Red Sea No3 Po4 observations

[BioMan]

I have just started trying this stuff in my tanks. My 265 is very underbuilt and had hair algae and my 80 is well built but was battling dinos and cyano for the past month. the past 2 weeks I may have overdosed the first dose because my water was cloudy in both tanks, but the day after my water hasn't looked so clear in ages. Dinos and cyano seem to have disappeared in this short a time!
Has anybody used this stuff long term? Seems like Vodka dosing without the vodka. PLUS i think theres some other bacteria in there.
FYI this stuff seems magical

 

[planetmacro]

Greetings reefers. New to the site. Anyone know of a good LFS in the Westchester Co. area with good salt section?
Thanks

 

[greg 45]

There is a long read on other forums stating it is similar to dosing vodka and vinegar .

 

[b-ridge]

I have used it in the past and still do. It has and still does work great for me. Keeps levels where you want them. You just have to figure out that happy medium of dosing it after the initial dosing instructions

 

[BioMan]

Greetings reefers. New to the site. Anyone know of a good LFS in the Westchester Co. area with good salt section?
Thanks

wrong thread but right guy! I'm also in Westchester and there are 2 stores close to us that wont rip you off. AX Corals and The Reef Shop.

 

[BioMan]

I have used it in the past and still do. It has and still does work great for me. Keeps levels where you want them. You just have to figure out that happy medium of dosing it after the initial dosing instructions

I took my GFO offline when I started and haven't ran Activated Carbon in a while since I noticed my SPS wasnt looking too cherry,,, are you using anything else besides skimming?

 

[Reefcowboy]

Started using it and dosed exactly as instructions said. Had a bit of cyano prior to starting using it, so was a bit worried it could worsen it. Nitrates prior were also 20-25 in a full sps tank. Within 2 weeks, while testing for nitrates with Salifert many times a week, noticed nitrates went down to 0.5. Cyano vanished.
I used it with a PO4 reactor since my Po4 was already always 0. I then cut the dose to 50% and have been doing it for months now. Nitrates are less than 0.2 and i couldnt be happier. My opinion on this stuff is make sure you know how much nitrates you have prior to using Nopox, to calculate proper initial dosage, and test often. Also NEVER overdose it or your tank will pay a high price.

It does really work and my tank is doing amazing with Nitrates finaly controlled.

 

[jkidd155]

Wat do u guys think about nite out II it's by microbe lift they make special blend

 

[jackson6745]

Wat do u guys think about nite out II it's by microbe lift they make special blend

That's just a live nitrifying bacteria additive. It won't do anything noticeable to lower nutrients IME.

 

[b-ridge]

I just bought a bunch of products by aquaforest that a friend recommended. Supposed to be all the rave in Poland and Europe. Lowers nitrates and phosphates were eventually you take gfo or bio pellet or vodka dosing or whatever you use to keep your levels low off line. Looking forward to seeing the results in time.

 

[cono]

what products from aquaforest

 

[b-ridge]

I ordered the reef salt. They have 3 different salt depending on your needs, what you have as far as corals, and whatever your trying to achieve.
I also ordered bio S, pro bio-S, /np-pro, and I bought some phosohate removal and carbon
It's basically the same as the Red Sea foundations. Zeo vit, fauna marina products etc
Check out salty supply. They stock quite a bit of there products. Or go to aquaforest.eu they explain everything there.

 

[BioMan]

Aquaforest has a ton of stuff on Amazon! I just looked and most of it is available via Prime,,,

 

[BioMan]

Abcd how come everybody else's writing looks bigger than mine

 

[b-ridge]

Really? They didn't have everything I was looking for when I ordered? Price is definitely cheaper on Amazon then it is at salty supply

 

[lnevo]

I guess its like the tropic marin bioactif that has carbon dosing properties as part of the salt ingredients

 

[greg 45]

I just purchased a bottle of this nopox . It went straight in the garbage reason it smelt like the old airplane dope we used to glue the wing covering on with. I would not subject my tank to this.

 

[NYreefNoob]

microbe lift actually makes the denitrifying bacteria's for alot of other companies, if you take a little time to research that company you will see a few thing's. few years back at macna in jersey i had a long convo with the guys at their booth, was given some of their products and i think it is on here i made a thread in regards to what i used and what it had done. but since you guys are asking about the red sea products i also used this kit and really liked it. http://www.redseafish.com/reef-care-program/marine-care-program/reef-mature-pro-kit/ one of the things i have noticed over the years is with a system that has been running for a long time eventually a bacteria source will become the dominate and by occasionally added different bacteria can be benificial

 

[greg 45]

nyreefnoob don't understand microbe / I have purchased dr tims / fritz monster 460 none of these smell like death or a glue / formaldehyde stench . I threw the product out and would not use it in my system . This is my opinion on the product. Do they all smell like this or did I get a bad batch .

 

[BioMan]

Greg, mine smalls like alcohol...or am I withdrawing since this morning..
JIM-- Im going to try that, and that philosophy seems dead on too