stagnant biopellets

[PoonTang]

welcome home arent holiday tank issues fun?

[OceanicCorals-Eugene-]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Yeah they seem to be tumbling okay, I can hear them racheting around in there but they're not flying around like in some of the videos.

They still friggen reek of sulphur, I dunno about reusing them.

Hey Christy its never fun to come home to find issues with the tank, but for the BPs you can continue to use them no problem. the BPs dont absorb anything and doesnt go bad either. The water they were sitting in would be the biggest issue but if thats replaced id just continue to run them after giving them a good rinse like you have already done.

I had my BPs running in a filter bag + hob filter before i got it up and going in a phosban reactor on my frag tank. Needless to say the hob props impeller just had to get stuck after i put the BPs on and i didnt catch it until a good week+ later and i kept using the BPs that was in the filter sock with no issue.

[Funky_Fish14]

Originally Posted by christyf5

sure be a shame to have to toss them with how much they're worth.

But think Christy, now you can just use rice!

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by OceanicCorals-Eugene-

Hey Christy its never fun to come home to find issues with the tank, but for the BPs you can continue to use them no problem. the BPs dont absorb anything and doesnt go bad either. The water they were sitting in would be the biggest issue but if thats replaced id just continue to run them after giving them a good rinse like you have already done.

I had my BPs running in a filter bag + hob filter before i got it up and going in a phosban reactor on my frag tank. Needless to say the hob props impeller just had to get stuck after i put the BPs on and i didnt catch it until a good week+ later and i kept using the BPs that was in the filter sock with no issue.

Thanks Eugene thats good to know, I'll set them back up today then

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Funky_Fish14

But think Christy, now you can just use rice!

LOL, I dunno about that, its amazing how easily I'm roped into buying a product (zeovit, ultralith, biopellets) but as soon as people start talking about adding vodka, sugar or rice I'm like "whoa there! I dunno about that"

[Lance]

Originally Posted by christyf5

LOL, I dunno about that, its amazing how easily I'm roped into buying a product (zeovit, ultralith, biopellets) but as soon as people start talking about adding vodka, sugar or rice I'm like "whoa there! I dunno about that"

Hehe. I hear ya. If there's a new product I've got to have it. It would be sooooo much cheaper to just change more water more often. But that wouldn't be any fun would it?

[Delphinus]

That's because the hobby is not about keeping a fish tank: it's about shopping for things for a reef tank. Having the reef tank is just a pleasant but unintended side effect. Thus, using rice, if it could be proven to work the same, to save money goes completely against the grain. However, if we were to take a bag of rice, repackage it as "specially formulated for reef aquaria and ideal composition for optimal nitrate and phosphate reduction", jacked the price tenfold, you'd have the next big thing and let's face it you'd make a LOT of money doing it. Who gives a crap about the reef tank, WHAT CAN I BUY NEXT?!?

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Lance

Hehe. I hear ya. If there's a new product I've got to have it. It would be sooooo much cheaper to just change more water more often. But that wouldn't be any fun would it?

Hehe, I already do 20% weekly waterchanges (except when I fall off the wagon in the summertime) and I must say, it keeps things going nicely and the fish and corals very happy. However I always think things could be "tweaked" a little by the addition of various "got to have" products

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

That's because the hobby is not about keeping a fish tank: it's about shopping for things for a reef tank. Having the reef tank is just a pleasant but unintended side effect. Thus, using rice, if it could be proven to work the same, to save money goes completely against the grain. However, if we were to take a bag of rice, repackage it as "specially formulated for reef aquaria and ideal composition for optimal nitrate and phosphate reduction", jacked the price tenfold, you'd have the next big thing and let's face it you'd make a LOT of money doing it. Who gives a crap about the reef tank, WHAT CAN I BUY NEXT?!?

I agree and nice use of punnage there!!

"hey this product kind of looks like rice, but it says its fabulous and that other LFS sells it for $5 more so I'm saving $5. I must have it!!!"

Sadly yes, I do go through the J&L/OA/OC websites looking for stuff I "need" and sadly don't come up with much often. Thats probably why my frag racks are full all the time. Suprisingly my wallet isn't though

[globaldesigns]

As others stated, run it in a bucket of RO water, periodically replacing the water. This will rinse them off and get them back, you should be ok after that.

YUCK!!! is all I can say.