Bio-pellets I quit you!

[Wanderer]

Originally Posted by GMGQ

I did this mod to both of my TLF150 reactors and the difference has been NIGHT AND DAY:

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...8&postcount=24

You can just gently twist off the bottom red plate, then glue the rest of the tubing together into the lid. Be sure to put a knitting mesh above the top red plate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnFv...layer_embedded

(i've put in more pellets since then, the reactors are 3/4 full now).

I'm only running a MJ1200 and MJ900, and they're both choked back with 1/2" valves. 550gph sounds like major overkill!

see that flow rate looks perfect to me.

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by GMGQ

A bacterial bloom is normal during the initial stages of running biopellets. You should have just been patient, sucked out the cyano and ride it through.

And yes, if the tumble was too fast, the bacterial mulm wont be able to hang onto the pellets.

Thanks, they're not totally off the list for the next build. I've got space in my future sump for the TLF 550 and an almost full bag of vertex biopellets, so there's a really solid chance they're on the menu. I would for sure have kept them running in my 90 if I hadn't needed to have broken it down.

I will hopefully have years of tweaking in the next tank