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Brightwell Aquatics AA?
Anyone using the brightwell amino acids? How do you like them?
My tank is at NO3 0 and PO4 0 now (tested many times as did LFS). Didn't really want to go quite that low but I guess that is the point of carbon dosing. My corals are obviously getting quite pale. Started the AA today. Just curious what to expect if anyone else is using it? Great price compared to the ZEO products. |
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Sorry but my memory is poor. What carbon dosing routine did you do?
(No experience with the Brightwell Aquatics stuff, sorry..)
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I dose vodka along with Microbacter 7. Basically the same routine as "sunny x" from reef central (if you know his tanks which are AMAZING). It's a bit of an experiment to see how it goes long term. I wasn't thrilled with zeo and figured if this works for a fraction of the cost, it may be worth it. I am debating using the Brightwell Aquatics carbon source BUT I have heard its very weak. Apparently you can dump in a bunch of the stuff and not even get a bloom (not that you want one but it shows how weak it is). BTW, on my lightly stocked solana, my maintenance dose is .1ml. I got the nutrients right down to 0 with just .2ml dose. You really have to be careful dosing if the tank is already low nutrients like mine was. Last edited by GreenSpottedPuffer; 12-02-2009 at 02:13 AM. |
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stuff is weak, better off going with zeovit aas much better deal for the amount you have to pay vs dose as i went thru a bottle in two months with no excess signs of algae whereas with the zeovit aa's now i think it will last me more then a year and they work better too, i too found reefbiofuel to be super weak, i've worked my way up to 6ml a day dosing on my 100gal w/o any blooms our side effect, whereas with vodka i'm dosing 0.6mls which is my maintenance dose, huge difference if you ask me. MB7 i'm still using, dosing about 1 ml every 3 days.
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I use some Brightwell.
I just switched to using the Brightwell Aquatics Reef Code A and B for my calcium and alk supplements about 4 days ago, before using Kent products. I also started using Restor (which has aminos, omegas, etc). I know it's way too early to see a change yet...everything looks good thus far. I'll keep you posted in a few weeks if anyone's interested if there is a difference.
Looking at the website and the rack in the LFS, I can see a few other products of Brightwell's I'd like to try. Just curious too, I read that you're not supposed to use Microbacter7 as a stable way to reduce nutrients longterm? Think that's on the Brightwell website. |