N P Biopellets and SPS tanks

MarcoPolo said:
Did any of you have cyano issues when using pellets?
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yeah, i have been using the pellets for 2 mo, and i notice that there are some cyano on rocks and sands. i don't know why there are more and more cyano, and how to reduce the issues of cyano. now the N & P are 0, what can i do? it seems that it's relative with bacterias...
 
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FTS of my tank who's been running NPBP for almost 1.5 year (since Jan 2010)
 
MarcoPolo said:
Did any of you have cyano issues when using pellets?
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I visited a fellow reefer today and had a discussion about using biopellets, he had experienced a lot of cyno outbreak when using the pellets.
He is now running zeovit....
However I feel that running biopellets is still something I am going to try out.
 
Must one a pellet reacter as I heard using a carbon type reacter they dont work as the pellets dont tumble enough?
 
Acrotrdco said:
I started using NPBP on my 25gal tank, and moved to the current 65gal Dec 2010. It's always been running NPBP, there's no photo "before" using it so there's no answer to your question :)

My tank build thread:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1929512
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Same here, I've used BP's on my current tank since day one and I've had nothing but a positive experience with them.

I think A big part of the reason that a lot of people have issues when using BP's is becasue they add them to established tanks that become nutrient deficient too fast.
 
I transitioned to biopellets from Instant Ocean Nitrate Reducer, and it seemed like it was a fairly smooth transition, no haze or anything.

I've noticed a little haze since I pulled out my miracle mud bed. I wonder if it's related...
 
Ok, I have my heart set on tumbling np biopellets in a reactor.
I was thinking of innoculating the pellets with the zeovit strain of bacteria and using the np pellets as the carbon source.
I planned on maybe using the zeovit products too.

Has anyone tried this hybrid method?
Any thoughts , feedback or flaws in this idea.....

Cheers
Slin1977
 
thats what i am currently using, and im sure many others are as well. i run hybrid zeo/BP with great results. I mainly chose this for not having to turn the zeolith media constatly, for i work odd hours and need everything automated
 
I'm also running BP in combination with zeobak and other zeo products. I think the zeobak may have helped eliminate my cyano problem. Overall, it has been working very well.
 
Like i said before some it work and some not. but there to big of a number here that it not working . Like i said before search on here there is a huge post of alot that crashed there tank to pellets more then good . Your safer going to zeo then pellets. Was using zeo first then switch to pellets . Was a big mistake almost lost everything
 
i've been running biopellets for 3 months no issue's and havn't done a water change on my 90 gal sps tank.

i did a lot of research on the bio pellets and possible effects.

first thing is it takes a couple weeks to a month to get going and and when it does it works so well it will strip out too much nutrients.
so i read to make sure you over feed or you will starve the corals and start getting stn/rtn.

its just a form of carbon dosing like vodka or zeovit but in pellet form so same concept should apply.

One of the most important things is too have a great skimmer (recommend going +1 also if you can) to make sure the output of the bio pellets is right next to the skimmer.

i found that alot of people say they get cyano issue when using pellets
but i remember reading somewhere cyano can be present if there is not enough flow. so before running the pellets i upped my flow from 2500gph to 4000 ghp and have not seen any issue with cyano.

so my recommendation is lots of flow, overfeed and have a great skimmer.
this is my expierence with biopellets.
 
I just took my pellets off line for the first time. I was getting some RTN, and since taking the pellets off it has stopped..
 
wizardx322 said:
i've been running biopellets for 3 months no issue's and havn't done a water change on my 90 gal sps tank.

i did a lot of research on the bio pellets and possible effects.

first thing is it takes a couple weeks to a month to get going and and when it does it works so well it will strip out too much nutrients.
so i read to make sure you over feed or you will starve the corals and start getting stn/rtn.

its just a form of carbon dosing like vodka or zeovit but in pellet form so same concept should apply.

One of the most important things is too have a great skimmer (recommend going +1 also if you can) to make sure the output of the bio pellets is right next to the skimmer.

i found that alot of people say they get cyano issue when using pellets
but i remember reading somewhere cyano can be present if there is not enough flow. so before running the pellets i upped my flow from 2500gph to 4000 ghp and have not seen any issue with cyano.

so my recommendation is lots of flow, overfeed and have a great skimmer.
this is my expierence with biopellets.
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Please could you explain a bit more about overfeeding, are you target feeding fish or corals . What type of food are you feeding with?

Thanks
Slin1977
 
Apart from feeding the tank extra food to up nutrient levels, does anyone add amino acids and vitamin supplements?

Just wondering if this would be worth the extra cost. Will the pellets, which I find to be very abrasive, not just strip the amino's and vitamins out via my pellets and skimmer?
 
SeabassSA said:
Apart from feeding the tank extra food to up nutrient levels, does anyone add amino acids and vitamin supplements?

Just wondering if this would be worth the extra cost. Will the pellets, which I find to be very abrasive, not just strip the amino's and vitamins out via my pellets and skimmer?
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I do. I use brightwells coral amino, mb7, and just recently added pohl's xtra to the mix (all are dosed daily). I also feed my corals w/ reef chili every other day, and add 1 drop of lugols every 3 days.
 
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