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Old 03-15-2007, 04:41 PM
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Don't forget the "before" photos!!!
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Don't forget the "before" photos!!!

will do... however, I plan on givething the tank a really good scrubbing beforehand. So it shouldn't look bad. Currently I have quite a bit of HA on the back wall, however its not growing/spreading so I think it must have just been the initial "new tank" bloom... I have phosphat/nitrate media removal in my canister filter (which is my return pump)... So my levels shouldn't be too bad (haven't tested for a while). Just waiting to get my replacement impleller for the euroreef rs80 and I should be away to the races.
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I've been useing Digest,Biotoptim and Reefbooster since I started my current setup last September.I really like Digest and Bioptim it greatly helped cycled the tank and controlled unwanted algals.You can see the water clarity the next day , amazing... Orthophosphates are at 0.45 ppm on a DD Merck test kit,still on the high side but no algal bloom for now anyway though I have a small patch of cyanobacteria which is normal since tank is only 6 months old.As for Reefbooster,I really can't say but I still use it for now.
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Old 03-27-2007, 02:38 PM
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Got it in the mail today, didn' realize how small these things were. gave the tank a good scrubbing, and will be dosing the first does on the weekend (want to start it on the 1st). Quite excited to see how this goes.
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Don't forget the pics

I'm pretty interested to see how this goes too. These dosing "systems" fascinate me for some reason.
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I'm pretty interested to see how this goes too. These dosing "systems" fascinate me for some reason.
yup, i'm going to take some just before I dose on Saturday...
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I've been using Prodibio since May. In my old 72G I did it the "careful" way. Started with Biodigest and Bioptim, and once my nitrates started to drop I added Reefbooster. If my algae increased I stopped the Reefbooster.

When I started my new 180G 2 months ago I decided to follow Prodibio's instructions and see what happened.

I have been dosing 1 Biodigest and 4 Bioptim every 2 weeks on Thursday, and 2 Reefbooster every Sunday.

Nitrates peeked at 2.5 ppm and are now at .2. Algae is starting to decrease. The new tank cycle went really smooth and I only have 1 small (but healthy) patch of cyano.

I think if you just dose the whole system as it is meant to be used your tank will adjust to it with time and will be healthier in the end.
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