Manic
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Quick update. Tank is 99% clear. Going to replace the carbon now as I haven't changed it in 4 weeks. Seems the bacterial bloom only lasted around 48 hours.
NP Reducing Pellets Bacterial Bloom
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Awesome Stuff Manic. I'm going to be placing my order tomorrow. What reactor are you using this in?
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Manic
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I'm running it in a reef octopus PHR-100 phosphate reactor. It works perfectly and can fit 1L of the media in it. It is a bit pricy though.
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Hmmm amper!
in which compartment is the reactor`s feed pump ?
Manic
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I've got it running off my return pump. My return pump has a t-piece to controll flow into the tank and into the reactor. The reactors overflow goes right next to the inlet of my skimmer.
If the NO3 levels are <10ppm you can put in BioPellets without any problems. If your NO3 level is high at introduction, put in the pellets in steps to prevent a bacteria bloom.
Manic
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Mine was lower than 5 and I still got a bacterial bloom, don't know if it was because I was still running my zeo reactor.
I've placed the pellets in my temp set-up in my new system (started Sunday) in an Otto Fluidised reactor...nothing out of the ordinary visibly so far. No3 and P04 were already low.
Manic
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I started mine on friday and got the bacterial bloom on monday.
From what i understand your tank will go thru a mini short cycle as the bacteria start to colonize inside the reactor. You say the bloom is going away....I assume things are going back to normal again. Not sure how the zeolith media you are already running is interacting....but I would remove it...for the sake of "testing of the goods".
Manic
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The problem is that my zeo is my main form of filtration and I heard the pellets take 2 weeks to start working properly. I don't want to remove all my filtration just to have my tank crash.
what type of cycle do u expect the tank to go thru?Like a cyano/GHA breakout?
Maj ive been reading alot on BP. Alot of people experience cyno breakouts and then they dissapear after 4 weeks +-. Alot of people have also seen GHA dissapear.
I'm ordering my media and reactor today so will let you know.
I have GHA and no cyno. So lets see what it does.
I'm currently dosing MB7 and Vodka which i havent seen much change yet besides my algae going from a dark green to light green so this might be die off. Which i've been battling with for some time.
Manic
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My tank is crystal clear this morning 
Well im in the same predicament,i currently just went thru a bad GHA breakout and still recovering form this,so for my tank to take another hit with cyano and GHA might just be too much for my tank.
Thus abit paranoid about another cycle happening.
but my NP pellets are on its way.
Watching this thread carefully....thnks for updating Manic
Manic
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I haven't had an outbreak of anything yet. My nitrates and phosphates are undetectable once again. It only took 4 days for these pellets to start working
4 days? that is fantastically fast. nice to hear water is clear and thanks for an interesting thread
Manic
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I don't know if this is possible but if it is, this product is amazing. A year ago I purchased a purple monti about the size of a dinner plate, it was my first sps and it turned brown within a month. Even with running the zeo method it still stayed brown. Now that my water has cleared and I could get a good look at it. The brown is giving way to this purple glow. It seems almost too good to be true.
Here's a pic of what it used to look like, it has since almost quadrupled in size, I hope one it looks like this again:
Here's a pic of what it used to look like, it has since almost quadrupled in size, I hope one it looks like this again: