question on bio pellet reactor

J Rog · Jan 14, 2013

Hi all,

So my po4 and nitrates are out of control. Im off to a good start to fixing the issue (i hope). Im selling half of my tangs. I have tangs that out grew my tank and i believe thats why the levels are so high. So far i have one of 4 sold. Im about to get ride of another one sometime this week. I run BRS carbon and GFO. i have a refugium and a good skimmer but even that could not handel the wast in that tank. Would you suggest trying bio pellets? If so what reactor and pellets do you recommend?

Downbeach · Jan 14, 2013

I've been running BP's for a few years now with good success. I have a mixed reef 180, although predominantly SPS, and use the RO BR110 with an Eheim compact+ 2000 pump. I started by re-purposing my BRS GFO reactor for the first month, and then bought the RO, and continued the process of adding the remaining BRS pellets over a few weeks to get to the total recommended amount. I would get a reactor that will take the total amount of pellets that are recommended for your system, and not fill it more than half way, with the pump off. As mentioned I used the BRS pellets.

PS I did take the refugium off line as well, since I figured the combination of the pellets and chaeto would be competeing for the same nutrients.