Bio pellets help

[Flounder's Reef]

That's about my same water volume. Did you seed your pellets with bacteria? How many ounces are you running about? I'm running the brs pellets no change in color from the day I added them

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Usually the initial cloudiness goes away.
I've ran lots of different pellets and I don't think it really matters as long as they are a polymer plastic.
I messes up and currently have a large ball grade size below my initial kind.
I get em off Amazon or ebay. Lol.
I use the tank to cycle em and kick em.
Than I add and add until I reach my desired amount.
Output I tunnel to my skimmer water intake.
I run a recirculating skimmer..
D

 

[Flounder's Reef]

I know it's been a while since I updated but the bio pellets are still not working and I refuse to give up. I added a ph probe and noticed it's very low 7.2 to 7.4 my coral tank across the room runs about 8.2 200 gallon system. Do bio pellets need higher ph to work?

 

[Spare time]

I know it's been a while since I updated but the bio pellets are still not working and I refuse to give up. I added a ph probe and noticed it's very low 7.2 to 7.4 my coral tank across the room runs about 8.2 200 gallon system. Do bio pellets need higher ph to work?

What all have you tried since then?

 

[Flounder's Reef]

Just adding mb7 and more pellets

 

[Flounder's Reef]

Just adding mb7 and more pellets

Nothing seams to make these work I have about 120 Oz of pellets in there

 

[Aspect]

It sounds like the bacteria from the bio pellets breaking off is going into the water column and creating a bacterial bloom. You need to have the outlet of the biopellets directly feeding into the skimmer pump so it can remove the bacteria that is binded to the nitrate.

 

[Flounder's Reef]

Yes I had a bloom but that cleared up about 8 months ago with uv I have my Output hose barbed directly into the skimmer intake I believe i have pics on page one

 

[Aspect]

Yes I had a bloom but that cleared up about 8 months ago with uv I have my Output hose barbed directly into the skimmer intake I believe i have pics on page one

How long has it been running? My bio pellets took about 3 months to kick in.

 

[Flounder's Reef]

Almost 4 years been running bio pellets since October of 2021 and haven't used any yet at this point I'm more interested to find out why and not relie on them for nutrient export

 

[DaveC]

Almost 4 years been running bio pellets since October of 2021 and haven't used any yet at this point I'm more interested to find out why and not relie on them for nutrient export

What is your Phosphates measuring? Phosphates are needed in addition to the carbon source.

 

[Flounder's Reef]

Phosphate .45
Nitrate 50ppm

 

[DaveC]

Phosphate .45
Nitrate 50ppm

Well, that should be enough P

 

[Flounder's Reef]

Still have no idea why they don't work and I've had cyano forever

 

[DaveC]

Have you verified those numbers with another tester?

 

[Flounder's Reef]

I use all hannas and have done icp