Ecobak pellets and cyano?

[doug21]

Hello everyone. I'm new to Reef Frontiers and need some help. I've got a 24 gal tank that has been set up for about three years. Do to an illness last fall i was not able to do any maintenance on the tank until Feb. of this year. It really got out of hand in a few short months. Mainly cyano took over. After months of vaccuming, manual removal, and untold water changes things are coming around. I still have a few places that the cyano just won't go away. Two months ago I started running BRS GFO to get the phosphate levels down. Today the levels were 0.08 phos and 20ppm nitrates. These levels just won't come down any more. I bought some Warner Marine Ecobak Pellets and another reactor last week and my question is can I start using them even though the cyano is still in the tank? Any and all help would be very much appreciated!!! The tank is all softies but i would like to try LPS and/or SPS when I get things back where they need to be. (Sorry for the long post, but you know...)

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Fire them up, hopefully they will starve out your cyano fast. It does take a few weeks to see much difference once you start running the pellets. Ive been using them for a year now with great result. One thing you will need is a capable protein skimmer, and make sure the outflow from the reactor is aimed near the intake of the skimmer.

 

[doug21]

Thanks MGDMIRAGE. I'm gonna set them up tomorrow. I'll probably start out about 1/4 dose and slowly add more. I hope a Aqua C Remora will do the trick. Next thing i've got to get is a better skimmer. Thanks again for the quick response.:biggrin1:

 

[Boomer]

Be VERY careful here. I would start off with 1/4 doze for starts, as you suggested also, to see what happens. If you get to carried away you could end up this some serious issues.

 

[MGDMIRAGE]

Yep take it like dosing, go slow and see how it goes. I love my pellets now, if the reactor gets clogged up i take the pellets out and rinse them out in RO/DI water and replace them.