Sonny's Rimless Shallow Reef.
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Lyfey
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Hi Sunny,
I have been following your tanks for few months now and I have been lurking on this thread for a couple weeks, trying to read up before posting. My question is for the MicroBacter7. I know its the all around cure for everything so says the description, but in actually what have you noticed it doing? Is this MB7 by brightwell? I want to start dosing do to a decent bioload and I seem to have alot of algae and very dirty rocks, I just added 24 astrea snails and they have cleaned things up a little, but Its too early to tell if they have solved my problem. I have a little algae that is a flaky dark brown algae that just started popping up and some briopsis algae. I have been trying to feed less and feed more pellet based foods, but I dont see a difference. I am running a DAS EX-1 skimmer and everything else is pretty much in check for my 75gallon. What did the MB7 do for you and how would it help me? Is it the Brightwell Aquatics MB7? Thanks btw... suscribed
I have been following your tanks for few months now and I have been lurking on this thread for a couple weeks, trying to read up before posting. My question is for the MicroBacter7. I know its the all around cure for everything so says the description, but in actually what have you noticed it doing? Is this MB7 by brightwell? I want to start dosing do to a decent bioload and I seem to have alot of algae and very dirty rocks, I just added 24 astrea snails and they have cleaned things up a little, but Its too early to tell if they have solved my problem. I have a little algae that is a flaky dark brown algae that just started popping up and some briopsis algae. I have been trying to feed less and feed more pellet based foods, but I dont see a difference. I am running a DAS EX-1 skimmer and everything else is pretty much in check for my 75gallon. What did the MB7 do for you and how would it help me? Is it the Brightwell Aquatics MB7? Thanks btw... suscribed
Lyfey
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I also forgot to add that I have some bubble algae popping up all over the place do to introducing some frags a few months ago that had some on it. DOH@! I battle with briopsis, bubble algae and regular green glass algae, red turf like algae on the rocks too.. I am making my system out to be dirty, but you know that most of us reefers are perfectionists anyways! Looking forward to reading more!
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SunnyX
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Hello Chris 
I dont believe that Brightwell's MB7 is a cure-all but it will help clean your tank by out competing the algae for nutrients.
MB7 along with vodka is a potent algae killing solution.
The reason I started using it was to out compete red Cyano and other forms of bad bacteria that can pop up when dosing a carbon source. I did notice clear water and increased skimmate after dosing MB7.
If you are dealing with nutrient issues then it cant hurt to try MB7 and maybe even vodka.
I dont believe that Brightwell's MB7 is a cure-all but it will help clean your tank by out competing the algae for nutrients.
MB7 along with vodka is a potent algae killing solution.
The reason I started using it was to out compete red Cyano and other forms of bad bacteria that can pop up when dosing a carbon source. I did notice clear water and increased skimmate after dosing MB7.
If you are dealing with nutrient issues then it cant hurt to try MB7 and maybe even vodka.
I second that.
I dose BioDigest rightaway on the start of the tank and faces no issues down the road. For your info, I dump 1 amp to my 1ft cube and my 1.5ft cube each. All turn out great! So it's kind of like a foolproof method to me now haha :X
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I am switching to MB7 but nevertheless still keeping this method on hand
Happy Reefing,
Marc
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I shall comb my local stores for a generic cheap vodka. haha
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tmr shall be the start of my tank officially!
Happy Reefing,
Marc
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Roger bro.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15328874#post15328874 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SunnyX
Hello
I wouldn't worry too much about mixing bacterial supplements. Eventually the MB7 will out compete the Prodibio strain if you continue making regular additions of MB7.
I am not sure what proof Absolut Vodka is but follow the dosing according to the proof in the Reefkeeping article. Why not use a cheap generic vodka instead?
I understood that the whole reason one dosed vodka was to reduce nutrient levels down to 0 so I am not sure where you read that. As long as you dose bacteria for the first month you should be fine to start up with vodka afterward. Just start out slow and watch your levels as you wont have much waste in the tank to process.
I shall comb my local stores for a generic cheap vodka. haha
and
tmr shall be the start of my tank officially!
Happy Reefing,
Marc
SunnyX
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I have not checked my P04 and No3 in a long time but will see if I can tomorrow. I have no algae and my corals are looking and doing well so the Po4 is in an acceptable range.
My corals and sand are usually good indicators of over feeding. If my sand gets some brown or my corals start to darken up then I know I am feeding too much and need to cut back.
What is your current feeding schedule?
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