- Location
- Battery Park City
a little over a month ago i got the smallest reef octopus biopellet reactor available for my midi. I've been using the Werner biopellets. My understanding is that you are supposed to go slow with them, so I took the recommended dose for my tank size cut it half and then partitioned that half dose in 4 parts over a 1 month period (ie added 1/8 of recommended dose weekly for a month).
everything seems to be going well. nitrates and phosphates dropping. water is looking super crisp and clear -- all seems well. ive noticed that my ORP keeps climbing. i was regularly in the 290-310 range before the biopellets. now i'm up at 380. I have a general understanding of ORP and the tug of war between oxidizers and reducers. i know i can't look at the number and make conclusions, but i feel the relative change is rather large. do this seem "normal"? anyone else measure ORP and remember how theirs changed when they added biopellets or started dosing carbon?
everything seems to be going well. nitrates and phosphates dropping. water is looking super crisp and clear -- all seems well. ive noticed that my ORP keeps climbing. i was regularly in the 290-310 range before the biopellets. now i'm up at 380. I have a general understanding of ORP and the tug of war between oxidizers and reducers. i know i can't look at the number and make conclusions, but i feel the relative change is rather large. do this seem "normal"? anyone else measure ORP and remember how theirs changed when they added biopellets or started dosing carbon?
