bio-pellets

NYreefNOOB · Apr 19, 2022

anyone still running bio-pellets on a sps tank ?

SaltLife77 · Apr 19, 2022

I run biopellets and had a Montipora the size of a dinner plate, successfully. Sadly, I have dinos which have almost completely obliterated the monti, but I do not think the biopellets had any ill-effect on the monti - as I have been running them from the beginning of that tank.

ocncheffy · Apr 20, 2022

SaltLife77 said:
I run biopellets and had a Montipora the size of a dinner plate, successfully. Sadly, I have dinos which have almost completely obliterated the monti, but I do not think the biopellets had any ill-effect on the monti - as I have been running them from the beginning of that tank.

You biopellets are probably giving you dinos. Pellets are very effective at stripping out phosphates and nitrates, and keeping them at 0.

SaltLife77 · Apr 20, 2022

ocncheffy said:
You biopellets are probably giving you dinos. Pellets are very effective at stripping out phosphates and nitrates, and keeping them at 0.

My phosphatase are at .08 and my nitrates are at 7.5.....they raised once I turned off the GFO, and stopped the water changes. The biopellets may have contributed some, but I don't think it is main issue. Ran 5 years with no dinos (running biopellets, GFO and chemipure) and just recently had a bloom.