Reducing Nitrates

[daniella3d]

I had to stop using Brightwell MB7 and biofuel because of cyano outbreak. Do you think that it's the pellets that made a difference in your case? Before I was dosing with vitamin C and had no cyano, one week after starting MB7 and biofuel I had cyano growing everywhere. I stopped and the cyano is almost gone now.

As for the chemiclean, I used it and it worked well, but the cyano will return of the conditions are right so this is not a definitive solution.

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

But I wanted to see if these bio pellets work, and would have to say they definitely do, judging from the results. I should mention that I also used MB7, and started off very gradually with the amount of bio pellets in my media reactor. That kept me from having any cyano or other undesirable effects from the bio pellets.

Anyway, just a FYI, in case anyone else is thinking of going this route.

[Reef Pilot]

I was actually dosing MB7 prior to using the bio pellets, based on research with other users (reef central). The MB7 introduces beneficial bacteria which is what the bio pellets use and actually prevents cyano, or so I was led to believe. In any case, I never had any cyano problems at all in this tank.

Having said that, I did have a cyano outbreak in another tank, but that tank was totally aside from this one, and I did not use MB7 or bio pellets with that one. However, I did treat it with ChemiClean and it only took one treatment to clear it up, and the cyano has never returned.