mb bio pellets vs mb7 and biofule vz zeo

[batt600]

But if you overdose it can cause and alge break out causing exrta nutrient in the tank right.?

 

[AlohaTropics]

Although Phosphates can be introduced through bad water and certain products it's mainly caused by foods and other nutrient sources. Also by the salt mixes and lots of other things.



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[Shananagans]

Well, after reading all 7 pages, I was going to pick up a via aqua 20 poly reactor and some npx beads, but now I'm not to sure. I would be super pissed if my tank crashed from it. I have a 57g tanks with a fuge, I read that 550ml is for 75g, so I am assuming that I would use alittle les then the 550ml then, esp from what I am reading. I don't want to add to many beads and have an issue. I am also not sure if the reactor will keep the beads moving enough as I was I heard ti could be very bacd if they are not mvoing enugh.

I was dosing micro7 and bio fuel, but felt like I was just dumping random amounts in. I wanted to do the beads as it is no maint, and would be consistent.

I have been to 2ppls houses that use the beads and their tanks look great.

I have seen many pos and neg to these, what I am wondering is why the results are not consistent?

 

[batt600]

The way i see it its new to alot of people and if not done properly you will get bad results same with zeovit very says oww becarefull you will crash your tank if you dont know what your doing . Wrong you cant crash your tank from using zeo even if you do it wrong . So follow the instrution to the T you should be fine this is what i am starting to see.

 

[anthony27]

salt is ocianic and the po4 is zero.

I do if not feed almost at all.

I dose the mb7 and biofule

my trates are 0

I am using salt buckets (thanks bat for catching that one) so I have no po4 leaching.

I know I have the algie cause of the dosing I am doing but other then that , I am going to try the bio pellets.


Now what is a good reactor to use.

 

[anthony27]

http://glassbox-design.com/2010/npx-bio-beads/

 

[batt600]

Just ordered the NP Pro Pellets and the screen mod for my zeo reactor . So when i get it and istall it ill put a post up

 

[DrHarryLopez]

Just ordered the NP Pro Pellets and the screen mod for my zeo reactor . So when i get it and istall it ill put a post up

All right!

 

[NYreefNoob]

if u truelly had zero phosphates your sps would die, you need a certain amount of phos in the tank for corals. why not just buy a better skimmer to help with nutrients ? or do larger or more often water change's

 

[anthony27]

I have a mtc250 with a mag9.5 cranked up all the way and also I need to do water changes. I think it has to do with the dosing of the mb7 and bio fule.

 

[NYreefNoob]

i was never really a fan of the mb7 and bio fuel used half a bottle of each and gave the rest away, like i said ive tried most stuff ect zeo and the pellets and never achieved nothing i couldnt with water changes

 

[AlohaTropics]

Yes, even the most gorgeous Zeovit tank of the months have PO4 readings of .01-.03. Trace amounts of phosphorus is necessary.


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[DrHarryLopez]

Yes, even the most gorgeous Zeovit tank of the months have PO4 readings of .01-.03. Trace amounts of phosphorus is necessary.


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Just ck my parameters. My PO4 is an eyepopping 0.01! It does fluctuate btwn 0.03-0.02. I believe todays reading is low because the new NPX bio-pellets

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

Harry thank you for getting me on these pellets b/c i just sleep better at night now even if it does not work,LOL my hana meter keeps reading .00 at my office and my house tank today read .11 in just 1 week for both tanks read .07 and 2.5

 

[jadakiss]

can u guys post pics of before and after the pellets to c how the tank looks?

 

[DrHarryLopez]

Harry thank you for getting me on these pellets b/c i just sleep better at night now even if it does not work,LOL my hana meter keeps reading .00 at my office and my house tank today read .11 in just 1 week for both tanks read .07 and 2.5

Thats a real drop! I bet it was a feeding frenzy in your tank with these carbon based type bacteria. Congrats on the ultra low phosphates.

You've now are part of the ULNS Club!
(Ultra Low Nutrient system)

 

[WidebodyFish]

I ordered Vertex ProPackage 2
Pro Biopellets 1000ml
Vertex UF-20 Reactor Monday. Hopefully they will arrive tomorrow. Aloha tropics did tell me to leave my old reactors in for a couple of weeks for Bio pellets to build up.

 

[DrHarryLopez]

I ordered Vertex ProPackage 2
Pro Biopellets 1000ml
Vertex UF-20 Reactor Monday. Hopefully they will arrive tomorrow. Aloha tropics did tell me to leave my old reactors in for a couple of weeks for Bio pellets to build up.

glad to see you around again WidebodyFish

 

[Wes]

Ok after all this talk I decided I should try some pellets out to see for myself what all the fuss is about.

I ordered a Liter of the Warner Marine pellets and will mesh mod one of my Precision Marine Reactors. If it really works as advertised it could be cheaper and less maintenance than GFO.

I will be watching my corals very closely and quite honestly I am a bit nervous.

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[THEDLO]

I finally finishing thiS thead......and Im still un sure.....I feel like it ment fir cutting corners...I'm no expert, far from it actually, but like nyreefnoob said; low p04 and n03 can be reach by traditional methods.....I think I'll pass on these for a while, saving for my BM NAC9 that will easily handle my bio load lol. My current parameters are hi Nitrates, .03 po4, so it not that nessisary for me....IMO