Bio Pellet slime/gel question

[Prospec1]

I have a Reef Octopus 140 Bio Pellet Reactor. It has been running for around 4-6 months, and now the pellets are clumped together with a clear slime/gel around them. My question is do I need to clean them or replace the pellets? They are hardly moving around do to the amount of gel on them.

 

[Prospec1]

anybody?

 

[R.W.]

That is normal. See if you can up the flow, mine do the exact same thing.

 

[Dr. Reef]

i have the same reactor and i run a very high flow through it. pellets are always tumbling and never clog or clump.
i would dump the media personally coz if it dont look right to me i start fresh. thats just me. and $50 is not worth for me taking a chance with a $50k tank.