Field Trial of PRODIBIO Jan 1

intarsiabox · #1 01-01-2011, 06:16 PM

AquaDigital posted a dosing chart, looks like 50-100g tanks use 2 vials of BioPtim, Reef Booster, Iodi+ & Stronti+ very 15 days and 1 vial of BiDiget every 15 days for tanks 0-250g. Looks like an interesting and easy to use prouct and can't wait to see some results Wayne!

fencer · #2 01-15-2011, 07:47 AM

Week 2
What I have noticed:
-white film on tank glass is more frequent
-water is clearer
- control corals are starting to color up...but not enough time to determine whether probio is responsible for this
- corals that were colored have maintained their color(mind you they also look better)
-stags growth rate is definitely better
-I haved noticed that the acans have their polyps out more than usual
What was done:
-10% Water and Carbon change 2 days ago
- Ca reactor put back on line after one month of downtime( FYI: never put a deltec pf601 in an place that you can not reach easily)

- will test for nitrates and phosphates on week 4
-reef booster comes on line in week 4

lobsterboy · #3 01-15-2011, 08:30 AM

Hey Wayne,

I was surfing and seen this. Thought you might be interested.

http://reefbuilders.com/2011/01/14/p...ns/#more-28781

and

Do you think you will ever try a combo method like Iwan Lasser ?

fencer · #4 02-02-2011, 03:54 PM

As of FEB 1 all water prams are OK( simliar to what I had when I was on Ultra). Although I feel it is more important to have a stable prams rather than prams in a certain range. I introduced Reef Booster ( 2 vials ). It did cloud the system a milk white..sort of like when you put purple up in the tank. I had the skimmer off for 4hrs( the tank was clear by that time). I checked the skimmer cup and it was not excessively foaming. Reef booster mixes very well in water. None of the softies closed up. Notes: The water in the tank is very clear( no yellowish tinge when I had a water change. I notice that the Stags are growing faster and the colors are starting to come out. The control corals( these are not stags)are also responding. I will be changing out lights by the end of Feb.

fencer · #5 02-02-2011, 04:48 PM

Thanks for the link John. I like the idea of a hybird method like Iwan Lasser's. I think each ulns product lines have some very good products. I have some thoughts on how to combine Zeo and Ultra products in to a very effective UNLS dosing system. John do have any more links to Lasser's? I want to read more about his setup.

Here is another link I found
http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/cont...cs-demystified

Northernseacorals · #6 02-02-2011, 04:56 PM

Awesome little journal mate, looking forward to keeping track of this one !

Aqua-Digital · #7 02-02-2011, 10:25 PM

Great review

Took me a while to realise this was running, but if anyone has any technical questions then let me know.

cale262 · #8 03-06-2011, 05:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fencer

... I had the skimmer off for 4hrs( the tank was clear by that time). I checked the skimmer cup and it was not excessively foaming. ...

I just dosed for the first time today, added all five products and left the skimmer off for 2 hrs. I turned the skimmer back on two hours ago and I have no foam what so ever...almost like when I have skimmer running in vinegar and fresh water to clean it...Is this what you experienced?

fencer · #9 03-06-2011, 07:40 AM

After 4hrs...there is no foaming. Everything except reef booster you can add with the skimmmer on. I was told to add reefboaster 1 month later at the start. Not sure if you did this

Aqua-Digital · #10 03-06-2011, 12:24 PM

You MUST wait 6 weeks prior to adding Reefbooster, I mention this in all my guides. It is quite an important detail. If you do not have your system at ULN proportions you are just adding very high nutrients before the system has burnt out the bad stuff. Just like other ULN systems, the food sources are only added once the system is on a ULN state.

Reefbooster is heavy in Omega 3 it will shut a skimmer down just as you say.

I dose mine over night and turn the skimmer back on in the morning on low settings until the evening.

If you find the skimmer over skims after this time the system has not absorbed all the nutrients in the ReefBooster so set the skimmer to min flow for 24 hours.

The high benefits of reefbooster is in the visibly high Omega3 content, but your system has to have enough life to soak it up and low enough nutrient loading (why you wait 6 weeks). If you find the skimmer does not come back online as quickly as hoped, dose only half next time.

You are also using a Skimz skimmer that draws a heap load of air so it will likely over skim when it comes back online.