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Little frustrated on the level of clear defined intructions about biopellets in general let alone EcoBak. Everything I seem to run across is riddled with 5,001 pages of speculation and opinions... or maybe I'm just looking in the wrong area?

Anyhow, I have a few questions I'd feel more comfortable answered here

First off what is the level of importance to initially adding a bacterial strain?

What exactly is recommended in regards to GFO, GAC and phosban? Keep online? Take down? Does initial start up matter?

Thanks,
DawgFace
 
Following. I'm totally ignorant when it comes to bio pellet use. I know the basic function and reason for use, but other than that, I got nothing. I've had good luck with carbon dosing and don't see the need to switch up at this point.
 
I haven't used the EcoBak pellets but used the npx ones. I did not add any additional bacteria. Just started with less then the recommended amount of pellets and slowly add more until I felt that it was enough. I took my gfo offline because I feel it would be an over kill.
Running the pellets replace what gfo is going to do. Just make sure the pellets are moving and the return goes back in to the same chamber your skimmer is in.
 
Hey Jesse

There is a thread over on RC in the Warner Marine forum I believe discussing these. The owner of WM gets on frequently to answer questions. As far as I can tell, it's not required to add a bacterial strain, but it does help. You can use microbacter7 or zeoback or the like to kick start em. I used zeo, but that's because it was given to me as a gift.
 
This is why i decided not to run bio pellets. Anyway, i read that thread on RC almost completly and decided that the risk to me outweighed the reward. Many had cyano outbreaks and tank crashes while others it worked perfectly and their water has never been so clear. It is recommended to use something like microbactor7 to jump start the bacteria but i do not believe its neccessary but will speed up the process.
 
I have had them on for about a month now. I have not seen any negative effects so far. I have seen phates and trates drop to undetectable levels. So far, so good.
 
MvM;719609 wrote: I have had them on for about a month now. I have not seen any negative effects so far. I have seen phates and trates drop to undetectable levels. So far, so good.
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Are you running GFO?
 
Can you run bio pellets in a dual BRS reactor instead of either carbon or gfo?
 
Ripped Tide;719620 wrote: Can you run bio pellets in a dual BRS reactor instead of either carbon or gfo?
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I wouldn't do it. I had that little canister of theirs before and it would clog as soon as bacteria would develop. I used it with a MJ 1200 and it would clog so I would think using it in a dual reactor is going to clog sooner.
 
I just called my buddy that has been running them for about 4 months. He seeded it with mb7 origionally and then let them do their thing. He over feeds and hasn't done a water change in three months and his phos and nitrates are not detectable.
 
MvM;719609 wrote: I have had them on for about a month now. I have not seen any negative effects so far. I have seen phates and trates drop to undetectable levels. So far, so good.
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Took the GFO offline but still am running carbon.

Ripped Tide;719626 wrote: I just called my buddy that has been running them for about 4 months. He seeded it with mb7 origionally and then let them do their thing. He over feeds and hasn't done a water change in three months and his phos and nitrates are not detectable.
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Heavy feeding is actually recommended using biopellets. I did not seed them.

And GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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