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03-05-2012, 10:58 PM
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Start with 1/2 the recommended amount & when that depletes to half, add some more to a little better then half and so on until you get to what is recommended. Be sure to soak them for 24 hrs in RO water before use. Don't tumble them to slow or they will clog up. You don't want them to fly around just rotate bottom to top.
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03-05-2012, 11:42 PM
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Thanks alot I usually do water changes every two weeks and havnt really had much nitrate problems but I do 16 gallons in a 55 gallon with 50 lbs or rock so do you think I should do less changes or maybe once a month
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03-05-2012, 11:59 PM
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Keep doing you water changes, it replaces essential additives your reef require's.
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03-06-2012, 12:14 AM
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If you have no algae or nitrates, why do you want to run bio pellets?
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03-06-2012, 01:57 AM
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I figured I wouldn't have to do as meny water changes and Ive heard the sps does alot better and colors are nicer toO.. I do have bubble algea but I doubt the pellets I'll remove it. I did have some cheato grow on some rock but I used some 2 part magnesium paste and it hasn't come back. my tank is all sps and Lps if that means anything
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03-06-2012, 02:12 AM
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Your situation sounds like mine. I didn't have a nitrate issue and phosphate was low enough that I could control it with a minimal amount of GFO changed monthly. I thought biopellets would improve growth in the tank, allow me to cut back on water changes and eliminate the need for GFO entirely. I tried a fraction of the minimal amount recommended and my results were horrible. The few soft coral that I had bleached as did my montipora. It took months for the soft coral to recover and my montipora are still struggling to come back long after.
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03-06-2012, 02:18 AM
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Seriously, if it's not broke, don't "fix" it. I sometimes think more tanks go downhill from "tweaking" then from ignorance
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