25 gallons of disaster

ok guys, thanks for all the advice, i'll ditch the supplements and additives except for the basic alkalinity and calcium and rely on good quality 10% RO/DI water changes to keep the chemistry balanced. I'll see what i can do about my snowflake eel too.

I'm gonna keep the biopellets reactor running though and see where it goes. I'll let you guys know if anything comes up.

Thanks.

 

That sounds great!

When I first started I didn't have a computer so I had no access to saltwater forums. I had to rely on books and tried to get the most current ones. However, I thought my LFS was the greatest thing on earth so I continually took their advice (they had been running fresh and saltwater tanks for over 20 years).

Let's see, two of my mistakes was that I paid $150.00 for a Seaclone Skimmer because I was told it's the best on the market. OMG

I had a 29g. tank and also was told that it would be perfectly fine to put a juvenile puffer and a juvenile emperator (sp?) in my tank. I did and kept them for about 3 weeks before knowing this was absolutely HORRIBLE. Back to the store they went. I finally banned the store and frankly, anyone I met, well, I told them not to go there as they were terrible saltwater keepers.

I really tried to do my research but just didn't have enough access to good, reliable information. Therefore, feel glad that you have people who know and are willing to help. You'll get there, just be patient.

 

i wasnt speaking of you i was speaking of the one who i made their day mainly

i find it funny how people think i was using the product wrong. i wasn't! as you can tell i have researched it thoroughly.

this is so true. and my point was to get people to see what can happen. not saying it will. And on small tanks things happen so fast.

when you test and still have phosphates when your nitrates are at or very close to zero than you have to decide how much phosphate remover you have to use, to get that down to your desired level.
if you have corals in your tank you may want to look into some additives that the pellets remove.

 

That's be me!

So if you don't mind, please enlighten us all as to what additives the pellets remove. I'm only asking because you researched it so thouroughly. Thanks in advance.

 

Sorry pink4miss, no need to respond.

 

dude you have a snowflake eel, soon to be nearly 3 feet long in what looks to be about a 15 gallon sump.

 

potassium, amino acid. look at zeovit its a more structured low nutrient system and tells you all about how low nutrients can effect corals. and about dosing of certain elements.

 

Zeolite will remove a portion of potassium as it is exchanged for other elements, but bacteria can accumulate a lot of potassium as well, concentrations up to 0.3M have been observed in the lab as bioaccumulation in marine bacteria due to osmotic conditions. Which means that it is more important to check potassium levels when using zeolites, but IMO you still need to keep a check on it. This isn't usually a problem as long as regular small water changes are performed.

 

It was a loaded question, I asked you not to respond, I didn't want an answer. Our differences are clear and let's leave it at that.

For those of you that are interested in trying pellets, I suggest you talk to Jon Warner of Warner Marine. He will give you the facts.

 

I'd skip adding ALL those different additives and just dose a good 2 part...Seriously, I used to be all about having the whole line of additives for my tanks and a number of months back I switches to B-Ionic 2 part and vinegar dosing and honestly my tank has NEVER looked better!!
Obviously you wont need to carbon dose since you are using a bio pellet reactor but I honestly think that the 2 part is the way to go