DIY aquarium Bio-Pellet reactor
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- For about $15 upfront, and $6 every several weeks, you can build a nano bio-reactor for your saltwater aquarium and remove your nitrates and some phosphates from your aquarium!
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For your next video, show us everything you did in order to become an aquarist like you are today. I would love to do what you do. (Just not as extreme)
I recently started a discuss aquarium do you have any tips
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Hi Joey.. what kind of air stone is that in the big Arowana tank? Awesome channel btw, thanks and keep doing what you do.
curious myself please let us know where to find one.
"If it moves... i should kill it!" - every Flowerhorn ever
For some reason I was recommended this channel and tbh it's way better than I thought it would be
Thanks Matthew!
Thank you Joey for the information. Was going to order the parts to build a complex one, then I saw this. Really great. I am setting up a 55 gallon saltwater tank. This will go in my sump right next to the Joey protean skimmer, drawing from the tank from the Joey overflow, returning in a Joey spray bar. Thanks for all the great ideas. Glad I watch your vids. Got your book. Now all I need to do is get your DIY decals. Can't believe how great you are in all your vids. Help me save a lot of money.
changing the media to a K1 or another non bio eating media is kinda where the hobby is starting to lean, but the reactor idea from a bottle is solid
Can you make a Arowana 3 hour video just chilling.
That flower horn and you. I am detecting some love here.
arijit patra he killed it.. cooked it too
5:48
"make sure you do your resorch"
- Joey 2017
idk i found it hilarious 😂
This is awesome Joey can't wait to see you built the big one definitely interested in that
this is so inspiring! I love how you show us how to do these things on the cheap so the money can go to the fish!
Hey joey , yesterday when I was cleaning my175 gallon tank I found a massive crack out there ,,,, I didn't even knew about your channel , I was very frustrated I searched on google for help , and then I found your channel you saved my fishes thank you ,,thank you so much
your channel is so useful and intresting it saves a lot of money!
Hey Joey, I reckon don't worry about a skimmer, a tank that size won't need it so long as you do your water changes, which I'm sure you will, but I'd suggest a GFO reactor instead, I've found in a reef system the phosphates are the biggest nutrient issue, given that you'll be running bio-pellets you'll need a skimmer, but personally, a tank that size shouldn't need bio-pellets or a skimmer, water changes should cover that no probs, but I would recommend running GFO as you'll get phosphates leaching from marco rock and lead to some nasty algae outbreaks in a few months. Love your videos by the way. Peace, Corz
I used a mini reactor with pearls in my 10 gallon nano Reef before Xmas to try it out. Worked well but was an eye sore in such a small tank
If you put the reactor after the skimmer the dead bacteria can feed your filter feeders such as feather duster worms, gorgonians and sponges you might have.
love you vids Joey! speaking from personal experience i removed my biopellet reactor and went to liquid dosing. the reactor works best in a recirculating configuration. you need to have enough water movement to tumble the media, but with more flow you begin to strip the water TOO clean. if you have too much biopellets going on in a while you'll begin getting this nasty pink goo forming everywhere basically slowing your water flow down to almost a halt. liquid dosing of vodka or better yet, NOPOX by RedSea took care of that problem and it's a lot more controlable in that you dose in mL so you know EXACTLY how much you are removing equal to how much you dose. I know you did a dosing video a long time ago, so this would fit in perfectly ;)
This is my first diy I’m building
Hi Joey.. is this meant for fresh water tanks as well. I heard you say you will be making one for your Arrow tank right? It's very interesting. I have no issue with my nitrates but it's always good to know what you can do if you do have problems. Awesome!
Seems like a large pothos plant would do just as well at removing any nitrates as long as stocking isn't too much for the tank, but I guess it might not work well with everyone's scape. On the plus side, the pothos doesn't require replacement every 3-9 months.
Great video. Those are by far the best bio pellets I've used due to the fact that they don't clog my pumps or tubing like the other brands do.
You've outdone yourself with this one!
That biodigest stuff is good !!
Great vid Joey, definitely going to make one for my reef
Do it! Will take you less than 5 minutes!
Hi Joey, thank you for your great information you share here. Could this be used in a African cichlid setup to lower the nitrate levels. Thank you.
Great video!
A couple of questions;
1. This can be beneficial for both fresh and salt water tanks, right?
2. What exactly does it do compared to a filter (except for the mechanical filtration obviously), is this simply for bacterial growth rather than bacterial housing?
