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I don't know what brand is safe to use i just know to make sure you give it PLENTY of time to cure and dry. you don't want to rush and get it done tonight and put it into use tomorrow and poison the tank.
I know a few people who have just shut them off with no problem. I just had enough one day and took the reactor our and everything improved very quickly.
Cyano was the main reason I shut the pellets off. remove the pellets and the cyano will go away.
I am sure i was doing something wrong but everything i tried didn't work. i removed the pellets and my cyano cleared up. It wasn't worth me trying to get them to work right for me.
first i had the chevy then i got the yellow and finally the purple. when i put the purple in there was some serious fighting for a day or so. My yellow is the size of a dinner plate. once things got established they are all the best of friends. every now and again you will see them tiff but...
Pink Lemonade
Jason Fox Unknown
ViVid Rainbow
ORA Red Planet
I won this at last years swap's raffle
I found this little gem growing behind the rocks
ViVid Fire Garden Acro
I took all these with my iphone underwater with the Life Proof case.
For what it's worth some people have great success with pellets and others do not. I know I ran them and had nothing but problems and algae issues. almost instantly when i took them off things improved.