =) Speaks well for the beads maybe. I'll have to get pics to confirm this actually IS the same algae.
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07-12-2010, 06:24 PM
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The Extra Beads will be available starting Wednesday this week in limited quantities until our large order arrives from the manufacturer. Retailers can order the Extra Beads any time but will not ship until Wednesday. Thanks!
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08-10-2010, 04:03 AM
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I've been running the new style beads since April and here is an update and some observations:
- I never had problems with clumping or with any cloudiness or discharge from the reactor. - I am using a converted ZEOvit reactor and have had the flow adjusted properly right from the beginning with the beads were tumbling as in the videos. - I have added MB7 bacterial supplement to help the bacteria colonize the beads. - I have had quite the outbreak of Cyano and Bryopsis in my frag system. It has not shown itself in my main display tanks only the frag system.
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