Trying Polyp Lab's "System Reef-resh" this weekend.

[Mike Olson]

I definitely need to spend money on a new camera! Gotta slow down on the tank though! I will do up a 2 week report here in the next few days. I am still impressed with the product...nitrates are still undetectable and growth has maintained the same levels. The bacterial mats are thriving in the refuge and noticed some on the rock. Not that pretty though! They are not noticeable in the tank at least! At first I wondered what these slimey mats were. My skimmer cup is filling up every 3 days compared to five!

[Polyp Lab]

Dirty Reefer: Leaving the product out at room temp is fine once in a while. Don't worry about it =)

Albert: It definitely needs surface area to work. Most tanks will have more than enough surface area for the system to work effectively. As for the effects on refugiums and turf scrubbers, you will likely have much slower macro growth.

Rich & Muck: A few before/after photos exist on some forums but I don't want to break canreef forum rules posting links..

[Tangman]

I have bought the system and starting it today. I will post pics. of two test subjects ( purple acro and a purple milli ) and tank prams. weekly starting next week ,every Sunday, As Sunday is my normal tank maintenance day


Thank you Polyp Lab for staying in touch with this thread, your input is very much appreciated

[SuperFudge]

I apologize for my skeptisism,

But are you not still relying on the existing filtration and maintanece to remove nutrients regardless of form?

It really doesnt matter what the cells, bacteria or micro-whatever are doing when they just bind up nutrients for a time then "shed" them, you still end up with the same mechanical means of removal as before...problem is you just added more stuff to the tank, of course your skimmer is working better.

Polp extention in Jl`s tank is largly due to the wavebox, i can attest to the improvements they contribute in polyp extention, i would guess they would tell you the same.

Since bacteria store phosphates, it makes no sence to me why one would want to add more to a system, regardless of better strains.

This goes against the theory of nutrient poor systems such as BB`s, where the idea is to REMOVE the bacteria from the system, not give them some more food.

[Polyp Lab]

Fudge:

Yes you relying on the skimmer to remove waste.

The bacterial strains in our product, feed on nutrients in your water column that are not removable by a skimmer. For example, if you poured a cup of fertilizer into your aquarium, you'd have a serious nutrient problem. And having a skimmer wouldn't help one bit.

With system Reef-resh. you are introducing bacteria that consumes nutrients. These bacteria are readily remove by a skimmer.

These aren't "better" strains. The strains in the product form biofilms. This isn't a buzzword. Biofilms are very efficient at nutrient removal and are used in thousands of real-world applications. Furthermore, they do not "shed" the nutrients. They shed the cells themselves that have used these nutrients to grow.


And while a wavebox certainly helps polyp extension, give J&L a call and ask them if they noticed a difference in polyp extension when they started using this product. (There's a reason why they wanted to carry our product)


BTW: Nutrient poor systems are not designed to remove bacteria. They are designed to remove nutrients. This is what our product does.


I feel like I have repeated myself 10X in this thread.......

[cprowler]

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[SuperFudge]

Originally Posted by Polyp Lab

For example, if you poured a cup of fertilizer into your aquarium, you'd have a serious nutrient problem. And having a skimmer wouldn't help one bit.

Id expect some special bacteria wouldnt adress the problem either, but ill consider it next time i put fertilizer in my tank.

Originally Posted by Polyp Lab

BTW: Nutrient poor systems are not designed to remove bacteria. They are designed to remove nutrients. This is what our product does.

Yes, they are. Biomass=life=nutrients. If you remove the life, you also remove what that life produces.
Bacteria leak....most detritus is produced by BACTERIA.
Im afraid you are adressing only a portion of a much larger process.

Heres one of many,

"The skimmer will export what's available and in a form that the skimmer can export. What is not in that form, will sit in solution, be grabbed and re-cycled by bacteria/phyto/etc again - eventually it has to go back through a form that the skimmer can export."

Lets call this fella a DR. in marine biology, and pathobiology.
He doesnt have anything to sell unfortunatly.

Originally Posted by Polyp Lab

I feel like I have repeated myself 10X in this thread.......

Please dont feel you need to for me.

[Polyp Lab]

The factual information in your quote from Bomber is correct. (That sounds like something that he would say but I could be wrong)

But while excess nutrients are "sitting in solution" they are also being grabbed by organisms that you do not want growing (like nuisance algae).

I completely understand the skepticism. It is very difficult to look at a product like this and give it the benefit of the doubt.

[estey]

I have been following this thread for awhile. Dave, I think Fudge is just skeptical of using it as alot of us spent huge amounts of money into out tanks. The idea of introducting something new to our tanks is not often very comforting as there are many products out there that are useless. These guys are just asking tonnes of questions, as they should, to decide whether or not they'd like to give it a try or not.

I have been fortunate enough to know Dave since he launched Polyp Lab and have tested his products on my own tanks well before they were released. With the system Reef-Resh, I saw my phosphate levels drop to undetectable levels and my SPS color up to be even brighter than I had ever imagined possible in a span of about 4 months. I stand behind this system that Polyp Lab has developed, it works wonders. I do not have any sort of scientific background so cannot explain how it works in any details but have seen the results first hand.

The guys at Polyp Lab have put countless hours of time and money into developing these products, I have been fortunate enough to have seen the lab first hand and have met the people who he has working there.

Cheers,

Derek

[SuperFudge]

pysire,

You must have heard that from an advocate of DSB`s...
Yes it is Bomber, He has no need to lie, he gains nothing other than your understanding.

I am a skeptic, because for 15 years ive watched these products come and go, i am willing to bet 98% of them are all but useless.

Please understand polyp lab, im not trying to bash your product. I am sure you have put much time,effort and money into it.

But it bothers me to say "here add this source of carbon, vitamins and some amino acids....." to your tanks and it will be Nutrient Poor.

It seems backwards to me, the bacteria your feeding..do not need to be there in the first place.
If your adding something...your adding something.

Tell me, if you do not feed these bacteria a source of carbon, what happens ?