Thanks!
wurfag from my understanding rather than an air pump which ammonia and nitrite bacteria thrive in. nitrate consuming bacteria do not like rich oxygen which is why he use a pump rather than air. and should work in both saltwater and fresh water tanks.
I get it for expensive saltwater tanks. For freshwater, just grow a plant. You can have a herb garden on your fish tank and save some money.
For freshwater it isn't very effective 1
Thanks for your videos! I built this this morning and it works great!
Hey joey.. love all your vids. How do you plan to use it in a freshwater set up? As you said it needs to feed into a protein skimmer so all of the waste and dead bacteria doesn't spit into the tank and settle on the bottom. And protein skimmers don't work in freshwater. Just wondering what your plan is on how to keep that out of your tank.
Joey you are a legend and because of you I'm getting a pearl arowana
That little flowerhorn dude is so cool !
Thank you for this! I had been looking everywhere and they are so expensive to go out and purchase. Absolutely just ordered a small pump like the one you used and will be building this next week to get into my sump asap!
Well Joey ! Thanks again! Keep doing your helpful videos and researches ! We all loves you!
Did you know? There has been some places where there is 10+TONS of dead bacteria cells all clumped together, this happens because the individual cells are so tiny and bacteria can colonize very well to eat them and when they do, they die and make the pile bigger
I'd love to see you do a chaeto reactor
Joey, in a saltwater reef tank you don't want your nitrates to be 0.
I kept mine at about 5, and it worked well.
I just wanted to share with you some major disappointment I had earlier this morning. Someone promised to sell me a 48"x48"x19" acrylic drilled tank with accessories (sump, uv filter, all the works )for $300 last night (found listing on craigslist). I got everything prepared for this morning and on my way to this guys house he calls me to say he sold it last night. I was floored. Heartbroken, I don't think I'll find a deal like that again. Totally threw my weekend off. I watch everything you post and share your excitement but I don't have the funds to do the projects. Bigger is better, and this was going to be it.
can you make a diy light/budget lighting video for saltwater reefs now that your starting to get into saltwater?
gday mate firstly love the vids .... have you ever thought about using plants like (aquaponics) to clean your tank water ? just a thought keep up the top work
you're the man! let's wait for the protein skimmer! regards from México
Very creative as always, thanks for the video
Thanks Joey I have never seen these before!
Biopellet reactor on a freshwater tank?!My turtle hates plants so a way to keep nitrates down between monthly water changes would be great!
Really wish i found your channel before i got out of the hobby due to cost
is that freshwater fish called flowerhorn? and biopellet reactor in its tank?
Hiya joey just want to say I live your videos and hope you keep uploading also I love your content it's great I get loads of help from it thank you so much!!
1:35 I got way to excited lol
Cool project! Good job Joey!👍
this for a saltwater tank only ? I'm needing something for my freshwater tank
It works for both
Guys.. almost 80.000 views and you give just 2.125 likes ?
Come on.. Lately YT is kinda broken and now they need likes! It takes 1 or 2 seconds to press the like button.. Help Joey! He deserves it
Joey: What I do with mine (not a DIY project would need a large one as my Reef tank is over 200g ) is run the output of reactor it is near the intake of my Protein Skimmer :) Cant wait for your Large DIY Reactor :)
Joey! Can you do a DIY recirculating biopellet reactor. It would be much better to control the waterflow going through the reactor, aswell as control the waterflow to tumble the biopellets. Please can you make one! Would love to see your design on this one!
Do you have a video on general care of the saltwater? ive always wanted to start one but im hesitant for the usual reasons. i would love to see the routine and the chemicles use and such
Jake Lupie, go to some reef forums.
Bulk reef supply’s UA-cam channel has everything you need to get started. And their website has all the products needed.
I wanted to use it in my fresh water aquarium would it work as how it suppose or is it like the bottle with the fluidized media not really using its full potential
Great show in Denver!! if you didn't go you missed out !!
Nice one joey😀😀
just wanted to be first comment lol
edit: forgot to say, hopefully ill see your demo in gaithersburg in march. finally some in md!
finally you do another DIY video!
You're a huge inspo. to me here on UA-cam! always awesome videos
What are you using to remove the waste from the reactor in your freshwater tank? Guessing your making a skimmer for the saltwater tank but what about fresh water one?
well that's just saved me a small fortune, cheers!!
