Using biopelletreactora with no sump

[Vett espinal]

I have a HOB protein skimmer , iam using a gfo reactor and let the water from it drain in to my refuguim its hanging on, i wanted to add a bio pellet reactor but everyone says it needs to empty in to my protein skimmer , i reall dont have way to that i can have it drain right next to the input of the pump , but its still in my main tank , so where is it safe to empty the out end of the REACTOR in to , can i just drain in to my refuguim also , or can i dump staight in to tank next to pump pick up , or should i not add a bio pellet reactor if i dont have a sump or can i run the bio pellets in to the gfo REACTOR, one in to another , if so which is the best order to put em in , Bio pellets first then GFO then out in to tank or what ? Can somone please help iam already running one for GFO and dumps in to my HOB refuguim and would like to run them both in unison, but everyone says outlet of biopellet reactors should go in to protein skimmer area , to me thats my tank i can possibly drain in to thr area of pic up , can someone help me please i really want to GFO and Bio fuel bio pellets or bio spheres from reef octopus, please help with a educated answer or with someone that has had this issue ?

 

[redfishbluefish]

First, I would take the GFO offline. You need both phosphates and nitrates for biopellets to work.

I would also get the outflow of the biopellet reactor as close to the inlet of the skimmer as I could. The biopellet reactor will be "sloughing" off bacteria that needs to get picked up by the skimmer. If you find that phosphate still remain high, you may put the GFO back on line. But give the biopellets a couple weeks before deciding this.