What is out there that is good for bacteria additives?

[jfingers8]

Wanted to try some to see if it makes a difference on my corals. What is good additives that is out there?

 

[buy_baff]

Microbacter 7 is good

 

[jbanks]

Microbe Lift's Special Blend. Smells like &#$^!, but it's very good stuff!

 

[saltygeek]

Microbe Lift's Special Blend. Smells like &#$^!, but it's very good stuff!

I've used MB7 and I now use Microbe Lift. MB7 was good but I get less algae on the glass and it seems like less detritus with Microbe Lift special blend.

 

[availablename]

i use microbe lift special blend too. i used it when my tank crashed from over cleaning live rock and sand bed. worked really well.
how does everybody that uses it on a regular basis dose it and how often and how much?
oh yeah, the smell is really bad. reminded me of when i took apart my diy sulfur nitrate reactor after it set unused for awhile. lol!

 

[aquaph8]

Microbe Lift's Special Blend. Smells like &#$^!, but it's very good stuff!

+1 hold your breath cause its bad enough to gag you. I have to use it when my wife is at work or it wouldn't be aloud in the house. :lol: The MB7 was turning my sand and glass brown after a while.

 

[Prince916]

sORRY to hijack the thread but what does Microbe Lift's Special Blend do?

 

[bogg]

zeobac the og of course

 

[cato]

Prodibio Biodigest. Microbe Lift's Special Blend is great too.

 

[Ricardo Santos]

Im using BiodDigest from Prodibio.

 

[saltygeek]

how does everybody that uses it on a regular basis dose it and how often and how much?

I dose it every week or two following bottle directions x2. It says you can double it in saltwater because the salinity slows the bacteria down a bit.

 

[saltygeek]

+1 hold your breath cause its bad enough to gag you. I have to use it when my wife is at work or it wouldn't be aloud in the house. :lol: The MB7 was turning my sand and glass brown after a while.

:lol: Ha, I also dose when the wife isnt here! I did it once when she was here and she thought it was my gas:bounce3: I must be potent!

 

[jbanks]

sORRY to hijack the thread but what does Microbe Lift's Special Blend do?

It's a bacterial supplement like the rest of the products being discussed here.

 

[jbanks]

i use microbe lift special blend too. i used it when my tank crashed from over cleaning live rock and sand bed. worked really well.
how does everybody that uses it on a regular basis dose it and how often and how much?
oh yeah, the smell is really bad. reminded me of when i took apart my diy sulfur nitrate reactor after it set unused for awhile. lol!

+1 with saltygeek, I just follow the directions on the box.. You dose every week for 5 weeks I believe.... Then, every other week for maintenance. Make sure your UV or Ozone is off for at least 72 hours, and make sure the dosing is done after your scheduled water changes for full benefit..

 

[ryshark]

It's a bacterial supplement like the rest of the products being discussed here.

I think he meant, what do bacterial supplements do. My understanding is that they naturally "clean" the water by lower things like nitrate, phosphate, ammonia.

 

[jbanks]

Thanks, for the assist.. The name "Micobe Lift's Special Blend" has thrown folks off in the past, that why I responded to the ML SB question specifically. :lol:

 

[shifty51008]

wow I picked up the microbe-lift special blend stuff today and boy they wern't joking when they say it stinks.

 

[aquaph8]

:lol:Take a swig, im sure it doesn't taste as bad as it smells.

 

[shifty51008]

well I will have to leave that up to someone else to test. but hey don't meleve always make (ok i can't remember his name) taste something at the end of each podcast. maybe he will try it lol. it does say it is harmless to humans