carbon dosing

[mike007]

www.redseafish.com If you want some good info on carbon dosing and other info on growing corals check out this site. Does't matter what brand you use there is good info here.

http://www.redseafish.com/index.aspx?id=4337

 

[spscrazy]

I like the no3po4x. Started using it last summer. Had problems keeping nitrates below 15-20. Now they are at 0. Corals that sat for months with no growth and a muddy green color are growing like weeds and getting so much color.

 

[eagle]

I just received my biopellet reactor and new skimmer. I can't wait to get it going and see if it works like I have read about. I went with a recirculating skimmer to feed it directly from the biopellets. Hoping this works well to avoid dosing. I wasn't trying to get after ya mike lol. Just sounded like a red sea salesman there for a bit I'll check out the link

 

[spscrazy]

I liked the biopellets. But just as they would start working good I would get spiroid worms in the reactor. They caused the biopellets to stick to them which resulted in the pellets jamming up the reactor in a few days. Took it down 3 times and used vinegar soak. Just to have it do it again. That is the only reason I took it down and started with the no3po4x

 

[Aquaph8]

I've heard that a lot about pellets clogging up the reactor.

 

[Aquaph8]

Thanks for the link Mike, I'll check it out when I get home

 

[Downbeach]

I've learned a couple of things about the pellets. Don't fill the reactor over 1/2 way(so make sure you have the right sized reactor), let them soak for a day(this will help to stop them from floating), and just give it enough flow to keep it fluidized(about the same as you do for GFO). I've never had a spiroid worm problem, but I do keep a prefilter on the pump, so that may help.