Biopellets on new setup!

[sq5Guy]

Going to start a new tank. Just wanted to know if i can start the biopellets during the cycle or wait until its done and start stocking.

 

[mcarroll]

You'll want to hold off on that for at least a year or two – you might find by then that you don't even need it. Certainly do not apply it to a new tank.

If you apply it I'll see you here soon: Dinoflagellates – Are You Tired Of Battling Altogether? (And we already have enough company in there! :D)

 

[sq5Guy]

Lol ^ thanks that’s very informative. Guess I’ll hold off for now. My current tank’s N is through the roof which im breaking down anyways. Just want to stop this from happening again in the future.

 

[mcarroll]

Lol ^ thanks that’s very informative. Guess I’ll hold off for now. My current tank’s N is through the roof which im breaking down anyways. Just want to stop this from happening again in the future.

Makes sense.

There could have been good, fixable reasons for N to be so elevated in the old tank.....still might be no cause for an organic carbon reactor.

And there are good reasons for not wanting to elevate carbon levels in the tank:
Role of elevated organic carbon levels and microbial activity in coral mortality

This is what you'll be likely to run into on a fresh new tank. Well...that, dinoflagellates and other wicked-bad pest algae. ;Wideyed

PM me or post again if you have any desire to dig into the case of the old tank. ;)

 

[mcarroll]

This one is a pretty good read on the topic as well:
Global microbialization of coral reefs

 

[mtraylor]

Nitrates are typical for new tank. As mentioned above. I would not even think about running biopellets on a new reef.