Warner Marine Now Has A Pellet Product

bcobra said:
Brett are you using filter socks? I am and have had the EB on line for about a wk did see a small bloom and socks are clogging fast. Had to change them twice yesterday. Even went from 25micron to 100micron. Just wondering if you had experienced this.:confused:
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I am not using socks. I just have the effluent of the reactor about 1" away from the skimmer pump volute. I haven't had any appreciable bacteria blooms. The water was slightly cloudy for a couple days but it could have been many different things. I did a water change and the next day the tank was crystal clear. Are you seeing a clear-ish gunk in the socks? If so, it's probably a good thing as it's all the bacteria the ecoBAK are creating. :) Try putting the effluent of your reactor closer to your pump and I bet it will help rid some of the excess bacteria.
 
After doing some reading about various biopellets, I decided to give it a try. My tank is a 29 gallon Bio-Cube. Granted, it's not the large systems a lot of you have, but since my tank consists of mostly SPS corals, I thought.... why not?

I have a Sapphire Aquatics Nano Media Reactor and a SA skimmer as well. Here's a pic of the media reactor (not my pic, btw). It fits nicely in one of the rear chambers. I have the pump adjusted so the pellets gently tumble. I can increase it more if needed.

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basser1 said:
After doing some reading about various biopellets, I decided to give it a try. My tank is a 29 gallon Bio-Cube. Granted, it's not the large systems a lot of you have, but since my tank consists of mostly SPS corals, I thought.... why not?

I have a Sapphire Aquatics Nano Media Reactor and a SA skimmer as well. Here's a pic of the media reactor (not my pic, btw). It fits nicely in one of the rear chambers. I have the pump adjusted so the pellets gently tumble. I can increase it more if needed.[/IMG]
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That's always my motto... Why Not? :lol: The only thing I'd do to the reactor is remove the sponges and replace with a fine plastic mesh. Lots of DIY pellet reactors out there to look at. I think they are picking up the mesh sheets from hobby stores. Sponges are generally a no-no with pellet reactors. :)
 
Here's a small update.... 2 weeks into running ecoBAK (750 ml) and the tank is looking good. If you don't know from my build thread, the tank is a few months old but no corals until I get past the initial algae cycles. Just beat a big one but the tank is coming along. Water is crystal clear, clearer than it's ever been. NO3 and P04 are now both undetectable. Still feeding twice a day with a combination of Rod's, Mysis, Nori, etc... so feeding is moderately heavy for just 3 fish. For now, I am a believer. :)


Pic to attempt to show the clarity of the water - tough to do through pics, but hopefully you get the idea. ;)


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Proof positive. :)


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drummereef said:
That's always my motto... Why Not? :lol: The only thing I'd do to the reactor is remove the sponges and replace with a fine plastic mesh. Lots of DIY pellet reactors out there to look at. I think they are picking up the mesh sheets from hobby stores. Sponges are generally a no-no with pellet reactors. :)
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Appreciate the tip! I will definitely look into it!:thumbsup:
 
Observation:

I'm 6 weeks into using the pellets. After 4 weeks I turned up the pump on the pellet reactor and have noticed less algae buildup in general. It appears to me the GPH or flow thru the reactor is fairly critical.

For those not getting the desired results play with the flow. I started out slow and adjusted up.
 
I use the same two test devices. I tested my Nitrates with both API and Salifert and API shows 0 and Salifert about 3. My Hanna checker also reads 0.

My 1 liter of EcoBak pellets have been running for 37 days. Have you noticed any reduction in the pellet mass? Just wondering when I will need to "re-stock" the pellets.

I noticed several places have the pellets for sale now.
 
I have not noticed any reduction in the size of my pellets. John Warner suggested the pellets last 6-12 months. The product is so new it probably hard to know this early in their use.

From what I understand you don't replace them you simply add more as they diminish.
 
I took a short video of how my pellets look in my Next Reef MR1 reactor. Only the sides where the holes in the tube are, are allowing the pellets to move, the rest just sit there. I don't know what else to do! I am using a Rio 1400 and I have it all the way open. I tried to post the video, but it is an extension that is not supported here :( I will try again with my camera, but for now any suggestions would be great!


Thanks!
 
g8rorchid said:
I took a short video of how my pellets look in my Next Reef MR1 reactor. Only the sides where the holes in the tube are, are allowing the pellets to move, the rest just sit there. I don't know what else to do! I am using a Rio 1400 and I have it all the way open. I tried to post the video, but it is an extension that is not supported here :( I will try again with my camera, but for now any suggestions would be great!


Thanks!
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Do you have a Photobucket account? It's quick and easy to post a vid if you do.
 
g8rorchid said:
Ok, guess not, lol. Try #2

http://s104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/elana421/?action=view&current=0906101406.mp4
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Bingo! It works. :D Looks very similar to the flow I'm getting in my SMR1. Does the middle flow, between the two sides that are flowing up, flow down slowly towards the bottom? If so I think you'd be getting plenty of flow through there. Other than that have you tried gently shaking the reactor (side to side or even twisting it around) to make sure you aren't getting clumps of pellets in there?
 
g8rorchid said:
Tried shaking, turning upside down, twisting and still just the flow on the sides
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Strange, mine will up-flow on the sides just like yours does but in between it will flow down towards the bottom plenum creating a circular pattern if that makes sense. Some people are saying you need only a tiny amount of flow through the pellets anyway so tumbling may not be necessary. I would think with that amount of flow along the sides there would be enough flow through the other areas to compensate. Maybe someone else could chime in though...
 
Well guys I added another 1/4 amount of the EB for a total 500ml. Phosphate is already reading 0ppm using salifert. No3 different story only a change of about 5ppm from 20ppm to 15ppm using salifert. ( will do a WC this weekend )
Keeping fingers crossed:
No algae blooms
I was at MACNA and had a chance to speak with Jon. The EB will take from 4-6 weeks to fully colonize. As we add more EB it will displace some water in the reactor which should allow the pellets to tumble better. That is what happened in my case. When I added another 250ml the EB tumbled even better in the Next Reef MR1.
BTW one of the speakers touched on skimming, GFC and pellets. He indicated that the combo was extremely beneficial. He also indicated that a taller narrower reactor was better than a shorter wider reactor. Since this was at the very end of the speakers presentation he couldn't get into showing us all his research to back up what he stated.

At the conference the EB and the Bio pellets from the other companies were definitely a topic of conversation.
 
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