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Old 12-08-2013, 01:43 AM
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Default Ruuning bio-pellets without a skimmer?

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if you need to turn off your bio pellets for more than a few days just run it in a 5g bucket of saltwater ,it will keep it from going stagnant and no excessive mulm that your skimmer cant pull out
This is defiantly what i would do, great idea denny!
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Old 12-08-2013, 02:19 AM
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Pump fresh RO water through your reactor until the pellets are clean & leave reactor full of RO water until your ready to put them back online, thats what i have done a couple times no issues.
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Old 12-08-2013, 03:05 AM
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Got your email and that's exactly what I did.

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if you need to turn off your bio pellets for more than a few days just run it in a 5g bucket of saltwater ,it will keep it from going stagnant and no excessive mulm that your skimmer cant pull out
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