Bio pellets are peeling and clumpy

reef93 · #1 08-29-2011, 04:58 AM

I have no camera but I can tell you what I did. With that reactor I put 1000ml bio pellets from Vertex for my 75 gallon tank. They were doing fine untill the last few days I had noticed they had all become clumpy like cake and the mulm started peeling off a lot. I didn't know what was it and scared that it would kill my tank.

kien · #2 08-29-2011, 05:06 AM

Personally I think 1000mL is way too much for that reactor to handle. I struggled with running 500mL when I tried using the TLF150. Somewhere from 250 to 400mL I think is more reasonable for that reactor.

reef93 · #3 08-29-2011, 05:10 AM

Really ... let's see in a few days, if it happens again I will take half of them out. Hummm, I thought I was putting the right amount.

kien · #4 08-29-2011, 05:13 AM

You may be putting the right amount for your tank but that doesn't mean that little reactor can handle that capacity :-(

kien · #5 08-29-2011, 05:17 AM

Also, are you using the foam pads still or did you replace them with something else?

lastlight · #6 08-29-2011, 06:10 AM

Hey what do people here think about running bio-pellets? Do they work?

kien · #7 08-29-2011, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Hey what do people here think about running bio-pellets? Do they work?

Only the zeoVit bioPellets work. All the other ones are just snake oil.

reef93 · #8 08-29-2011, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Hey what do people here think about running bio-pellets? Do they work?

For me, they work really well. I can feed my fish anything I want 2, 3 times a day. All my algae problems are gone (knock on wood), nitrate and phosphate are undetectable in 6 months since I have been using bio pellets.

Maverick00 · #9 08-31-2011, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Hey what do people here think about running bio-pellets? Do they work?

I switched back to GFO after my phosphates began to rise. I tried different amounts/ flowrates. The only thing i didnt try was dosing some kind of bacteria to kick start the process. Perhaps my tank wasnt mature enough to get the bacteria needed to make everything come together... i dunno either way i pulled the plug.

reef93 · #10 08-29-2011, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

Also, are you using the foam pads still or did you replace them with something else?

I threw away those foam pads but I didn't replace them with anything else.