Warner Marine Now Has A Pellet Product

[poolkeeper1]

End product

End product

A. Bacteria become food for other organisms

B. Bacteria die and are consumed by other bacteria (decomposers).

DJ

So , In the end we are just adding more nutrients back into the tank to turn into No3/Po4 and the like.
Bill:lol2:

 

[TheFishMan65]

No we hope most of the bacteria will be skimmed out.

 

[DJREEF]

So , In the end we are just adding more nutrients back into the tank to turn into No3/Po4 and the like.
Bill:lol2:

I'd say a fair % does, but I'm sure much of the bacteria hangs on for a second pass through the skimmer. In my situation, for example, all of my media floats in a bag in my sump, so I'm quite positive that much of the bacteria does make it into the DT. It doesn't seem to have affected the performance of the media in lowering the nutrients in the system, though. Skimmers still pull a lot of nasty smelling crud - much more than they did b4 the media was introduced. My conclusion is enough bacteria is being exported to get the job done, irrespective of how many passes through the DT and the sump those bacteria make.

DJ

 

[DJREEF]

No we hope most of the bacteria will be skimmed out.

Exactly. If they aren't consumed by something while they're migrating through the DT, then the hope/theory is that they'll eventually be pulled from the system through skimming when they eventually make it back through the sump.

DJ

 

[jsdancer]

Update of week three of running the entire 1 liter of EB. Phosphate is at 0 per Salifert and Nitrate is at 4 per Salifert as well. I have noticed some brown diatom algae on the top layer of my sand but next day it is gone. I know that the stirrs in my bed are the cucumbers and brittle stars who are looking for food at night.
As for the sps coral colors the winner by far in my tank is the pink lemonade. It had started to become dull and the yellow was fading. Now it is coloring up to its normal coloring.
Have any of noticed any considerable color changes?

 

[langtudatinh01]

iam still waiting for my bio pellets and reactor get here. look like everyone find the pellets are a good addition to the system. currently i only have GFO, BM Nac6 a not doing so good refugium (probably low nutrients). i change water about 15% weekly. my tank is only a 40 Breeder with 20 sump (total about 45 to 50 gallons, estimate). i have order 500 ml, do you think that will be enough? planning to use Maxijet 1200 with Nextreef SMR1. thanks.

 

[ReeferRob]

Horrible green cyno issues here week 4 of running the pellets. Anyone with tips or advice greatly appreciated.

 

[DJREEF]

Horrible green cyno issues here week 4 of running the pellets. Anyone with tips or advice greatly appreciated.

What kind of skimmer r u running? Something is broken with your export function - I think this is a big problem with most folks having slime issues. Just keep sucking the crap out. You gotta get the fuel causing the trouble out of there one way or the other. Either by siphon, or by skimming - or by both.

DJ

 

[ReeferRob]

What kind of skimmer r u running? Something is broken with your export function - I think this is a big problem with most folks having slime issues. Just keep sucking the crap out. You gotta get the fuel causing the trouble out of there one way or the other. Either by siphon, or by skimming - or by both.

DJ

MSX 160 on a 65 cube with 18ish sump. I do 5-10 gallons twice a week via air line syphoning of this crap and it just comes right back.

I suspect too high flow rate through my TLF reactor, so I did reduce the flow today to see if that helps??

Any other ideas?

 

[Buganddoug]

Have you used a TDS meter to check Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in your water before you add salt and for your top off water. You might be putting crap in your tank with out knowing it.

TDS is directly related to the purity of water and the quality of water
Hope this helps you out.

 

[Buganddoug]

I think the MSX skimmers are over rated! Just my thoughts

 

[DJREEF]

MSX 160 on a 65 cube with 18ish sump. I do 5-10 gallons twice a week via air line syphoning of this crap and it just comes right back.

I suspect too high flow rate through my TLF reactor, so I did reduce the flow today to see if that helps??

Any other ideas?

How often are you filling the skimmer cup? How often do you have to clean it. What does the skimmate look like. When did u change your bulbs last? DSB? How long has the system been set up? Tell us everything, even if it doesn't seem significant - water parameters esp.

