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I took a couple videos the other night and thought you guys might like to see how the pellets tumble in the CAD Lights BR-1 Conic Reactor.
This video shows the pellets tumbling and pulsating with the fine tuning valve open 100% which is how you would want it in most applications.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT6_LIJxvvo&sns=em
[video=youtube;WT6_LIJxvvo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT6_LIJxvvo&sns=em[/video]
You can adjust the effluent (output flow from the reactor) by adjusting the recirculating valve. This valve allows the user full control so you can accomplish what you want to accomplish with the biopellets according to your specific tank needs.
For example, having the recirculating valve closed approximately 75% allows you to "take it slow" when starting out with the pellets and also allows for more phosphate removal.
Running the reactor in this way is great for removing phosphates because the water needs to pass through the pellets least 2 or 3 times for the bacteria to be able to consume phosphates. It only takes passing through once for the nitrates to be consumed so if you are having a nitrate problem more so than phosphates, the reactor will better serve your tank by having the recirculating valve open 100%.
The reason why I made this thread is I have heard so much negative about running biopellets, I want people to understand why those negative things happen to people and what they can do to solve those problems and be successful...
It's the recirculating valve and the fine-tuning valve that allow you to be successful without having the pitfalls others have experienced in the past... this is what sets the CAD Lights reactor apart from all the others... From the very start, you put the entire amount of pellets that you want to have in there in the end. Then you control how those pellets are working on your tank and adjust it accordingly to what your test results are telling you you need to do.
If you have to open up the reactor to add more pellets as you "work up to" the amount you need, or open it to take some out because you find that you're stripping your water too clean, you are disturbing the bacteria that has begun growing inside every time, which is killing some of it off and changing the amount you need to add or remove because the amount inside the reactor has changed. You are essentially playing a guessing game as to how many pellets you need to add or remove if you do it this way and it's harder to be successful.
The valves implemented in the CAD Lights reactors have given the user every option needed to be successful with pellets. You even have the option to open the recirculating valve 100% allowing all the water to recirculate within the reactor with no effluent exiting into your tank, leaving the reactor running so the pellets continue to tumble and bacteria stays live, keeping the pellets on standby for when your nutrient levels start rising again. This way you don't have to start over when this point comes again and you need them to go back to work for you.
CAD Lights has taken the guesswork out of running biopellets! And with the unique conic design and pump placement in this reactor, you'll never have to worry about the pellets clumping up.
This is to show how you can slow the tumble when needed. This is done by adjusting the fine tuning valve and would be used to provide the gentle tumble needed if you're using the reactor for GFO or wanting to keep the pellets on standby with the effluent shut off completely if your nutrient levels in your tank are where you want them and you don't want to lower them anymore and strip the water too clean.
[video=youtube;csO5ZYbWcyg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csO5ZYbWcyg&sns=em[/video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csO5ZYbWcyg&sns=em
This video shows the pellets tumbling and pulsating with the fine tuning valve open 100% which is how you would want it in most applications.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT6_LIJxvvo&sns=em
[video=youtube;WT6_LIJxvvo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT6_LIJxvvo&sns=em[/video]
You can adjust the effluent (output flow from the reactor) by adjusting the recirculating valve. This valve allows the user full control so you can accomplish what you want to accomplish with the biopellets according to your specific tank needs.
For example, having the recirculating valve closed approximately 75% allows you to "take it slow" when starting out with the pellets and also allows for more phosphate removal.
Running the reactor in this way is great for removing phosphates because the water needs to pass through the pellets least 2 or 3 times for the bacteria to be able to consume phosphates. It only takes passing through once for the nitrates to be consumed so if you are having a nitrate problem more so than phosphates, the reactor will better serve your tank by having the recirculating valve open 100%.
The reason why I made this thread is I have heard so much negative about running biopellets, I want people to understand why those negative things happen to people and what they can do to solve those problems and be successful...
It's the recirculating valve and the fine-tuning valve that allow you to be successful without having the pitfalls others have experienced in the past... this is what sets the CAD Lights reactor apart from all the others... From the very start, you put the entire amount of pellets that you want to have in there in the end. Then you control how those pellets are working on your tank and adjust it accordingly to what your test results are telling you you need to do.
If you have to open up the reactor to add more pellets as you "work up to" the amount you need, or open it to take some out because you find that you're stripping your water too clean, you are disturbing the bacteria that has begun growing inside every time, which is killing some of it off and changing the amount you need to add or remove because the amount inside the reactor has changed. You are essentially playing a guessing game as to how many pellets you need to add or remove if you do it this way and it's harder to be successful.
The valves implemented in the CAD Lights reactors have given the user every option needed to be successful with pellets. You even have the option to open the recirculating valve 100% allowing all the water to recirculate within the reactor with no effluent exiting into your tank, leaving the reactor running so the pellets continue to tumble and bacteria stays live, keeping the pellets on standby for when your nutrient levels start rising again. This way you don't have to start over when this point comes again and you need them to go back to work for you.
CAD Lights has taken the guesswork out of running biopellets! And with the unique conic design and pump placement in this reactor, you'll never have to worry about the pellets clumping up.
This is to show how you can slow the tumble when needed. This is done by adjusting the fine tuning valve and would be used to provide the gentle tumble needed if you're using the reactor for GFO or wanting to keep the pellets on standby with the effluent shut off completely if your nutrient levels in your tank are where you want them and you don't want to lower them anymore and strip the water too clean.
[video=youtube;csO5ZYbWcyg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csO5ZYbWcyg&sns=em[/video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csO5ZYbWcyg&sns=em
