NP Bio-Pellets

Captain Greg you said the hiatt was cheaper, I started punching numbers and am seeing that it is more exspensive. I will use my 125 for an example here. So for Hiatt I would need 21 lbs so I would need 2 10 lb bags and 1 lb bag for a total of $112.20+ bacteria, a pump that will do 1250 gph and reactor. Now the np bio pellets are 0.5-1 liter pellets per 500 liters, 125 gal is 472.5 liters so at most I would need 1 liter of pellets for $99.95 and a reactor to run them. The hiatt system says you should pre filter your water before the carbon so your going to also end up changing a pre filter every couple days. I am not running either system but have been giving them thought. I would like to know how big a reactor you need for the np bio pellets for 1 liter of them. How big of a reactor for the Hiatt for 21 lbs of carbon? Any other pro's or con's of bio pellets of the Hiatt systems. I am using a cup of gfo every 2 weeks which would be cheaper to run one of these systems. I would also like to say that my return pump doesn't even turn my tank over 10x a hr which is a rio 3100+ I think. Here is a thought on dosing vodka is there a reason you couldn't just use a dosing pump to dose it for you, ruin the dosing pump. Dosing pumps you can pick up for $100 and vodka is less than $10 for a good sized bottle.

For my 125 gal... My reactor is big it hold 15 pound cost me 45 dollars to make with PVC. My pump take about 250W... I change water 35 gal every 2.5 or three months. Prefilter does not need to be replace.. I take it out and spray it down with my tap water hose and put it back. If you got a sump and most people use the sponge for pre filter is ok. Every 12 months I take the stuff out and rinse it with a garden hose and put it back with maybe 1 or half a pound of carbon and bacteria cost around $12... The carbon last bout 5 years...The result are amazing....
I personally would not put 21 lbs of carbon and bacteria for a 125 gal for a reef and fish system. I worry it get too clean for the coral. I started a new post on the Hiatt system.. I am planning to setup the 75 gal system with mix reef and fish... No sump and maybe no skimmer... which kind of crazy... I will be testing their claim 24 hour cycle also.

So far this system works great form me...

I do want to find out more about NP...

So, I don't want to take over this post... I want NP Bio-Pellets people report back their finding on this post. Please check out the other post about Hiatt I started.

When we get more infomation from NP, I would like to start the discussion on which has better result and which is more cost effective.

If anyone interested in more info on the np biopellets and haven't found this thread on RC. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1694529

I think its time i try them look at this tank. And uses the NP reducing BioPellets

http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/65-tank-of-the-month