Bio-pellet reactor?

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cabi

I'm going to be adding bp reactor to my tank to controll nitrates but I would like to know what kind of reactor are y'all using. I'm looking at reef octopus 110 reactor and avast mr5 reactor. Thanks in advance!
 
I jsut ordered this guy right here. not on the cheap side but from what I have read the coned bottom helps keep all the media suspended.

http://premiumaquatics.com/aquatic-supplies/CV-BR-140.html
 
I am using the Avast MR10-18" for bio pellets and it is great. I have slowly been swithing all of my media reactors to Avast.
 
Yeah I'm thinking about getting the octopus reactor but they are not cheap. I have read good reviews about it.
 
I have heard good things about the Octopus reactors also. If they are as quality as their skimmers, then they will work great as well.
 
I put in 1/2 the recommendation to start it off slow. It has slowly depleted, so will start adding more soon. Better to start that stuff slow IMO.
 
And soak them in ro water overnight


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Ok use 1/2 and soak them in ro water. Got it! I'm going to stop running gfo ! But what about carbon should I keep ruining it and changing it every two weeks?
 
@cabi wrote:
Ok use 1/2 and soak them in ro water. Got it! I'm going to stop running gfo ! But what about carbon should I keep ruining it and changing it every two weeks? said:
Yes keep running carbon as usual, the BP's won't offset the value provided from carbon.

You may want to continue running GFO for a while though. THe BP's are not going to instantly start producing for you, will take some time. Keep the GFO going for a good 3-6 months.
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Oh ok so what they mean when they say don't change anything in the tank when you first start using bp? Thanks for your help by the way
 
Exactly. There is a transition period. And it actually wouldn't hurt anything to keep running GFO as well, except for your wallet anyway. Just evetnually the BP will get going so well that your GFO won't provide enough incremental value to warrant the cash spend on it.
 
Much like cycling your tank when you first set it up, it takes a good bit of time for the bacteria in the reactor to get up to a population that will make much of an impact.
 
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