I received my pellets today and promptly got the TLF reactor online. It's hanging off the back of my 34g Solana and I put about half the 550mL bag into it. The MJ1200 was way too much flow so I currently have an MJ600 on there and it's tumbling extremely well. Much more turbulent in the bottom third of the pellet suspension but the top is boiling nice and smoothly. Kien mentioned they get heavier and I may need the MJ1200 later...I'll wait and see.
One comment I have about the setup is it's super loud. That's got nothing to do with the quality of the product but more to do with the reactor's location. Being out in the open you can hear the pellets all tumbling against the reactor tube and it's quite loud. If these work out I will explore the possibility of relocating the reactor to inside the stand but I'm not sure an MJ1200 has enough pressure to flow down 3 feet, through the media and back up 3 feet. Any opinions?
I have never tested phosphates or nitrates and the elos test kits I have are about a year old.
PO4 - 0.1
NO3 - 0.2
I do build a green film on the glass over the span of a few days and a couple of my rocks have a very thin green film/hue to them so I suspect my values are higher than this? I have done 5g weekly changes since setting this tank up and my bioload is light but I think I'd better buy new kits and verify.
So other than param changes what can I expect to see once these kick in? Improved growth and colour is what I've been hearing.
Will report more as I see/measure it. Thanks O.C. for the chance to test these.
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