almost got it all :)

[Myka]

I can see where globaldesigns is coming from. I can see where the UV could help him (guessing here?) with his current setup. The bacteria that ZEObac puts into the water column should be colonizing the live rock and sand in much higher concentrations than the water column anyway, so using UV with ZEObac will inhibit it to a certain extent, but it definitely wouldn't compromise it to any huge extent provided the UV is turned off for awhile (I would guess that 2-3 hours would be sufficient, but I'm taking an "educated guess") just after dosing the ZEObac. I would bet that you could find people discussing this on the ZEOvit forums. This is the same philosophy that water changes during the cycle won't inhibit the cycle at all. [If you care to read more about that, I go over it in the cycling article in my signature.]

And he IS right, too many people think the book is the only way. Personally, I like to suggest "the book" method (haha) to newbies, so they have a base to start from that helps them along. I certainly don't follow the book all the time, but mostly I do because hey, it usually works. There is no way to expand knowledge if everyone is doing the exact same thing.

Albeit, I am far more closed-minded to things like keeping difficult species, which I think experimentation should be left to the pros where sucess is more likely.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Myka

And he IS right, too many people think the book is the only way. Personally, I like to suggest "the book" method (haha) to newbies, so they have a base to start from that helps them along.

There's a book?? Now you tell me!!

Seriously people, there was no bashing here, certainly nothing to close a thread about. There is generally a right(ish) way to do things, and that was all that was offered. If something different works for someone, well, that's awesome!
But, as Myka says, many people need to follow the "rules" when starting out, so clarifying what those are may help new people that get confused by the more experienced variants of any given method.

[globaldesigns]

Now this is turning good. See different views and ideas, not just bashing, this is good, we need more of this.

These are the types of threads I like reading and would be more than happy to post to. thanks to all that have posted their great thoughts and ideas.

We can all have our different views, but we still need to get along. Thanks all...

[Jason McK]

Sweet look a good descusion on the subject

Ameekplec makes a great point. I never thought of it that way. I guess I was only thinking of when you agitate the reactor and when you add the Bac. so when the Bac was free floating in the water.

[fiorano]

well now that everyone has said there part about canreef and this bashing i just wanted to say im so grateful for this thread. the majority of my reef tank knowledge stems from this forum and all of the helpful people here and how no one bashes noobs for asking simple questions. i just wanted to say thank you to all of the people in this thread who helped me out and everyone else o canreef ... much more polite than some other forums i know ... cough reefcentral cough haha