prodibio

[b-ridge]

I've been doing some research on these products and am almost thinking about taking a chance on them. I was suggested the bio optim and the bio digest. What is the difference between the regular prodibio and the PRO prodibio? I have a 240 gallon display tank, 125 gallon sump, and a 75 gallon refugium. Total water volume is around 300 gallons after the sand and live rock? I would just like a cleaner looking tank and to lower my nitrates which are between 20-30ppm and my phosphates which are at 3? Any suggestions would be deeply appreciated

 

[jerl77]

look into vinegar and mb7 cheaper and same results jmo

 

[Widdy]

I think the difference between regular and Pro is the size of the ampoule. Their chart suggests tanks over 1000L (264G) should use their Pro sized ampoule.

http://www.prodibio.com/bioptim-nutrients-bacteria-saltwater-freshwater-biological-filtration

 

[b-ridge]

@jeri

could you please explain the vinegar and mb7? what is mb7?

 

[b-ridge]

@ widdy

so with the PRO I wouldnt have to use as many of the vials then. I know with one of the prodibio they suggest 5 vials/every 15 days

 

[Widdy]

@ widdy

so with the PRO I wouldnt have to use as many of the vials then. I know with one of the prodibio they suggest 5 vials/every 15 days

Correct.

 

[jerl77]

http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index...ar-dosing-methodology-for-the-marine-aquarium

 

[mshur]

For my new system ( 370g) i use 3amp of digest and 7 Tim every 14 days, but i dont have much nutrient ( new system)
For your system i would recomend start dosing every week 6 amp of digest and 6 amp of tim to lover ur nutrients..

 

[b-ridge]

@mshur

that wouldn't be too much dosing to quick? are you using the regular or the PRO?

 

[mshur]

i use regular vials, Pro is too big and once you open it you have to use it all.
You cant oD this product.. I spoke with owner of prodibio and actually he is Dr in Marine biology at MACNA he told me that we cant OD Digest . Biotim is carbon source..
if you wanna be on a safe side, start with 1/2 what i recomended for 3 weeks and increase slowly.
How do you measure PO4, seems pretty high to me?

 

[b-ridge]

i measure po4 with a test kit then place the vial against the white paper and match it up to the nearest color. I know this is far from accurate but thats what i have to use for now. where do you order your prodibio from? cause I notice online on ebay its half the cost. problem is it takes almost a month to get here

 

[mshur]

To get accurate measurament you need to use photometer, i use hanna low range.
Usually i order my stuff from Premium aquatics

 

[b-ridge]

yes i understand i need a photometer. i can tell my phosphates is high also cause i have algae growing like crazy. its slowed down a bit since i started using red sea no3po4 remover. my tank still looks dirty. well not so much my tank but definitely my rocks

 

[Tonyscoots84]

if you are using prodibio or any type of bacteria additive i would highly suggest using a highly efficient skimmer. (what type of skimmer do you have on this tank?)

 

[mshur]

if you are using prodibio or any type of bacteria additive i would highly suggest using a highly efficient skimmer. (what type of skimmer do you have on this tank?)

+100%

 

[b-ridge]

I have the super reef octopus xp50001 internal

 

[mshur]

good skimmer

 

[b-ridge]

thanks on the skimmer. I was just on reef central and they suggested to turn off protein skimmer and dont run gfo when using prodibio.

 

[mshur]

i never turn skimmer off, and i use small amount of GFO . but i have large bio load, well had)
just started a new system. if you have large bio load i recomend small amount of gfo to remove residiual PO4.

 

[b-ridge]

see i was thinking the same thing. the nitrate will be reduced faster than the phosphate. without any nitrates you cant lower the phosphates cause they feed off each other. I never thought about taking the skimmer offline but I did expect it to go nutty for a little while