O.C.'s Pellet questions and answers!

[gobytron]

I've been following a thread on Reef Central about these pellets and the genral consensus is that U.V. should really only affect this product if the U.V. is on the inlet and not the outlet...

[loveless]

Ok, its been five weeks today since starting the pellets. And I dont think i am experiencing what everyone else is.

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This test was taken today after a 10% water change. Tank water on right and reactor output oh the left, doesnt really matter. High nitrates aside, they should be different correct???

Info.

-330gal ish tank

-Vertex reactor on mj1200. Pellets tumbling nicely

-1L of NP bio pellets.

-Tank has been up for about 5 months, and used live rock from old tank.

-Sand was from old tank as well but rinsed thoroughly, safe to say very clean.

The only thing i can think of that might be a contributing factor in the whole picture is that I used this http://www.tetra-fish.com/sites/tetr...id=1276&cid=73to make up a large portion of the initial startup water. It made my skimmer go crazy. It says on the package that it has mucous promoting chemical which I assume is the reason for the skimmer overflow.

Could the mucous promoting chemical in the water conditioner be killing the whole carbon bacteria cycle in my Bio pellets?????

Ian I have yet to try bacteria supp, kinda hard to find, but I did slow down the reactor to no avail.


Could anyone tell me what exactly should be happening.


Thanks
Cam

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Originally Posted by loveless

Ok, its been five weeks today since starting the pellets. And I dont think i am experiencing what everyone else is.

[IMG][/IMG]

This test was taken today after a 10% water change. Tank water on right and reactor output oh the left, doesnt really matter. High nitrates aside, they should be different correct???

Info.

-330gal ish tank

-Vertex reactor on mj1200. Pellets tumbling nicely

-1L of NP bio pellets.

-Tank has been up for about 5 months, and used live rock from old tank.

-Sand was from old tank as well but rinsed thoroughly, safe to say very clean.

The only thing i can think of that might be a contributing factor in the whole picture is that I used this http://www.tetra-fish.com/sites/tetr...id=1276&cid=73to make up a large portion of the initial startup water. It made my skimmer go crazy. It says on the package that it has mucous promoting chemical which I assume is the reason for the skimmer overflow.

Could the mucous promoting chemical in the water conditioner be killing the whole carbon bacteria cycle in my Bio pellets?????

Ian I have yet to try bacteria supp, kinda hard to find, but I did slow down the reactor to no avail.


Could anyone tell me what exactly should be happening.


Thanks
Cam

Cam,

I am perplexed as to what is happening in your tank with Nitrates, there has to be some sort of activity that is limiting bacterial colonization of the Pellets...... I would most definitely try to find some Zeobac or Microbacter 7 in order to inoculate your system. You could be dealing with a chemical issue or simply a monoculture in your tank.