Also, I run my GFO longer than my carbon so to me it would be a waste to combine the two. Last edited: Dec 4, Ruge13 said:. Can you mix bio pellets with carbon? I'm honestly not entirely sure on that.
But I'm not personally a fan of pellets so I personally wouldn't. But that is a good question as iirc neither is supposed to tumble so I don't see why you couldn't. Oooh yeah they do tumble. ReefKeeper Non-member. Please read this link. It pulls the main food source for algaes and photosynthetic bacteria like cyano away from them and helps to starve it out. Get rid of the organics. Heck yeah couldn't agree more. I filled mine right up to the top of the reactor and am running it at medium flow and I've never ever ever seen my tank so clear and algae free.
Glass, sand, water column. Crystal clear. I actually even skipped my weekly water change this week as my nitrates and PO4 were undetectable and everything looks great. I have had it off because it kept overflowing due to detritus build up inside the body because I accidentally kicked up just in my refugium that got sucked into the skimmer and I haven't gotten around to cleaning it yet which I'm kinda ashamed of not doing yet, but with work and holiday shopping time has been so tough lately and you'd never know it was off.
My fuge is due for a detritus cleaning. The return and drain side both have the bottle and sides Lined with detritus. I don't want to wipe it as I don't want to lose my sponges Hopefully low suction syphon will pull it up avoiding the sponges.
I don't even run my carbon in a reactor. I lay a 1 pound meshed bag of the stuff over the return of the sump pump. SteveDola Good Tings. You must log in or register to reply here. Care and precautions should always be taken as you will be working sometimes with harmful chemicals in these processes.
This product has the largest absorption ability when it comes to treating phosphates and silicate that threatens aquarium life. Even if we have a small gap in time before replenishing after the GFO media time is up, I have noticed my phosphate and silicate levels don't immediate begin to rise. I recently encountered a problem with cyano, the red algae, growing rather rapidly in my tank. I found out that this was becoming an issue due to high levels of phosphate in the water.
That is when I learned the importance of proper usage of GFO for a healthy reef aquarium. To make the problem worse, when inspecting the parameters of the water, it was found that the nitrate levels were elevated as well. This allowed for the rapid speed of cyano growth in the tank. While GFO for a reef tank is a good start to cleaning up the problems encountered with cyano, I quickly learned it isn't enough action on its own. If you do encounter a similar problem with your tank vacuum out as much of the red algae as you can.
Up the flow circulation of your reef tank in dead spots and through the sump while reducing feeding. Adding a reactor for bio-pellets will work on reducing the nitrates if you don't run a refugium, but they won't do a thing to help with the phosphate levels. So, it's a good idea to use both high capacity GFO and bio-pellets in unison to get the job done right, again if you don't have a refugium sure. Any detritus that you see present on rock pores when you are running the GFO media bag or mechanical filter should be blown off.
Using a refugium with macroalgae will increase the export of the nutrients to clean up the problem quicker. And as we all know, quicker is better in these situations. If you don't already have pods and sand shifting critters in your tank, consider getting them as this improves the functioning sand bed in your tank. But I'll not go deep into the cyano problem , because it is already very well covered in this article by Yuliya - Click here to Read.
Surely this growing collection of what appears to be algae is an optical illusion. How could algae well actually bacteria invade your reef tank? This is your aquarium. Continue Reading Those of you that are concerned with using granular ferric oxide with carbon — don't be. These materials are designed to enhance one another when you use them correctly. While I try to take care in doing everything with my reef aquarium that is recommended, I will admit quietly that I have cut corners.
While you can daisy chain your GFO reactor and carbon reactor together, you are also able to place these materials into a single reactor. This does get a little confusing when you know that your carbon needs to be changed every two weeks while your GFO is recommended to be changed every four to six weeks. With the sponge that is include when you purchase your reactor, you are able to separate the carbon from the GFO in your reactor.
Watch out though, because this can be a messy process. Not monitoring the phosphate levels regularly can lead to some major setbacks that you are trying to avoid. Originally Posted by reefgeezer. I half expected a picture of a bath sponge! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! David A. Crandall, M. Fatherree, M. Ken Feldman Jon E. Shimek, Ph.
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