Prodibio Review(Conclusion)

[PoonTang]

10% WC and dosing of 3 full sets of Ampoules minus the reef booster.
Parameters this week CAL:430 ALK:9 MAG:1335 PHOS:.04 NIT:4
Not really sure whats up with the phos/nitrate readings being up other than while I was away my pellets partially plugged up and werent tumbling correctly and I wasnt able to do my tests before the fish were fed today. I will redo those 2 tests tomorrow morning before feeding time. After being away for a week and seeing the corals when I got home I really noticed some colour changes in some of them. A lot of the colours are getting richer and my pocilliopora looks fabulous. Still no great improvements in the pollyp dept. tho. They are there but still no extension to speak of.

[PoonTang]

WC day today. Nothing due to be dosed this week, but next week I am due for a full set.
Heres this weeks numbers:
Cal:450 Alk:8.5 (new Elos kit) Mag:1320 Nitrate:5 Phos:.05
Havnt really noticed anything new in the tank this week but colours are slowly improving still. I added a ton of new flow this week in the form of 2 Korilia Evo 14's on a wave program and the Seio 620 on the FrankenSwirler so we will see if that does anything. I had to do a couple of extra feedings this week because I added a couple of new fish and this probably caused the slight increase in Nit/Phos.

[PoonTang]

I was due to finish my review of the Prodibio product however I was not happy with the results thus far. The results were there just nothing that made you kinda go wow or anything. I think most of the problem was the first half of the review was with the older formula and a reduced dosing and also not dosing any of the Reef Booster. It wasn't until i got the new improved formula and followed the recommended dosing for the final month that i was starting to see any great changes. My nitrate and phosphate numbers were still above 0 but i was starting to see definite changes and improvements in both the coral colors and PE. I managed to talk Michael from Aqua Digital into extending the tests for another month to see if the improvements would continue. I am going to be dosing the BioClean kit which is a stripped down version of the Reef kit as it only contains the Bioptim and BioDigest ampules. I will be adding to this the Reef Booster ampules that I had left over from the previous kits. I will update again in 2 weeks when it is time to dose again.
Tank parameters today were:
Cal-400 Alk-8 Mag-1200 Phos-.04 Nitrate-5

[blacknife]

I have been working through a reef kit as well and feel the results about the same. I want to continue with the digest and biotipim. i have not been using the reef booster the last few weeks as it seems to overload and clog out my skimmer for a day or two. not sure if the batch i have is new or old formula or even what the difference is i guess ill have to re-read your thread when i have time later.

[PoonTang]

Yes the reef booster definitely knocks the skimmer for a crap. Not able to form a foam column and micro bubbles out the wazoo.

[PoonTang]

Added my last set of dosages today and did a 15% WC.
Parameters this week are: CAL-430 ALK-7.5 MAG-1335 NIT-2.5 PHOS-.09
No great changes but still noticing gradual color changes in some of the corals. PE is still minimal. I really hate dosing the reef booster as it really plays havoc with the skimmer. Skimmer wont produce anything for 2 days other than a TON of micro bubbles.

[toxic111]

its funny that you have problems with the skimmer with the reef booster. I usually just shut my skimmer off for a couple hours after doing a dosing set, and it is usually good after that (Vertex IN-100)

[Aqua-Digital]

This means the system is not taking it all up, in this case you can dose the nano size vials.

If booster is left in the system the corals have had enough of a feed, bit like us if we order that 20 oz T bone but knew an 8oz sirloin was enough

If you also leave the skmmer running while doing the booster dosing this can play havoc as you coat the insides with neat Omega 3.

Hope that helps