Offical Eco-Bak Thread

[angrycubano]

thanks for the heads up. I just saw where Jon Warner uses it himself and there were comments on cyano outbreaks being due to the lack of bacterial diversity and that's why I bought the Special Blend. If the guy who created the EB uses it himself, and it adds a more complete bacterial colony into my system then I'm all for it.

Milkman, I bought the smaller bottle to see what happens but I'm not sure if I'm going to go that intense in dosing the stuff. I think by the time the EB kicks in I should be good to go. -thanks again

 

[pickupman66]

I hope that is the case. I have been dosing mb7 and can't tell a thing from it.

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[orthokardia]

has anyone read anything on injecting air into the reactor?? Is the bacterial strains aerobic or anaerobic? Also I am bringing the carbon/probiotic video to the meeting. very good!

 

[poolkeeper1]

has anyone read anything on injecting air into the reactor?? Is the bacterial strains aerobic or anaerobic? Also I am bringing the carbon/probiotic video to the meeting. very good!

Never heard of anyone telling to use air with any brand Pellets, And I believe that the bacteria that consumes the Phosphate/Nitrate are aerobic as the latter would be harmful in your water colum in any amount. This is just my deduction of the two choices and only one makes any sense to me. JMO
Bill

 

[orthokardia]

my sump water got low and the supply pump was drawing a little air......got me thinking which is dangerous

 

[angrycubano]

it's been another week and now my pocillopora has good PE and so does the orange digitata. I have also seen the cyano dramatically reduced to almost none left. I just added my second treatment of the Special Blend so hopefully it will be gone very soon. I do see diatoms getting bad on the sand bed but that is due to my diamond goby being no longer with us. I need to find out what's going on with that since I just put these new bulbs a month ago.

I will report any new findings with my voyage into Ecobak world.

 

[orthokardia]

just an aside, but we should get joe to speak at the swap

 

[Dowtish]

Do you mean Jon? as in Jon Warner?

 

[angrycubano]

Update: so I finally got a dedicated pump (Eco 395) to run my reactor and it's tumbling perfectly. This also allowed me to run the mag 7 return pump staright to my DT instead of having it T off to the reactor. This has increased flow back to my DT which should keep my cyano at check. I've also moved my nano powerhead into my sump to keep detritus suspended so that should help with trates. Hopefully soon I will be able to keep some nice SPS.

RT6 covert extraction specialist OUT!!!

 

[orthokardia]

powerhead in the sump?? that is a new one to me

 

[angrycubano]

powerhead in the sump?? that is a new one to me

I figured that's the only way to make sure detritus stays suspended. Besides its a nano.

 

[angrycubano]

powerhead in the sump?? that is a new one to me

I figured that's the only way to make sure detritus stays suspended. Besides its a nano.

 

[orthokardia]

sounds like a good idea

 

[Dowtish]

So it has been 2 weeks since adding the new reactor to my system. I have had the pellets running for about 10 months in a canister filter, but now I havent had to clean the glass but one time. I'm thinking since my tank is fishless right now, there are less nutrients, but at the same time, I used to clean the glass daily.

 

[undercontrolj]

Anyone have any ideas on how to put a set up to run these pellets on a 29 gallon biocube?

 

[Dowtish]

Anyone have any ideas on how to put a set up to run these pellets on a 29 gallon biocube?

You could try something like this. It's looks pretty compact.
bioplastic reactor for.....$15.00 - 3reef Forums

 

[pickupman66]

I saw a great DIY one on another reef board the other day....

 

[gmoney243]

Here's a new reactor and good video explaining it and biopellets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLhmI8vtnfw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[poolkeeper1]

Revolutionary Bio-Pellet Reactor Released by Reef Dynamics | reef tools

These Type reactors will IMO Change how we use Bio Pellets, As they have the ability to control exposure to the amount of flow from the reactor without effecting the media tumbling.
I am going to attempt to modify my current reactor to this design.
Bill

 

[Dowtish]

Bill that's the reactor shown in the youtube video in the above gmoney post. It's a great idea, and that video is great at explaining and breaking down what's really happening.