Using Polyp Lab System Reef-resh?

surgeonfish · #1 05-29-2007, 10:24 PM

Just wondering if anyone is using the Polyp Lab System Reef-resh? If so how do you like it? I am having problems keeping my nitrates low (despite all the usual means) and phone J&L asking about using a nitrate filter. They recommended using Reef-resh. Any recommendations?

Snappy · #2 05-30-2007, 12:18 AM

I started a thread about it a while back with very little response. Personally I like it and think it works.
http://216.187.96.54/vbulletin/showt...esh+polyp-labs

And here's one from another board.
http://aquariumpros.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=27899

http://aquariumpros.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=27799

marie · #3 05-30-2007, 12:41 AM

I used it for 6 weeks last year and personally didn't like it so i quit. I still have half the stuff left sitting in my fridge

Snappy · #4 05-30-2007, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by marie

I used it for 6 weeks last year and personally didn't like it so i quit. I still have half the stuff left sitting in my fridge

Marie what didn't you like about it? Too much hassle or poor results? Other comments? I personally didn't see a lot of noticable results ( coral colour) for about 3 months.
I mentioned it to Anthony Calfo on a U.S. site and he hadn't heard of it but was going to look into it as he was writing a book on related matters so I sent him the link for their website. I should follow up with him to see what he thinks.

marie · #5 05-30-2007, 01:34 AM

When I first moved all my stock into the 175g I had marine velvet kill off half my fish and the other half were removed to a hospital tank. After the main tank was fishless for a few weeks I started getting a major macroalgae outbreak and figuring I had elevated nutrients from the tank move i started using reef resh.
Within 2 weeks I was getting very ugly, slimy bacteria matts (biofilm?) coating everything. The sand bed was choked, the overflows were coated and I was cleaning the skimmer cup daily, not because it was full but because i had thick, slimy bubbles pushing the cap off the cup and coating the outside

. I was told it was because I didn't have fish picking at it but there was an awful lot there for fish to pick at.
Oh and all the corals were pale and not growing well either (but that could of been because of the tank move)

marie · #6 05-30-2007, 02:10 AM

Here is a very long thread started last year that i posted my experiences in
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...ight=Reef+resh

littlesilvermax · #7 05-30-2007, 08:04 PM

I am using it, for about 2 months now.

I would say mostly good things, able to get some faintly blue tips on an otherwise brown coral I have had for 4 years now.

I am getting some biofilm on some things though.

Overall for me the verdict is still out.

If you are having nitrate problems I would imagine there are other things that would solve it first.

Snappy · #8 05-30-2007, 09:41 PM

I have a devils hand that I had for more than 2 years. It grew ok but never had it's polyps extended until I started using Reef-resh, now they are out all the time and it looks great. For me the verdict was still out until about a month ago as there were a few changes I thought might be coincidence but I now feel that this stuff has made a significant overall contribution. To use it solely to remove nitrates I don't think you need to use all four parts of the program. I would think just the fuel and genesis might be enough. I would contact Polyp-Labs and see what they think.

surgeonfish · #9 05-31-2007, 06:37 AM

Thanks for the comments. I also have a few SPS corals which hardly extend. Therefore, I am going to try the complete system, dosing daily. Like everyone else, I will try and take before and after pictures and post my water parameters as I go along. Time to take out the VISA.

surgeonfish · #10 07-24-2007, 11:28 PM

After starting this thread back in May I have been using Reef-resh. I have completed over 6 weeks and have dosed every day as recommended. I don't think I have seen any differences. I was told to try it to decrease my nitrates. They are still unchanged (NO3 - 5 ppm). I have not changed any other parameters and only added two small Xenia frags and a mushroom. My SPS are growing slowly but still do not extend their polyps during the day. I am going to stop using it fpr now. Anyone else changed their minds?