Reactor + Biopellets please help!

[Andreass1989]

Hi I'm new with this and yesterday i got my first reactor that i wanted to have biopellets in. i travel to my local fish store and bought this one:http://sea-salt.en.alibaba.com/product/923252527-212284963/500ML_NP_Bio_Pearls_For_Aquarium.html

I asked a friend of my how much i needed to put in the reactor and he said that it was okay with 2-3 cm with the pearls.. but today when i look at my tank the tank is white i look in the manual now and see that i only was going to have 1 spoon with the bio the first week and another spoon next week and continue like that for 3-4 weeks... some of my corals are not happy today and do not looks good

so i wonder what you guys will recommend me to do? exchange water with seawater? turn off the reactor and let the bacterial gets back? or do anyone of you have a suggestion ??

 

[Arkayology]

Bacterial bloom most likely. Do a water change and run your skimmer wet. It will take care of itself.

 

[Aqualund]

Yes, bacterial bloom.

I would advise against doing anything besides running a few airstones in the tank and running the skimmer wet like socal said. a bacterial bloom can suck all of the oxygen out of the water and kill off your fish if not taken care of properly.

As of right now everything is pretty stressed, and a water change only has the potential to be more stressful without much of a gain.

 

[Cbsailor11]

Not discounting a bacterial bloom, but did you rinse/soak the pellets before using them? Also no don't' turn off the reactor, this can cause an anaerobic state in the reactor and produce further problems. I would do a 20% water change