Bio-pellets I quit you!

[GMGQ]

Originally Posted by Wanderer

see that flow rate looks perfect to me.

Thanks.

The other important note is to direct the output from the reactor to the intake of your protein skimmer pump. I used zip ties to hold up the tubing so that it's about an inch away from the skimmer intake, so that the output will get sucked into the skimmer.

Too much excess bacteria floating into your tank can lead to the bacteria lingering in low flow areas of your tank.

[cwatkins]

I'm going to have to do that extra mod to my TLF150 now! Never thought of removing the bottom red part. It should help my tumbling a lot!

Just going to mention that last time I tested my Po4 (w/ Hanna Checker) was at 0.09ppm and my polyp extension is super crazy!

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by GMGQ

A bacterial bloom is normal during the initial stages of running biopellets. You should have just been patient, sucked out the cyano and ride it through.

And yes, if the tumble was too fast, the bacterial mulm wont be able to hang onto the pellets.

Thanks, they're not totally off the list for the next build. I've got space in my future sump for the TLF 550 and an almost full bag of vertex biopellets, so there's a really solid chance they're on the menu. I would for sure have kept them running in my 90 if I hadn't needed to have broken it down.

I will hopefully have years of tweaking in the next tank