Bio-Pellets

[bklynreef]

Anyone running bio pellets and whats your tank size, experience with it ect.
Which reactors are you running.

 

[thirty5]

I am running Dr Tims in an NextReef MR1 on 75 gallon DT with about 150 total water volume. I actually don't thing that they are doing anything. I do not get any of the thick mucky stuff in my skimmer, or anything in the skimmer. So maybe it never even cultured, or I dont have enough in my tank to sustain the culture on the pellets.

 

[Dre]

Same result, too early to draw a conclusion...

 

[bklynreef]

I'm considering going bio pellets over gfo. Major cost savings in it but not for the inexperienced or faint of heart. There's a science to it if you have the patience and the time to tinker. I like the fact theres no replacing it monthly but there is a constant monitoring of it. It's less expensive overall over gfo. Just the reactors are more money. For my size tank I'm looking at the same price bio pellet reactor as a 5 gallon bucket of gfo. IMO gfo is safer, less mistakes to be made but bp are definitely the way to go once you know what your dealing with and how to balance it.

 

[mbg75]

Not sure, but I thought the pellets eat up nitrates and you still have to run Gfo for phosphates?
Anyone else know if this is the case?

 

[bklynreef]

Bio pellets do both, sort of. As long as your nitrates are as high as your phosphates then to it works for both in balance. If you have high phosphates and no nitrates then it won't do a thing for your phosphates. The right chemistry will be balancing it out and keeping them parallel if that's even remotely possible. Which is why I say that gfo is safer and easier but more expensive in the end.

 

[piranhapat]

Couldn't agree anymore. For me still had to run Gfo and found that pellets control my nitrates not to much of my Phosphates.