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10-07-2012, 05:26 PM
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No but I made sure that my tank had been running for at least 6 month+ before going with pellets. If you start to soon you can strip your system of all bad & some good element in the water column very fast, which can lead to a crash. That is also why it is suggested to start of with 1/4 of the rec. amount.
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10-07-2012, 08:13 PM
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Do you find that you need to run a phosphate reducer in addition to the bio-pellets?
Vertex indicates that a phosphate reducers shouldn't be used with their bio-pellets, but from what I'm reading online, most people find that they still need to run ROWAphos (or similar) to get the phosphate reduction that they're looking for.
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10-07-2012, 08:18 PM
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Nope I just run pellets & carbon. I do have some HC GFO but have not used any yet.
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10-07-2012, 08:36 PM
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Very good to know.
 I am hoping to be able to pull at least one of the fluid reactors off the system. It is very squishy in there.Dave will be building me a new sump, but I imagine it will be a while before I actually have it in my hands, as I've just given him the sketch for it. The more I can get out of the existing sump the better.
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