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Originally Posted by capn_hylinur

Both bacteria and carbon are being released into the tank not just the bacteria as originally thought.
Dino's could be stimulated by the carbon until the bacteria increase in numbers to compete. Try dosing with vodka and or vinegar instead of the pellets.this can increase the bacteria count faster in the water column itself then using the polymers outside of the water column

Thank you for the feedback! Maybe I would be better off just pulling the biopellets, and dealing with nutrients another way. I thought that I had read that carbon dosing such as vodka would in fact feed the dinos? Thinking about setting up an external refugium and growing macro to reduce nutrients, instead of biopellets/carbon dosing to achieve this. Seems like guess work at this point, but maybe I'll stumble across the magic bullet...