vendredi 18 juillet 2014

To add a biopellet reactor or not??

I have a 60 gallon tank with a 20 gallon sump. It is a mixed reef primarily with SPS corals. In terms of bioload it is in the medium range. I currently run a reef octopus nwb110 skimmer (I believe its rated up to 100 gallons by manufactuerer and BRS recommends it up to 75gallons). I also am running carbon and GFO in a single reactor, as well as dosing Kalk, Calcium and Alkalinity.



Paramaters are as follows:



Salinity 1.026

Calcium 430

Alk 9Dkh

Mag 1400

PH 8.1-8.3

Nitrates 5 (according to saliferet)

Phosphates 0 (according to ELOS)



Now im wondering if my tank would benefit from a biopellet reactor. Im really not into dosing carbon daily as i just dont have the time for it. I know my phosphates are deffinatley in the 0 range however would my tank benefit by lowering my nitrates?



If i do go for biopellets should i cease using GFO and if so should i do it a period of time before starting biopellets?



In terms of a reactor i was thinking of going with the Vertex 1.5 reactor it actually comes with 500ml of vertex bio pellets as well, and well I can get it locally at my LFS.




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