DJ

 

[ReeferRob]

How often are you filling the skimmer cup? How often do you have to clean it. What does the skimmate look like. When did u change your bulbs last? DSB? How long has the system been set up? Tell us everything, even if it doesn't seem significant - water parameters esp.

DJ

DJ

Thanks for listening and willing to help. Gotta run out the door to work right this second. Will be home in 4 hours and will post it all up.

I am at the point of desperation here. I've reached out to many friends include some "celebrity reefers" here in Michigan with little to know help or insight into the issue.

So thanks again!!
Talk to ya later
Rob

 

[nemosworld]

starting to have problems wit mine, they are clogging up and sticking together after 2 months use. i took them out the reactor and cleaned the mesh, placed them back in and they are still sticking, and today they started to cloud my water. prior to this, they never gave any problems.
even after increasing the flow.

 

[DJREEF]

starting to have problems wit mine, they are clogging up and sticking together after 2 months use. i took them out the reactor and cleaned the mesh, placed them back in and they are still sticking, and today they started to cloud my water. prior to this, they never gave any problems.
even after increasing the flow.

Honestly, I wouldn't sweat it. Whether they stick, or not is unimportant as long as you're skimming out what does leave the reactor. I don't even have a reactor I just floated them in a bag in my sump. I'm sure mine are all gooed up inside the bag.

NO3 less than 5 on my crap test kit.
PO4 less than .2 and falling.

Felix, is that you?

DJ

 

[spratocaster]

I have been using these for about a week on an open top biocube 29. I am running 250mL in a BRS reactor fed by an MJ1200 at around 3/4 flow. They seem to be at a "slow boil" for movement. So far the results have been promising. My starting parameters where:

PO4 -- 0ppm (salifert kit)
NO3 -- 5ppm (salifert kit)

I also have been fighting a derbesia outbreak without much success for the last month or so. After adding the pellets, my parameters look like:

PO4 -- 0ppm
NO3 -- 0.1ppm - 0.5ppm (using salifert test low range method)

The derbesia also seems to be dying off. It has reduced by half or so in the last week. I have noticed a bit of cyno growing over some of the dying derbesia patches, but that is probably just feeding on the nutrients released by the dying derbesia. Hopefully once the derbesia is all gone it will go too.

My skimmer (eshoppes psk-74h) has been pulling a bit more gunk, but not going crazy like some have reported. I do have the reactor returning right next to the skimmer intake. I have a fairly light bioload consisting of a sixline wrasse, a randall's pistol shimp and yellow watchman goby pair, and a few corals so I never really pulled a ton of gunk before the pellets.

 

[nemosworld]

Honestly, I wouldn't sweat it. Whether they stick, or not is unimportant as long as you're skimming out what does leave the reactor. I don't even have a reactor I just floated them in a bag in my sump. I'm sure mine are all gooed up inside the bag.

NO3 less than 5 on my crap test kit.
PO4 less than .2 and falling.

Felix, is that you?

DJ

what worried me was the fact that my water started getting cloudy.
yeah, it's me DJ.

 

[DJREEF]

what worried me was the fact that my water started getting cloudy.
yeah, it's me DJ.

Seriously, it's no big deal. Just make sure your circulation is up, your skimmer is dialed in, and it'll clear in a day or two. Heck, it's even nice enough outside now to open a window.

DJ

 

[MammothReefer]

meh, all my are clumping as well, I've got tap em every time I walk by the tank. Hopefully I can replace the foam/mesh with one of the plastic things soon, but at least they are working which is why they are clumping imop. phosphates have been cut in half from .13 to .06. I haven't tested nitrates yet as they never really got up high enough to worry about, but I may test tonight.

 

[Costazul]

My pellet have like 2month old, until now I'm not impressed with the results. Today I took like 3pounds of coarse substrate and mixed it with the pellets from the reactor and did a sandbed in the sump like a 1.5in deep before the p.skimmer chamber.