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    PO4x4 does it compare with GFO

    Has anyone used PO4x4 for phosphate removal? Does it work? How does it compare to GFO?
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    My New Carpet Anemone.

    I am very jealous. I got a carpet anemone specifically for two clowns I have but they will have nothing to do with it. Its been about three weeks and all they do is ignore it.
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    Recommended amount of bio-pellets wrong?

    Tat, I still don't get the problem you raised. Yes, Live Rock does break down nitrites because bacteria forms on it that does this. This bacteria uses nitrites and oxygen to to do this. The end product of these bacteria is nitrates. The bacteria we try to establish using bio pellets (or...
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    Recommended amount of bio-pellets wrong?

    I am not sure if you are right about live rock and bio-pellets competing. I understood that the pellets provide an organic carbon source like vodka dosing does. Live Rock does not provide such a source. Without a carbon source like vodka or pellets the nitrogen cycle is incomplete, no matter...
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    Recommended amount of bio-pellets wrong?

    I have a heavy bio load. 12 fish and three of them are quite big. (foxface rabbitfish , hippo tank and a chocolate tang, 3 anthias, one mandarin, two clowns, a coral beauty , a flame angel and a wrasse but the 250 ml of bio-pellets does the job in my 125 gal. I am diligent with water changes...
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    Recommended amount of bio-pellets wrong?

    Has anyone else come to the conclusion that most of the manufacturer's recommended amounts of bio-pellets are wrong? I use about 250 ml of them for my 125 gal tank (plus a 55 gal sump) and they are keeping my nitrates at 0. This amount is about one third of what the manufacturer recommends. I...
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    Fluval LED any good?

    I have a 125 gal tank with 55 gal sump
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    Fluval LED any good?

    here is the link Product Review: Hagen Fluval Sea LED Light | Reefs.com
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    Fluval LED any good?

    Has anyone tried the new Fluval Sea Marine & Reef LED lights? Are they any good? They are very cheap and look good but are they good enough for a reef tank?
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    Phosphate problem

    Yes, my tank had high nitrates and phosphates for a couple of years. The real problem was I had a "wet-dry" type filter as part of the sump. This was just a nitrate factory. When I removed this my nitrates dropped from about 50ppm to 20 ppm in a few days with water changes. The bio-pellets...
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    Phosphate problem

    My tank has been up for about 4 years. I have had all the live rock since the start. It is possible that phosphate has accumulated in my rock and sand and is now leaching out, since the level in my water is down because of the GFO. If this is the case I guess I'll just have to wait until the...
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    Phosphate problem

    Can anyone give me any ideas to solve a problem I have? I started using bio-pellets a while ago to get rid of high nitrates and phosphates. This worked like a charm for the nitrates (they went from over 20ppm to 0 in about 5 weeks and have stayed that way ever since). They were less...
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    Help with Refugium & Wet/Dry Install

    I agree with some of the other replies. I would get rid of the bio-balls and the wet-dry, both are just nitrate factories which should not be in a reef sump. You might want to put in a bio-pellet reactor in the sump to keep nitrates and phosphates down.
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    Pod Population

    I think your plan should work. I have a small fuge in my sump which has a deep sand bed and lots of cheeto. I seeded it with Pods a few times when I first set it up but I have never done it since ie. over three years ago. The pods keep multiplying all the time. I have a mandarin in the...
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    Bio-Pellet shape does make a differnce

    Im using the TLF500 for carbon and Ive done nothing with the BR110
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    Bio-Pellet shape does make a differnce

    I jumped on the bio-pellet bandwagon a couple of months ago. It was totally frustrating because no matter what I did they always clumped and would not tumble right. I started with the TLF500 reactor, with no sponges powered by a pump that did about 400 gph. After a day the pellets clumped up...
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    Tumble rate for bio-pellets

    I recently started using bio-pellets to reduce nitrates and phosphates. I started with the TLF550 reactor but it wouldn't tumble properly. There was too much clumping. I think the intake port is just too small to allow proper flow. I switched to a Reef Octopus reactor and it works much better...
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