NP Bio Pellets up and running

[jesserettele]

This is my second round with biopellets and it almost feels as if these new smaller pellets carry a bigger punch.
They're more effective but side effects seems to be more noticable too (to me)
They pretty much eliminated any trace of stuff (nitrite, nitrate, etc.) but they also seemed to create more CO2 (or course) in the process.
On the old set up I ran the skimmer with a CO2 scruber so that may have helped as well.
On the new set up I just have an air pump going through the CO2 scrubber. Haven't run it long enough to see where pH ends up with long term.

CO2 Scrubber? I am interested. Don't mean to hijack but I have been reading about biopellets and am also planning on running a calcium reactor (both produce increased levels of CO2 from what I have read) and am interested in any way to lower CO2 levels. I found this one from bulk reef supply for $75 http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/...raises-ph.html and read about the one from filter guys DIY version with the cheaper refills as you mentioned in another thread Karin http://www.thefilterguys.biz/skimmer_media.htm
Does this system restrict the air intake of teh skimmer venturi?

I have my biopelelts reactor up and running, and almost nuked my tank. I picked up the SMR1 reactor and had the flow too high (even though it looked like a gentle tumble). I also did not have enough of the discharge from the reactor getting skimmed. The tank had a white cloudy appearance, which is an indication that cultures were not contained to the reactor.

As a result, PH dropped to 7.1 in one night and all my coral are in shock. Today I cut the flow to the reactor by about 50%, and all pellets still tumble. I also hooked up an airline to one of my powerheads so I am flooding my display with air.

SO, for anyone considering this for their tanks, I would recommmend plumbing the reactor discharge directly to the skimmer. Those setups seem to be the most stable and efficient.

Would you guys think that running a CO2 scrubber on the skimmer venturi plus dripping the effulent to the water intake of the skimmer help reduce CO2 even more?