I have been running for about 4 months in a mixed reef 140 gallon with I would say a mid size bio load. I do a 10% water change weekly. Tank has been running for one year. NPX pellets from Oceanic Corals in a vertex reactor. I started this reactor and dosed microbak 7 until bottle was gone. It has taken until now to see significant change. Nitrates and Phosphates are now almost undetectable in tank (to be fair I did not have a significant problem before but now the tests are clear) The one major upside is the amount of live food being produced. The inside of the reactor is virtually teeming with copepods. I would say this has been a great addition but you need to be patient. Also start the reactor with half as many pellets and add the rest after a month. Then you won't get big cyano bloom.
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