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Just set mine up today. Nitrates are at 50ppm. Anxious to see how this works on my tank.
I'll keep you posted.
I started seeding it with Microbactor 7
Three days in, seeding daily with MB7 and feed starting today with VSV solution. Checked nitrates and still at 50 so no drop yet. Might have the flow too fast so I dropped it more of a trickle. We'll see what happens from there.
what I dont understand is once you get the bacteria seeded in there why must you keep dosing carbon ? could the bacteria just feed off what the tank gives it ?
Great thread I have learned a lot reading along. I wondered why inflow is not from the bottom of the tubes to allow water flow to stir media if it started to clog?
creating a bacteria system your tank can not support without feeding carbon ..what happens if you forget to feed them wont there be a massive die off causing some sort of problems ?
yeah trying to make something with lil maintenance as possible...I have yet to see any major die off due to lack of carbon feed. Organic carbon dosing is not their only food, it is just an extra supplement as all tank do produce some, mostly from algae and fish/corals foods. Any specific reason for not feeding the reactor?.
Im sure one of these would still benefit your aquarium, it would still provide lots of room for bacteria to grow. It just wouldn't be as efficient as it would be with carbon. People dose carbon to help bacteria thrive but lots of people have great tanks without carbon dosing.yeah trying to make something with lil maintenance as possible...
yeah trying to make something with lil maintenance as possible...
I didnt carbon dose mine for two days and when I checked last night I still have what I assume to be nitrogen production. No other way air magically started getting in there. So I would assume you don't need to dose every day but it's most efficient if you do? I'm no expert just my guess.