Aquaforest probiotic method

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Myka

I just started the NP Pro Bio S today (only bottle I have so far). Yesterday I did a water change wih the last of my H2Ocean so it was 50/50 H2Ocean and Aquaforest Probiotic Reef Salt. We'll see how it goes...

On the other hand, the bucket arrived broken and was leaking some salt. Hopefully that doesn't affect the probiotic properties. I think i read that the probiotics aren't activated until they hit water though.

Hi5! Mine arrived broken too. And got 10% discount from Amazon for that. If you bought it from Amazon, you should chat with them, easy discount

Yah the bacteria are in dormant state so shouldn't have any effect.

[Myka]

Did anyone get the little bottle of NP Pro in their bucket of salt? If you're not using it, I'd like to buy it from you! It's not available for sale on Amazon.ca yet. Please PM me!

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Myka

Did anyone get the little bottle of NP Pro in their bucket of salt? If you're not using it, I'd like to buy it from you! It's not available for sale on Amazon.ca yet. Please PM me!

I have one sitting and I can ship it off to you for free

[Myka]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

I have one sitting and I can ship it off to you for free

Sweet! You got mail.

[Myka]

Haha wow!

[gmann]

is it me, or did prices go up?

reef salt is now $76 for 25kg box, and 69 for 22kg bucket

pretty sure box used to be cheaper than bucket.

[spedly]

I've ordered the reef salt from Amazon a couple of times and haven't had any broken buckets. Sounds like I've been lucky.

[Fesso]

I wish I had read this thread before trying to mix some salt in my bucket. It flooded out my closet!!!

GUess I'll try for the 10% discount!

On another note, does anyone know of a Canadian source for -NP-Pro yet?

Been using the Probiotic salt, Coral A,B,E,V and Pro Bio S for 6 weeks and I have totally noticed a difference in the tank. The corals are more colourful and my rocks have never looked so clean!

I am currently using a bit of vinegar instead of -NP-Pro as a carbon source for now... seems to work just fine!

[Myka]

NP Pro isn't available in Canada yet. You can buy off the Amazon.com website and have it shipped up though. Our dollar is a bit better these days so it isn't super terrible. I think a 50 mL bottle is about $40 all in. There is also a diluted 2L bottle that you can put on a dosing pump, but you pay USD$25 shipping on it.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by spedly

I was looking at this today. The description on Amazon didn't indicate that the 2L bottle was diluted but I trust your experience.

I emailed them to ask about it,and that's what they told me. Since then I've noticed a couple tanks on RC using the 2L version on a doser.

Originally Posted by spedly

For anyone that is interested the Amazon.com shipping costs have dropped for the 2000ml bottle of NP Pro. Last Sunday it was ~$25. Today it's ~$15. Had to pull the trigger.

I really like Aquaforest products. I don't have a point of reference to compare it to other than "no dosing at all" but in the past few days that I've been using ProbioticS there is a marked difference in the the beauty of my tank.

Nice score! Thanks for the alert!

Edit: 2L bottle is USD$22.99 now...already jumped back up.