SteveDola my bad if i made is sound like the tank was "perfect" before i started the pellets because it wasnt, whose is right?. I had no algae problems and have VERY been lucky in that i have never really any nuissance algae problems to deal with but although the tank had been looking great IMO as i mentioned above i have ALWAYS wanted to lower my nitrates which have been 20-40ppm for a long time even with a refugium about 1 year old so i thats why i went down this road to begin with.....but i am somehwat comforted by the 6-7 days u mentioned above as i am only in day 3-4.......
but awefully cloudy water it is nerve racking i must say the one thing about my tank is that I always run carbon and always use a UV and my water,( IF NOTHING ELSE) has always been very clear for what thats worth. What type of adverse effects u referring to in your comment regaridng SPS?
Nicks387 thanks for the response, I am considering pulling some out. I continue to skim ( i hear ya on that), i am def aware of oxygen and ph potential issue..thats one thing i knew going in to this ordeal. I orginally had it plumbed directly into skimmer but a few pellets popped out (yes even with the all powerful and suposedly match made in heaven NextReef reactor) and it of course caused my injector in ,y skimmer to malfunction so i have the reactor output and skimmer input RIGHTnext to each other in the sump, literally 2 inches away but not officially connected to each other...but now that the pellets have settled down in the reactor i may hook the reactor back up directly to the skimmer .....might help a bit more who knows.
but awefully cloudy water it is nerve racking i must say the one thing about my tank is that I always run carbon and always use a UV and my water,( IF NOTHING ELSE) has always been very clear for what thats worth. What type of adverse effects u referring to in your comment regaridng SPS?
Nicks387 thanks for the response, I am considering pulling some out. I continue to skim ( i hear ya on that), i am def aware of oxygen and ph potential issue..thats one thing i knew going in to this ordeal. I orginally had it plumbed directly into skimmer but a few pellets popped out (yes even with the all powerful and suposedly match made in heaven NextReef reactor) and it of course caused my injector in ,y skimmer to malfunction so i have the reactor output and skimmer input RIGHTnext to each other in the sump, literally 2 inches away but not officially connected to each other...but now that the pellets have settled down in the reactor i may hook the reactor back up directly to the skimmer .....might help a bit more who knows.