Bio Pellets slow

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  1. VitalApparatuz

    VitalApparatuz Feather Duster

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    Man Its been over a month now and theres been no detectable benefits from running this bio pellet reactor.Anyone else have similar results?
     
    VitalApparatuz, Jun 5, 2011
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  2. Ruminus

    Ruminus Astrea Snail

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    All the stuff I've seen in various manufacturer info says 2-4 weeks before any real results, so you could just be getting there. As for experience, not yet, my stuff should be in in a few days. :)
     
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  3. dowtish

    dowtish Horrid Stonefish

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    What pellets are you using, and do you have a heavy bio-load?
     
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  4. VitalApparatuz

    VitalApparatuz Feather Duster

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    2 fishes brand and I do have a semi large bio-load (12 fish in 75 gallon)
     
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  5. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Where's the output from the reactor in relation to the skimmer input?
     
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  6. VitalApparatuz

    VitalApparatuz Feather Duster

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    My sump has 3 chambers the first is the drain from tank and skimmer second is return and third is fuge. I have the bio reactor in the second chamber drawing and returning there.
     
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  7. FaceOfDeceit

    FaceOfDeceit Hockey Beard

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    Place the output of your reactor into the skimmer chamber, near the skimmer pump.
     
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  8. ReefBruh

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    I dont know if those are the pellets that are already seeded but it took mine about 2-3 months to kick in. Let me restate that. I had a previous set of pellets that I started using and I seeded them with Microbacter 7. Needless to say those pellets failed so I started a new brand from Vertex which came seeded and it took about an additional 2 weeks before mine kicked in. But I know I need to add more because I do have a semi, kinda, probably, maybe heavy bio load.
     
    ReefBruh, Jun 8, 2011
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