Hey. I think that you can get rid of ammonium and nitrite, but bioreactor won't help eliminating nitrate.
What is the difference but bio pellet reactor and fluidizes media?
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Thank you !
do you have a video to show how to set one up externally for freshwater (no sump)?
So would using an air pump and air stone be too violent movement for those bio pellets ? I have a similar. Build in a gold fish tank and a big version in my pond with helix media and a huge protein tub ,they work well
Thankyou so much for this video,just made one and its working well.
If you can mod this and make it recirculating that'd be great.....ie part of the output goes into input post pump ...
Where do you get the info on how big an aquarium this will handle and amount of bioballs needed?
you should make a video of your opinion about chiclids
Do you always have to buy your water for the aquarium. Or is there a cheaper way to get it or is there a way to make your own that is cheap to do.
does this also pump oxygen into the aquarium water or does the oxygen get filtered out by the pellets?
Can you do an update on what fish you have?Please do
can you add this directly into your tank like a moving bed filter? I don't have the space to build a sump
Do they really work that well on a fresh water tank? I have a fully stocked African cichlid tank and i have high nitrates. Normal thing for us cichlid guys and girls. Anyway i was told that a reactor will not lower the nitrates. Thanks joey huge fan of your videos.
Hello! Can this layout be used for a phosphate reactor as well?
Thank you!
Hi Joey, could you please list all of the equipment that you used to make a bio pellet reactor? Where did you get a pump?
How do you make that clear lid on your saltwater tank? Is there a video on that?
I was wondering if you have a freashwater tank and u put some salt water in it will it help your fish
Just FYI I've used that little pump and it's got somewhat of a reputation for not working after a few months. Mine stopped working after about 4 weeks.
I assume this will also work with GFO and Carbon? Also, this seems to replace the refuge Need.
awesome stuff as usual 👍👍👍
Completely off topic
Where do you stand on automatic fish feeder. Have you ever used one, if so which one? Have you ever made one?
Love your vids
Joey - Great project. I'm assuming this would work in a freshwater tank also, correct?
They are SUPPOSED to, but i have spent the last 3 months trying different designs with no real luck. Im going to try a few more things before i come to any conclusion though.
The king of DIY why wouldn't it work for freshwater?
different bacteria
you have to have a way to remove the effluent coming out of the reactor with a skimmer. by not removing it, you just get bacteria that grows eating the nitrates.....then dies. so now you have to deal with the original nitrate and now the bacteria that died. that's why you put the effluent directly infront of the skimmer intake to be skimmed out.
The king of DIY did you ever post that update on how it worked (or didn’t work) for freshwater?
I am not sure but in UK, smart water bottle has very sticky sticker and glue under smells very toxic. Good staff but please use different bottle I think.
Did you ever make a HOB version ?
*yay another video*
Hi Joey, so can I put this in a quarantine tank? Just the biopellet inside the aquarium, without the skimmer, just like your setup? or no?
You mentioned using a bio pellet reactor on your 375 gallon freshwater system. How are you planning to export its waste product ? obviously you cant use a skimmer so im interested i would like to try it for my 180 gallon Oscar Tank
Could you show us how to make a aquarium as cheap as possible? I mean power and water cost a month. Thank you!!
Can u use this on a 29 freshwater planted tank setup inside the tank or not a good idea ?
Thank you I love you videos!
I have a nitrate problem in my goldfish tank... can I do this in my tank along with my moving bed filters?
I have a small sump for a 40 gallon saltwater. Think it be a good idea to put this in same compartment as my skimmer???
Great video joey, I'm going to have to try this out and copy your style on my channel, got a diy shirt I can borrow? Jk lol keep doing what you do!
Can you set up a bioreactor for a freshwater aquarium like this?
Is that the same as a fluidized filter?
You mentioned saltwater. I'm getting ready to change my freshwater system to a sump system.
This type of closed system seems quite perfect for my use. (I need a closed system with little air mixing to not wash out more CO2 than necessary.
I've just started watching your videos and I haven't seen all of your fish. So, have you ever thought of or had a black ghost knife fish?
Will this work in fresh water tanks to remove nitrates?
I would love to meet up with you while you are here for the GCCA show. I have been trying to get a sit-down with you for 2 years since i first stubbled onto your channel. I would love to pick your brain in regards to a large project i am trying to do. Thank you.
can I get some clarification, does this mean that I wouldn't need to do weekly water changes with this?
Hi Joe will this remove high levels of phophates please ?