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Biopellets: Still the bees knees?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by dead fish, May 13, 2013.

  1. May 13, 2013 #1
    dead fish Iowa City

    dead fish Dead Fish

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    Since I'm starting a new tank I am thinking about filtration. I had a pretty significant nitrate problem in my current tank due to overfeeding some sickly livestock. I've got that back under control with the aid of vinegar dosing and a hommade algae scrubber. If I don't have to i don't want to have to keep dosing vinegar in the new tank and the scrubber I built won't fit in my new stand/sum configuration.


    So I'm wondering if folks still like the pellets. Could I start off ith them right away? I'm going to have to transfer tanks, so hopefully there won't be too much of a cycle. What do I need to know?
     
  2. May 13, 2013 #2
    MillerTime Ankeny, IA

    MillerTime Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    I have one currently running. I have had it installed, taken it down, then put it back on again. With it I have noticed the water is a lot clearer. I almost never have to scrap algea off from the glass anymore, but at the same time I added a crap load of snails and crabs so I am not sure I can say it was just the biopellets. I have had good experience with it. I have the outlet of the reactor pointed to the input of my skimmer which seems to make my skimmer more efficient. I use the BRS pellets.
     
  3. May 13, 2013 #3
    daalbers

    daalbers Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    I've been running them for 2 years, I like them you just have to remember to add more ever so often and start out with about one third of a dose that it says to
     
  4. May 16, 2013 #4
    Marcus

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    O love my biopellets and wouldn't want anything else.
     

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