mb7

[Islander84]

Who has success with this product? Are the directions on bottle correct?

 

[batt600]

If you use it you have to us it with biofuel . It works great when used correctly. There are 2 sets of directions for ULNS and None ULNS . I would start with dosing half of what the bottle say for your gallon tank when first starting .

 

[M007]

If you use it you have to us it with biofuel

Not true, can be used on its own. Directions are on the bottle.

 

[caliking]

What is MB7?

 

[batt600]

Not true, can be used on its own. Directions are on the bottle.

Yes its true been throw this. If your dosing vodka yes you can just use Mb7 . If you call brightwell thay will tell you you have to us the 2 togther to see good results. Mb7 is just a bacteria biofuel is a carbon source and the 2 must be used injunction with each other in order to balance out the bacteria. Doseing Mb7 alone is very bad and can crash your tank if not used with biofuel

 

[Islander84]

Batt600) interesting....so how much biofuel or vodka should be dosed? and are you saying to only dose half of the recommended per/gal after the start up? How long have you been dosing mb7?

M007) What kind of experience have you had with dosing just the mb7? How long?

Thanks guys

 

[allsps40]

I was dosing vodka MB7 but had some major problems. I now just dose MB7 weekly, I have not seen any changes since starting it. Dont know how well it works at reducing no3 with a carbon source.

 

[cromedogg33]

Yes its true been throw this. If your dosing vodka yes you can just use Mb7 . If you call brightwell thay will tell you you have to us the 2 togther to see good results. Mb7 is just a bacteria biofuel is a carbon source and the 2 must be used injunction with each other in order to balance out the bacteria. Doseing Mb7 alone is very bad and can crash your tank if not used with biofuel

I would disagree...I use mb7 with my biopellets and see great results. Never once used biofuel. Maybe I'm doomed for my tank to crash. If I stop dosing for 2 days straight cyano will appear seemingly overnight.

I think mb7 directions grossly have you dose WAYYYYYY to much. I'm down to about 8 drops a day my tank and this has found a happy medium in outcompeting cyano, but not hardening my substrate or getting the green filmy algae on my glass every 2 hours.

 

[batt600]

I would disagree...I use mb7 with my biopellets and see great results. Never once used biofuel. Maybe I'm doomed for my tank to crash. If I stop dosing for 2 days straight cyano will appear seemingly overnight.

I think mb7 directions grossly have you dose WAYYYYYY to much. I'm down to about 8 drops a day my tank and this has found a happy medium in outcompeting cyano, but not hardening my substrate or getting the green filmy algae on my glass every 2 hours.

Yeah your using a carbon source theres no need for biofuel. You can us Mb7 with voka or pellets those are a carbon source.

 

[batt600]

Batt600) interesting....so how much biofuel or vodka should be dosed? and are you saying to only dose half of the recommended per/gal after the start up? How long have you been dosing mb7?

M007) What kind of experience have you had with dosing just the mb7? How long?

Thanks guys

I been using it for a long time but stoped . Now im using zeobac and start3 its much better then Mb7 & biofuel. You start with a low does and after 3 weeks you up the dose like 5ml and 5ml every week till your up to the dosing amount recommended .

 

[saltygeek]

Not true, can be used on its own. Directions are on the bottle.

+1 you can use it by itself like any other bacteria. I used it for over a year with out a carbon source. It just won't get the results of carbon dosing. It's not going to crash your tank.

 

[jnc914]

Not a fan of the MB7, switched to ZEObac. I run Zeo/Eco BAk hybrid system and initially used MB7 to seed the pellets. I started getting brown slime, red cyano, and tuft of turf algae despite the tank being mature (1.5 years). I stopped using MB7 and started the Zeobac and have zero issues with any of those nuisance algaes since.