Tunze Care Bacter 0220.005
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ReefTeacher
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I have also noticed the increased water clarity after only one dose. My skimmer is also putting out more skimmate than usual.
smatter
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There's definitely bacteria at work here. The clay dust effect is just a bonus. There's a thread going on right now about dosing calcium carbonate and water clarity. I don't think the dust in Care Bacter is calcium carbonate, but it might have a similar effect. Friday is my dosing day. I look forward to sprinkling it on the surface later and a gin-clear tank in the morning 
ReefTeacher
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cboberg
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I just finished a full reccomened dose of the product without deviating from the instructions. My experience was very similar to Roger's. The hair algae and bryopsis got worse before it got better but it does die in the last few weeks of the treatment. The only thing I had at the end was some green algae on my rocks that I brushed off with a tooth brush. I just did a full tank transfer to a new rimless 120 and I'm going to order more care bacter. I want to seed some of the beneficial bacteria in the new tank to perhaps keep the algae from coming back. The product worked as described in the earlier posts by Roger. I fear though that people may not have the patience to see it through to the end. One thing I learned a decade ago in this hobby is nothing GOOD happens FAST in a reef tank...
ReefTeacher
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I am adding my second dose tonight. I was looking at the powder in anticipation and I noticed a similarity to another product; ZEOZYME. That product had almost the same powdery consistency and color. It is dosed very differently, you must mix it with water ahead of time and let it settle. It turns the water a little yellow and then you dump it in. I believe it does not claim to have bacteria, just bacterial enzymes that break down waste so that the bacteria can use it more efficiently. It was very expensive.
I just wonder if there is any relationship between the two products. Obviously there are big differences, not the least of which is price, but Tunze does have a way of greatly improving products that are already out there.
Speaking of which, my skimmer is getting old....:fun5:
I just wonder if there is any relationship between the two products. Obviously there are big differences, not the least of which is price, but Tunze does have a way of greatly improving products that are already out there.
Speaking of which, my skimmer is getting old....:fun5:
I am happy to see my results were replicated. So far this is the experience of everyone who tried it except one person and that tank was very old and had other issues and probably could only be restored by a massive tear down and redo. We generally expect that this product will be most useful in balancing newer tanks under 2 years old. I wholeheartedly agree nothing good happens fast, only things that have been fast in my reef tank are brown jelly infections and sweeper tentacle attacks, LOL.
No relation to my knowledge, I suspect by the name it is a KorallinZucht product (Zeovit method)? They have there own way of doing things based on ultralow nutrient maintenance. Our product is just a general sludge digester and vibrio fighter that comes from commercial aquaculture, it was specifically developed for the issues encountered in farming shrimp and marine food fish (ulcerations and detritus accumulation) and was adapted for reef aquarium use.
It won't kill it off, but they both need the same nutrients so the Care Bacter can break down enough waste that the chaeto stops growing or even declines, I have seen that in my own tank, but I don't think it could disappear, it would just grow very slow or be reduced to just a few strands and come back as the nutrient levels go back up.
