Aquaforest probiotic method

[Wheelman76]

Originally Posted by brisco

My phosphate is showing zero on the Hanna and my nitrates are 0.05 Salifert.



The reason I am thinking of switching salts is, I don't like some of the high alk that I get form IO and I have been battling cyano and now dino's. So I was hoping that maybe probiotic would be the way to go (would this even help?). I dose c-balance as two part and my own Mag mix...which is what Aquaforest 1+2+3 is, I think..but I am not adverse to switching. My doser is only 3 heads so didn't really want to add something else.



I was all set to try biopellets, but after some research, they sounded a little tricky for me. Maybe I should find a way to add a fuge? Little tricky in my set up but there might be a way.



I recently added 2 gals of hydroton into the sump to increase the biofilter and started to use Nitroguard as well to reduce Nitrates.



I love to have a full tank of corals and fish...but right now Dinoflagellets are killing me!

Not that I matters because 0.05 or 0.5 nitrates are fine , but the Salifert test doesn't measure low range down to 0.05 as you stated.

The Aquaforest component 123 is similar to C balance in that the mag is added to the Calcium part , the main difference is with the addition of the mineral salts. So you're dosing 3 containers of equal amounts , similar to balling system , so your 3 head doser will work great.

I agree with everyone else that if your no3 and po4 are that low already then there's no reason to try biopellets or even a fuge unless you really want to increase your bioload with more fish etc.

[dcw1sfu]

In terms of your cyano, I have used chemi clean in the past with excellent results as I once had a cyano outbreak. If you use something like this though make sure you do it properly and don't skip any steps.

[brisco]

my mistake 0.5 Nitrates is the correct number. Prior to using Nitroguard Phosphate and Nitrate were higher....which is why I started on it, I also wanted to increase the bioload.

I battled cyano with lights out, lots of water changes, filter socks daily etc. It came back so just nuked it with Chemiclean 2 days ago. Everything is looking good in the tank now, except the skimmer is still in overdrive...but I hear that takes a while sometimes. I still have the dinos thought. I can stir up my sand and vac it so it is nice and white and in 10 minutes (not exaggerating) you can see it starting to turn brown. I am considering Hydrogen Peroxide now.

[brisco]

Doesn't sound like probiotic salt is a magic solution for my problems.

[Jordon]

Originally Posted by brisco

my mistake 0.5 Nitrates is the correct number. Prior to using Nitroguard Phosphate and Nitrate were higher....which is why I started on it, I also wanted to increase the bioload.

I battled cyano with lights out, lots of water changes, filter socks daily etc. It came back so just nuked it with Chemiclean 2 days ago. Everything is looking good in the tank now, except the skimmer is still in overdrive...but I hear that takes a while sometimes. I still have the dinos thought. I can stir up my sand and vac it so it is nice and white and in 10 minutes (not exaggerating) you can see it starting to turn brown. I am considering Hydrogen Peroxide now.

I have dinos too. I was in denial before thinking it was some crazy diatoms that just wouldn't go away, but the moment I seen the slimy bubbles I knew

I'm debating to just remove my sand bed, as that is the only thing it is affecting. My rocks are perfectly 'clean'

[ramasule]

Hi,
Which vendor sells the aquaforest lineup?

Im in edmonton if anyone sells it local, I didnt see one on their website though.

Also, how many dosing pump heads will I need? I know I need 3 for the 1,2,3 can I Mix the other stuff like probiotics into one container? Im out of town all week and can not dose 1 drop every other day unless I can dose it.

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by ramasule

Hi,
Which vendor sells the aquaforest lineup?

Until they get a [better] Canadian distributor, you can only find them on Amazon Canada.

[dcw1sfu]

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