Hi everyone,
I wanted to share some feedback on Brightwell Aquatics products. First off, my LFS sold me Reef Biofuel Carbon Source promising that my nitates and phosphates will soon diminish. Well that wasn't the case. I have a 500 gallon FOWLR system and have had issues with high nitrate creeping up due to the addition of a few fish. Well my nitrates were 50 ppm and phos was about .002 mgl. So I used the product the LFS prescribed me for 4 months with no results. I said this is odd. I called Brightwell Aquatics and talked to Chris Brightwell who formulates the products and is the owner of Brightwell. He was great!!! He explained to me that I should have been using Nitri bacter 7 instead of the carbon source. He explained how these products work in reeef and fish only systems and more specifically how much should be dosed in my particular system. I told him that my LFS sold me the Biofuel and Chris said that was only for very low nutrient reef systems with limited carbon sources and sent me a sample of his Nitribacter 7 to get me started on the right track. I am glad I talked to him and wish I would have talked to him sooner because I have seen so many supplements on the market that it's to difficult to choose the correct one thats right for your system. So if you are using any Brightwell Aquatics supplements and are not sure if it's the right one for you, always call the company itself first. Not all LFS out there are truly educated on supplements. They just want to make a fast buck!
Marc
I wanted to share some feedback on Brightwell Aquatics products. First off, my LFS sold me Reef Biofuel Carbon Source promising that my nitates and phosphates will soon diminish. Well that wasn't the case. I have a 500 gallon FOWLR system and have had issues with high nitrate creeping up due to the addition of a few fish. Well my nitrates were 50 ppm and phos was about .002 mgl. So I used the product the LFS prescribed me for 4 months with no results. I said this is odd. I called Brightwell Aquatics and talked to Chris Brightwell who formulates the products and is the owner of Brightwell. He was great!!! He explained to me that I should have been using Nitri bacter 7 instead of the carbon source. He explained how these products work in reeef and fish only systems and more specifically how much should be dosed in my particular system. I told him that my LFS sold me the Biofuel and Chris said that was only for very low nutrient reef systems with limited carbon sources and sent me a sample of his Nitribacter 7 to get me started on the right track. I am glad I talked to him and wish I would have talked to him sooner because I have seen so many supplements on the market that it's to difficult to choose the correct one thats right for your system. So if you are using any Brightwell Aquatics supplements and are not sure if it's the right one for you, always call the company itself first. Not all LFS out there are truly educated on supplements. They just want to make a fast buck!
Marc