Offical Eco-Bak Thread

[fireman23]

Chris, how do you like the avast reactor?

 

[MattL22]

Hello all I just started running ecobak in my 40 breeder with CPR nano reactor!
I added 1/4 of a 250 ml jar of ecobak
It's been running about a week tank is doing great should I add another 1/4 jar or just leave it?

 

[Dowtish]

Chris, how do you like the avast reactor?

I like it. I did however mod it with their new nozzle for bio pellets, and it works much better.

AVAST Marine Works - Biopellet Mixing Nozzle - Product Details

 

[schooleyosis]

Got all my orders placed to get my EcoBak reactor up and running. Got a medium size reactor from Rick (mixer911), 1000mL of Ecobak and an Eco Plus 396 from Amazon. Hope to have all this up and running in the next few weeks!

 

[Dowtish]

Hello all I just started running ecobak in my 40 breeder with CPR nano reactor!
I added 1/4 of a 250 ml jar of ecobak
It's been running about a week tank is doing great should I add another 1/4 jar or just leave it?

I would leave it for another 3 weeks at least. then add another 1/4. And keep testing to make sure you dont strip the tank of NO3 and PO4 too fast. You want a slow drop in parameters. So your testing will determine how much pellets you will run initially.

 

[bknapp]

Chris, do you think that the Avast nozzle mod will work on a Atomic Reef reactor?

 

[Dowtish]

I'll check the sizes and compare tomorrow, and let you know

 

[MattL22]

Ok thanks I appear to be getting some kind of black algae never seen it b4 ill post a pic later very minimal but starting to sprout here and there! I feed fish every other day only 2 tiny clowns and tiny Midas blenny gonna add 2 green spot mandarins and that's it for fish the main purpous of this tank is to grow sps!

 

[MattL22]

Also how often souls bacteria be added to tank I'm using fritz bacteria basicly add a few cap fulls after water change but am gonna order bio digest from Prodibo that's added every 2 weeks is that how I should add it?

 

[schooleyosis]

Does the bacteria need to be added to the bio-pellets if adding a reactor to an aquarium that has been running for almost a year?

 

[Dowtish]

Does the bacteria need to be added to the bio-pellets if adding a reactor to an aquarium that has been running for almost a year?

It doesnt matter how old the tank is. The bacteria that lives and feeds on the pellets are naturally occurring in your tank. You do not have to seed your pellets at all. But you can add bacteria, i.e. MB7, prodibio, etc, but it isnt necessary.

Typed from my phone, because I have nothing better to do.

 

[schooleyosis]

Thanks man! Just wanted to make sure...

 

[schooleyosis]

Chris, do you think that the Avast nozzle mod will work on a Atomic Reef reactor?

If so, keep me posted and we will order together to cut the costs on shipping. That's if you want to add the mod!

 

[Dowtish]

That would be a yes on the nozzle mod. you will however have to cut the existing pipe and glue on the nozzle. Even though they make it sound like it will just slip on. So you have to use a paper clip to clean the holes on the nozzle. Because they are small and will clog. Not too bad, and I totally recommend it, just letting you guys know.

 

[bknapp]

That would be a yes on the nozzle mod. you will however have to cut the existing pipe and glue on the nozzle. Even though they make it sound like it will just slip on. So you have to use a paper clip to clean the holes on the nozzle. Because they are small and will clog. Not too bad, and I totally recommend it, just letting you guys know.

Cool, thanks Chris.

 

[gmoney243]

Ok thanks I appear to be getting some kind of black algae never seen it b4 ill post a pic later very minimal but starting to sprout here and there! I feed fish every other day only 2 tiny clowns and tiny Midas blenny gonna add 2 green spot mandarins and that's it for fish the main purpous of this tank is to grow sps!

A 40g isn't really big enough to keep 2 mandarins fed well. They eat a lot and if they don't take to prepared foods they could starve or 1 might kill the other.

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[schooleyosis]

Thanks Chris. B ordered 2 nozzles today so that he and I both can do the mod. I should get my reactor next week. The pump came in the mail yesterday. Should be running Ecobak very soon!!!

 

[MattL22]

For those of you using bacteria additive how often are you using it??

 

[MattL22]

G money I have had good sucess with the green spots i had 2 eating mysis shrimp with in few weeks in my 75 gal
So I'm gonna get 2 tiny ones and hopefully they will pair up ! If the tank is healthy I feel they will eat mysis after few weeks until then maybe I can get live brine

 

[sluicebox]

I've been running 500 ml Eco-Bak in a Reef Dynamics reactor since 10/15 on my tank. It is a 150 gallon display with a 25 gallon sump. With volume taken up by rock and equipment, I've been estimating the volume at 150 gallon. I began with 250 ml and increased to 500 after three weeks. I know I need to increase the bio-pellets to 750 ml eventually to the prescribed dose.

My Nitrates have been running 1.5-2.0 ppm in the tank. However, this morning I had the bright idea to test the nitrates on the effluent from the reactor and compare that with the concentration in the tank. To my surprise, both returned the same results for nitrate at 2.0 ppm. Shouldn't the effluent from the reactor effluent be lower than the tank? Have I not given it sufficient time to begin working? Should I increase the bio-pellets to 750 ml now? The Reef Dynamics reactor allows me to adjust the flow through the reactor...should I increase the flow?

Or, should I have more patience and not worry about it just yet?