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[2dawghouse]

No, because zeolites help nitrifying bacteria, not denitrifying bacteria.

Nitrifying convert ammonia to nitrite, to nitrate. Denitrifying convert nitrate to CO2 which is then gassed off. The latter are much harder to colonize in an aquarium as they need low flow and virtually no oxygen. Nitrifying bacteria are ready to go in about four weeks (your cycle) but denitrifying take much longer and that is assuming there is a place for them to grow. This is where the media comes in, they allow the denitrifying bacteria to live deep inside where there is almost no water flow. This is also why you typically change out some media periodically, as the bacteria only live so long and when they die they will start to clog the media pores. Other brands of media such as Siporax and Eheim SubstratPro recommend the same thing, but at the same time some people use it for years and never touch it without issue.

Thank you, makes perfect sense to me now. So with the media pre-seeded with denitrifying bacteria, then the colonization should be instant for the most part?

 

[Potatohead]

That's the theory, and if that is the case it would be awesome.

 

[2dawghouse]

That's the theory, and if that is the case it would be awesome.

Do we know when it will be available?

 

[spkennyva]

What's the reason for the suggestion to replace 10-20% of media every 6 weeks?

 

[StinkyBunny]

What's the reason for the suggestion to replace 10-20% of media every 6 weeks?

I'm curious about this as well. If it's a sintered glass product why would you need to change it and if it acts like live rock, why change it out?

 

[plyle02]

Life Bio Fil is not made of sintered glass, it is a pomex material, pre-seeded with proprietary bacteria strain. I will be using after MACNA. It will help for tanks limited with live rock, new tanks, and existing. The material is very light and very porous.

 

[2dawghouse]

Life Bio Fil is not made of sintered glass, it is a pomex material, pre-seeded with proprietary bacteria strain. I will be using after MACNA. It will help for tanks limited with live rock, new tanks, and existing. The material is very light and very porous.

So when will it be available to the public?

 

[plyle02]

From my understanding, it will be available in about 1 month, maybe less. Stay tuned

 

[plyle02]

 

[plyle02]

Correction, the material is pomice

 

[Wally.B]

Thought I'd post this here.

When I re-ordered my AquarForest products, by mistake ordered Bio-S, instead of Pro Bio-S which is what I wanted.

I realized this mistake after cracking open the bottle (which I thought was small).

I realize that BioS is bacteria, more for start up tanks. While Pro BioS is for established tanks like mine (containing more varieties of bacteria).

Is there any harm using the BioS bacteria in a established tank (Any value) ? Don't want to waste this open bottle.

Thanks

 

[Aquaforest]

Yes you can use Bio S in established tank.
For reduce phosphate and nitrate you can buy Pro Bio S

 

[Cbasss]

Alright lets make this post alive again..i just purchased this and was planning to use in phosban reactor..but i guess from reading this thread its better in sump low flow...any users tried it yet?

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[2dawghouse]

Alright lets make this post alive again..i just purchased this and was planning to use in phosban reactor..but i guess from reading this thread its better in sump low flow...any users tried it yet?

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Where did you get it from?

 

[Cbasss]

Local reef shop in canada

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[dawen]

I'm about to add some into the phosban reactor over the weekend, since it needs low flow I can adjusted the valve from the return pump feeding it


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