Once bio pellets have seeded....

[Tokyoyankee]

Bio pellets take 3 to 4 months to fully colonize the bacteria in the initial set up. Once they are going and you increase the dosage, how long does it take for the additional dosage to fully kick in? Please chime in.

 

[bertoni]

Hmm, no takers? I don't have any information on how long the new pellets might take to get going.

 

[Tokyoyankee]

Come guys, I know there's got to be other biopellet users out there! Any takers?

 

[KCombs]

Bio pellets take 3 to 4 months to fully colonize the bacteria in the initial set up. Once they are going and you increase the dosage, how long does it take for the additional dosage to fully kick in? Please chime in.

I'm curious as well; thing is what would you use as a metric? nitrate? or phosphate?

As it is; I'm not sure what "line" you could draw using nitrates and phosphates as a baseline for pellet performance

I could see the interplay of variables being a lil tricky even if one were to assume a "zero slope" of either nitrate or phos as being evidence of requiring more pellets ....

interesting.....:thumbsup:

 

[longranger]

I am surprised that no manufacturer is selling pellets that already have the desired bacterial population.

 

[PolyReef]

Maybe This link is going help you:
https://www.was.org/documents/MeetingPresentations/AQ2010/AQ2010_0789.pdf

 

[tmz]

I don't see how one could know as a generality too many variables: nutrient levels, flow,type of pellet etc.

 

[PolyReef]

I don't see how one could know as a generality too many variables: nutrient levels, flow,type of pellet etc.

+10:hmm5:
http://youtu.be/l9ymaSzcsdY