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Poseidon

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phosphates are still at 1 approx so no leeching yet...
they are still way to high for my liking though... does anyone have any tips on how to keep phosphate at 0?
 

Krazykarl

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Gfo, and 0 Tds water. Proper water changes. Less feeding. It's damn near impossible to get 0. Everything we feed contains po4. I've read that the use of kalk precipitates po4 to an extent.
 

Blob-79

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yea with a p04 reading of 1..i hope you dont see signs of leaching.

ur buddies with barry right? we should hook up sometime so i can teach both u losers about pellets
 
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reeffreak

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Blob-79 link said:
yea with a p04 reading of 1..i hope you dont see signs of leaching.

ur buddies with barry right? we should hook up sometime so i can teach both u losers about pellets

pellets suck donkey ba**s , every tank ive seen them introduced into they destroy it almost instantly , make sure you have nothing special in your tank for coral I will gaurentee cyano and hair algea outbreak within a week , had my tank up for 5 months with no issues none what so ever but stupid me decide to run pellets , knowing there new to the scene I should have known better then to use them and within 1 week my tank was infested with cyano and hair algea , that was running them at under half the dose it says to use about 150 ml , gfo carbon and 0 tds water is where its at I agree with Krazykarl , messing with pellets will only make more work for you . Ive seen 3 tanks just screwed cause pellets and all those tanks were up and running for years before pellets came out then eventually looks like a red rock tank
 
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reeffreak

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theres 100 of people who have had this problem Im not the only one , google it up
 
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Blob-79

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All I have to say is this....some people do not use them as directed, those same people over-react when a known side effect starts. If you deal with it in a responsible and informed manner, you wont have issues.

Did i get cyano when i started pellets....yes...do i have cyano now....not one spec. My tank is on cruise control, and I for one owe most of it to pellets. Most of the big prosperous tanks you see on this forum are running pellets. You cant say they are junk just because of a couple tards screwed up...especially when theres alot more tards that still use them today


*disclaimer-tards=reefer*---well the second occurance anyways :)

edit- just noticed you said you tried pellets with negative results reefreak, what what your setup like? flow, type of pellets, reactor?
 
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reeffreak

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alls i have to say is  :poop: , you can run a tank just a nice without them  :)
 

Poseidon

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geez guys calm down :)

i ran pellets in a vertex aquastick and it did next to nothing for my tank....
i do have alot of diatoms.... then only effect of po4 that i see.... everything else is healthy and what not...

blob- i really hope i dont witness any leaching either  :-\

and no... i dont think i know a 'barry'
 

AdInfinitum

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reeffreak link said:
[quote author=Blob-79 link=topic=2622.msg21589#msg21589 date=1339705850]
yea with a p04 reading of 1..i hope you dont see signs of leaching.

ur buddies with barry right? we should hook up sometime so i can teach both u losers about pellets

pellets suck donkey ba**s , every tank ive seen them introduced into they destroy it almost instantly , make sure you have nothing special in your tank for coral I will gaurentee cyano and hair algea outbreak within a week , had my tank up for 5 months with no issues none what so ever but stupid me decide to run pellets , knowing there new to the scene I should have known better then to use them and within 1 week my tank was infested with cyano and hair algea , that was running them at under half the dose it says to use about 150 ml , gfo carbon and 0 tds water is where its at I agree with Krazykarl , messing with pellets will only make more work for you . Ive seen 3 tanks just screwed cause pellets and all those tanks were up and running for years before pellets came out then eventually looks like a red rock tank
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So once you get the donkey ba**s into the reactor how much flow do you need to keep them tumbling?
 
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reeffreak

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I used a MJ 1200 to get flow threw the TLF 500 reactor when I was  running pellets and it was enough  , I has to plumb in into my return pump which is a mag 12 . I has issues of trying to get it all to tumble and not clump up . I read everything on how to work with them , they sat in RODI water for 24 hours before they were put into the reactor , I had the output from the reactor going into the skimmer . I had pellets running for 3 months and I dealt with them " in a responsible way " ( like im drinking in driving home ) when i stared seeeing cyano and hair algea , I had my light on a shorter periods of time , water changes , sucked out cyano everyday , ran my skimmer so it was skimming a little wet . Then I eventually took them offline , left everything the way it was still skimming wet and lights cut back 4 hours and 2 weeks later my tank was spotless .. IMO if youve had a tank up a running for awhile then try other methods , who wants a nice mature tank to be infested with these issues , now if your just setting up a tank its a little different .  Theres tonnes of tanks out there that dont run pellets and are  " prosperous" despite what blob may think these pellets are still fairly new to the hobby and a lot of people have the same opinoin as me about them .
 

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I will be trying them out and will tell everyone whatis the absolute indisputable truth and if they work or not. Or you can do your own research and read everyones opinions and make up your own mind.    What is right for one person is wrong for another.
 
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reeffreak

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I agree Neo  :) thats what im saying there is a risk to adding to them a established system .
 

pulpfiction1

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myself,i wouldn't do without them,from the results i have seen with others that have had problems, they start out to strong,too many pellets in the beginning,pellets need to be dialed in and introduced slowly on an established  tank,last new setup i had i used the recommended amount from the start as the tank cycled.
 

Darryl_V

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are you using GFO at all?

Just read the beginning of the thread but dry rock can cycle a tank if its loaded with dead organic matter.  THe rock has to be super clean to not cause any cycle at all.
 

Poseidon

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a drip test to measure the phosphate, not sure which one though..

Darryl_V link said:
are you using GFO at all?

Just read the beginning of the thread but dry rock can cycle a tank if its loaded with dead organic matter.  THe rock has to be super clean to not cause any cycle at all.

and i boiled, rinsed, washed, and let dry in the sun for a week... just to make sure there was no dead matter :).... im not worried about a spike or anything... just leeching from the rock...
 
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