Any use Prodibio?

[primetime]

how are everyones results??

I did my second dose yesterday of the digest and optim. 4 more weeks of this and then start to dose the booster. Results not noticeable yet.. too early to tell.

 

[primetime]

Actually, I think I may have spoken too soon. It looks like the tank is a little cleaner..

Actincs only

All lights

 

[Lagger]

Tank looks great Brock :rock:

Also did my second dose this past weekend (digest & optim). Initially I had thought perhaps the pro(dibio) contributed to some nuisance algae I had in the display, however, after the second dose, it is now gone.......dont know if a snail got to it or it was the pro. go figure :hmmmm: I keep telling myself it was the pro :laugh:

also dosed the reefbooster last weekend & it's a pita. skimmer overflowing all kinds of crazy almost a full 12 hours later. sure hope it's worth it......

 

[gcarroll]

I would not dose reefbooster this early. You should dose biodigest and bioptim weekly for 6 weeks first. It will take longer to reduce nutrients if you are already dosing reefbooster.

 

[primetime]

4 weeks of dosing Digest and Optim.. cant wait to start the booster. All looking ok so far.

 

[OCReefMadness]

Bio clean is good for clear water.

 

[Bebo77]

i tried it.. didnt see a difference... went to zeo and saw the difference 1 week later...

 

[primetime]

I have noticed a considerable difference in my water clarity after 2 weeks or so. Zeo is probably good, but the cost is what scared me away. For a mere $100 or so, I will be treating my tank until September 2008, using gcarrols recommended treatment schedule.

 

[Lagger]

So far so good over here also. Although I have a little bit of cyano that seemed to show-up around the same time.

Good news is nitrates & phosphates have dropped to undetectable levels (on my crappy test kits anyways).

 

[Lagger]

how long did you use it Gabe?

 

[DaveMorris]

How soon after starting up a new tank is Prodibio effective. I am transitioning from a 135g to a 300g. I have all of my corals in a 75g temporary tank until the 300g is up and running. Can dosing start as soon as the initial cycle is over? Or should I wait longer?

 

[primetime]

If I understand correctly, you could do either. The Optim and digest are part of the bioclean and it will help keep the phophates and nitrates down. Why not start out clean from the beginning? I would pm gcarrol and get his opinion. He started me out with the system on how to dose. But I would think that it would be ok to start after it cycles.

http://www.prodibio.fr/anglais/startup.htm

 

[primetime]

Week 8 of Prodibio (2nd week of booster).. The water still seems to be very clear. I have noticed, maybe it's just my mind playing games, that the SPS have become a little more bland/pale in color. Is this just a normal phase? I did notice a drop in Calcium and Alk this past week but thats because I did not realize that my CO2 tank had run out. I got it refilled immediately. Who knows how long the tank was empty.

Lagger, any updates?

 

[Lagger]

I like it. When I started my nitrates were like 10-15 & phosphates were 0.1ppm. Now, both are showing up undetectable, with no other changes, so I know it's working. And my skimmer pulling out some nasty gunk

I haven't noticed pale colors however, actually better color, prob due to reduced nutrients.

 

[primetime]

LAgger, any pics of your SPS or FTS?

 

[Yinger]

going on my 4th week today... haven't noticed anything yet. hopefully my nutrients will drop. Can't seem to get my po4 below .04 on the hanna.

 

[Lagger]

LAgger, any pics of your SPS or FTS?

Kinda bad pic, colors looked washed.....

 

[primetime]

Nice bro real nice!!!

 

[primetime]

How long should I keep my skimmer off after dosing? I usally keep it off for almost a day it seems. Is that too long?

 

[bigian]

Greg told me 2 hours...