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Originally Posted by gdemos
Going to respectfully disagree with your thoughts on the newer AIO pellets. The brown larger pellets being the older style the newer style being the yellow. According to Dennis van Houten, the ingredients of the two are the same. He suggested to me the reason for the change was folks were having a problem with the heavy weight of the brown ones and the new pellets allow for a reduced air/water content in the pellets making them smaller and more dense. I've run both the old and new pellets. And while I don't necessarily like the gold colored skimmate, I've had success running the new AIO in my reactor as a functional and effective media. I've tried many biopellet brands and these have been my favorite.
Not saying this is Krzysztof's findings but personally I have no issue with the new DVH AIO pellets.
What don't you like about them?
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I ran the old pellets for over a year and they did a fantastic job as long as you didn't let them degrade to tiny pieces. There was some off-color residue in the skimmate, but fairly minimal. They tumbled very well. I tried another system for a while then re-booted the tank and decided to go back to AIO. The new formulation pellets were almost impossible to tumble in the same reactor and were disintegrating at an alarming rate. After a few weeks everything- pipes, pumps, reactor, skimmer were coated in orange-yellow sludge. Corals were doing poorly, with peeling/burning and STN.
I pulled the pellets, cleaned the equipment, and added poly-filter and went to regular pellets(dr Tim's brand but I would have used DVH if I could have got them). Within days I was seeing an improvement in the corals and no more losses. I would gladly use the old formula AIO if it were offered but I think that DVH made a bad move here.