Bio-Pellets

[Jewel]

I never had a Nitrate problem, And I do agree that some fish,Starfish don't belong in an Aquarium. I guess I could let it run another month and see whats what, thanks for your comments guys.

 

[Darryl_V]

Well if you dont have a nutrient problem like NO3 you won't notice much of anything.  The idea is that it will act as a biological safety net in the future, eating up any future build up of NO3 and some PO4.  Also with increase biological filtration you can add more fish and feed more than typical with out issue.

If you dont want a decent or large fish population and you dont want to feed an amount of food that could cause NO3 and PO4 problems than you really dont need biopellets.  Personally I'm of the belief that the best systems have decent fish loads and feed good amounts while at the same time having really good filtration to filter out the organics, NO3 and PO4 waste.

 

[Pistol]

When I do weter changes which is weekly, I vacuum the sand but theres a brown staining that is always constant. I thought the addition of the Pellets would clean it up, but it hasn't.

I was vacuuming the sand bed with weekly WC and was experiencing the same issue with the sand, it's like it cycles every time and fuels the diatoms, I changed my WC to bi-weekly and siphon bubble algae mid month and siphon the sand monthly and that has solved the issue.

 

[AdInfinitum]

Whenever you stir sand or scrub rocks you free bound silicates which diatoms then use to build their skeletons and bloom.

Less stirring equals less free silicates.

 

[Jewel]

Sounds about right, I'll continue with them ,perhaps Siphon less and enjoy,enjoy,enjoy.