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08-28-2011, 04:19 AM
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Bio pellets are peeling and clumpy
My bio pellets after using for 6 months without adding more pellets or changing anything, the amount of the pellets are not dissolving so I can not add the new one in. The pellets are becoming clumpy and peeling off. I checked the pump, the flow is the same nothing wrong. I have stirred the pellets everyday but they still get clumpy again the next day, and every single pellet is peeling off. Some of them are floating to the surface and go direct to the skimmer. What is that ? Do I need to change them ?
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08-28-2011, 04:48 AM
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sometime the reactor clogs up. and not getting enough flow through.
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150DD mix reef with 90 gal sump and 40gal frag tank purple tang, sohal tang, yellow eye kole tang, fairy wrasse. cleaner wrasse, leopard wrasse, and misc fish. GHL Mitras 6200HV X 2, MP40 X 2, MP60 X 1, tunze 6095 X 2, Vertex RX6 calcium reactor, Bubble King SM250, Aquamaxx bio pellets reactor, Profilux 3
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08-28-2011, 05:23 AM
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clumping are usually due to pellets aren't tumbling.
and pellet dissolving rate should be base on your bio load.
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150DD mix reef with 90 gal sump and 40gal frag tank purple tang, sohal tang, yellow eye kole tang, fairy wrasse. cleaner wrasse, leopard wrasse, and misc fish. GHL Mitras 6200HV X 2, MP40 X 2, MP60 X 1, tunze 6095 X 2, Vertex RX6 calcium reactor, Bubble King SM250, Aquamaxx bio pellets reactor, Profilux 3
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08-28-2011, 05:53 AM
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Did you soak them in RO water for 24 hours before putting them into your reactor? What kind of reactor & pump are you using. I am no way an expert but I have found with my NextReef MR1 I have to use a 2500 gph pump in order for them to tumble proper.
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08-28-2011, 01:56 PM
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I find that if I don't dump out my pellets and scrub and rinse out the moded pads every month or so, the flow gets restricted and the tumbling slows down to next to nothing.
Then I'd gently rinse the pellets, and pour them back in, with the help of lots of water. Man, they are really "sticky" and hard to put back into the reactor. I have mine now for 8 months and have no problems rinsing and using the RO (freshwater) to help pour them back in. Then I just start the reactor back up, and SW will then swirl the RO water out of the chamber. BTW, I run a TLF reactor. And I keep it at rapid boiling speed of tumble. HTH.
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