stagnant biopellets

[Lance]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Thanks Tony and Lance, sure be a shame to have to toss them with how much they're worth. I'll just soak them for awhile.

Mandosh: I did run the pellets without phosban as the rule however I wasn't seeing the results that others were and my phosphate levels were starting to creep up and I had algae growth so I put the phosban back online. To be honest I can't say I've been all that thrilled with the pellets and the phosban has probably being doing the bulk of the work.

Give them time. I've found the pellets to work very well. It's probably in your thread somewhere but what kind of reactor and pump and how much pellets are you running?

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Lance

Give them time. I've found the pellets to work very well. It's probably in your thread somewhere but what kind of reactor and pump and how much pellets are you running?

I run the Phosban POS, ahem, I mean 550 and I have no idea how much pellets are left, I think I initially bought the 1L package.

I'm sure the pellets kicked in at some point but I was unwilling to relinquish the phosphate reducing power of phosban. And my cyano/algaes never did fully go away which is why I'm not so thrilled with the pellets.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by christyf5

I run the Phosban POS, ahem, I mean 550 and I have no idea how much pellets are left, I think I initially bought the 1L package.

I'm sure the pellets kicked in at some point but I was unwilling to relinquish the phosphate reducing power of phosban. And my cyano/algaes never did fully go away which is why I'm not so thrilled with the pellets.

I started them in a 550 as well. Wasn't happy with it so I bought the Vertex UF-15 and filled it right up with pellets. I've got a Sedra 5000 powering the Vertex, a BRS reactor with carbon and the 550 with carbon. The pellets tumble great. Are your pellets tumbling well?

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Lance

I started them in a 550 as well. Wasn't happy with it so I bought the Vertex UF-15 and filled it right up with pellets. I've got a Sedra 5000 powering the Vertex, a BRS reactor with carbon and the 550 with carbon. The pellets tumble great. Are your pellets tumbling well?

Yeah they seem to be tumbling okay, I can hear them racheting around in there but they're not flying around like in some of the videos.

They still friggen reek of sulphur, I dunno about reusing them.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Yeah they seem to be tumbling okay, I can hear them racheting around in there but they're not flying around like in some of the videos.

They still friggen reek of sulphur, I dunno about reusing them.

Maybe try running the reactor overnight in a bucket of water and add some carbon.

[PoonTang]

welcome home arent holiday tank issues fun?

[OceanicCorals-Eugene-]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Yeah they seem to be tumbling okay, I can hear them racheting around in there but they're not flying around like in some of the videos.

They still friggen reek of sulphur, I dunno about reusing them.

Hey Christy its never fun to come home to find issues with the tank, but for the BPs you can continue to use them no problem. the BPs dont absorb anything and doesnt go bad either. The water they were sitting in would be the biggest issue but if thats replaced id just continue to run them after giving them a good rinse like you have already done.

I had my BPs running in a filter bag + hob filter before i got it up and going in a phosban reactor on my frag tank. Needless to say the hob props impeller just had to get stuck after i put the BPs on and i didnt catch it until a good week+ later and i kept using the BPs that was in the filter sock with no issue.

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by OceanicCorals-Eugene-

Hey Christy its never fun to come home to find issues with the tank, but for the BPs you can continue to use them no problem. the BPs dont absorb anything and doesnt go bad either. The water they were sitting in would be the biggest issue but if thats replaced id just continue to run them after giving them a good rinse like you have already done.

I had my BPs running in a filter bag + hob filter before i got it up and going in a phosban reactor on my frag tank. Needless to say the hob props impeller just had to get stuck after i put the BPs on and i didnt catch it until a good week+ later and i kept using the BPs that was in the filter sock with no issue.

Thanks Eugene thats good to know, I'll set them back up today then