USING BIO PELLETS

Reefpins10 · #1 03-03-2011, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Renegade

how often are you doing water changes ??

I do it every 2 weeks, but I will try to change the way I feed my fish from now on, let see what will happen.

Funky_Fish14 · #2 03-03-2011, 05:14 AM

Sounds like everything is being done right! I agree, you can probably cut down on the feedings. Using R/O water (if you dont already), may help with the algae as well.

I run bio-pellets with a deltec skimmer on my 52g tank, w/mangroves and macroalgae... I still get some algae, and though infrequent (every 2-8wks... yes thats a huge range), I still do waterchanges.

Cheers,

Chris

Reefpins10 · #3 03-03-2011, 05:37 AM

If people still get algae while using bio pellets, then I am glad that I was asking your advice before spending a couple hundred to set one up. Tonight was the first night after almost 10 years in this hobby, I didn't feed my fish. I have a couple of clown fish which I have had since they were very tiny babies 8 years ago. All my fish were begging for food and waiting right in front of the tank whenever they see me pass the tank tonight. My heart is really broken right now

. I don't know how long I can handle it, I may have to choose to go back to doing water change every 2 weeks, and just learn how to live with those algae

Funky_Fish14 · #4 03-03-2011, 11:48 AM

I cant say my maintenance habbits are terrific... but even with Zeovit, prodibio, etc... You are still going to get minute amounts of algae! I've seen a significant increase in my skimmer's production since starting bio-pellets (only a few weeks though), and algae does not grow nearly as quickly. Most people find bio-pellets worth it. Im liking my results so far.

*** you do have to make sure you go about it slowly... otherwise (if you dump in your full amount right away) you end up with algae outbreaks.

Reefpins10 · #5 03-03-2011, 05:00 PM

Hey Chris, please keep me updated on how your system with bio pellets is going, I might try to put those pellets in the old Phosban reactor. As you said, I have been reading some people have a problem with algae outbreak in their tank after using them. That makes me hesitate a bit to do it, but I really want to find out if it helps for reducing water change.

Renegade · #6 03-03-2011, 06:34 PM

is anyone running Carbon and Rowaphos in conjunction ? My large tub of rowa is about to run out, and i was debating trying the bio-pellets. I have 3 Media chambers i could run all there with the hope that because of the Bio-Pellets if would make the Rowa Last Much, much longer. possibly get 4 months out of it.

Thinking maybe, Bio-Pellets, Carbon to pick up anything the pellet leach back into the water, and then Rowa phos to remove the phosphate that carbon leaches back into the water?

Thoughts?

I currently run Carbon, Then Rowa in sequence.

Thoughts?

Reefpins10 · #7 03-03-2011, 06:42 PM

I have been doing some research lately and as far as I know, you can not use Rowaphos and bio pellets together, but you can use carbon. Please correct me if I am wrong.

kien · #8 03-03-2011, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Renegade

is anyone running Carbon and Rowaphos in conjunction ? My large tub of rowa is about to run out, and i was debating trying the bio-pellets. I have 3 Media chambers i could run all there with the hope that because of the Bio-Pellets if would make the Rowa Last Much, much longer. possibly get 4 months out of it.

Thinking maybe, Bio-Pellets, Carbon to pick up anything the pellet leach back into the water, and then Rowa phos to remove the phosphate that carbon leaches back into the water?

Thoughts?

I currently run Carbon, Then Rowa in sequence.

Thoughts?

I run rowaphos and carbon together in series along with running an insane amount of BioPellets