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Dynamite's 90g Tank Thread and Prodibio review.
So I neglected my tank cuz I travelled twice this year for a month and well I came back to a disaster, algae everywhere, diatoms and high nitrates, I've been trying to reduce the nitrates through water changes and vodka dosing but it didn't do much for me I want to get my tank back in track and keep it as nice as it was before I left, with 0 nitrates and good parameters.. So I'll start to dose Prodibio starting today.
Tank Specs: 90g soon to be reef (SPS) 40g Sump SWC 160 cone skimmer Vortech mp40 and vortech mp20 Inhabitants: 1 Yellow Tang 1 Cherub Angel 1 False perc 1 Black clownfish 1 Yashia Goby and Shrimp 1 Fighting Conch I'll Start dosing 1 ampule of Biotim and 1 of Biodigest once a week for 4 weeks and then I'll change the dose. |
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Today I did a 30% Water Change, I vacuumed the sand and dosed 1 ampoule of Biotim and 1 ampoule of Biodigest and I'll keep up with the same dose for 4 weeks until I see my levels of Nitrates drop.
I'll post my parameters when I come back from work. Last time I checked my Nitrates were 20/25ppm and my Phosphates 0.03ppm (Hanna Metter). I'll turn on my skimmer in 15m |
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Prodibio is a good system but takes a very long time to start seeing good results... in the area of 2-6 months depending on parameters when you started. Took more then 3 to see any kind of changes in my tank, then it crashed lol, none related
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BTW.. What were your parameters when you started with Prodibio? Last edited by dynamite; 07-08-2011 at 04:37 AM. |
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So I just checked my water parameters (after a 30% water change)
Nitrates 10-15ppm (Some how they're lower than last time I checked while I was dosing vodka and It's been more than a month since last time I dosed) Phosphates 0.05ppm (Hanna Meter, they raised a little bit previously 0.03ppm) *After dosing one ampule of Biodigest and one of Biotim the water got clear really fast like within 30m After a water change it usually takes longer. *I turned the skimmer off for half an hour after dosing and now I have an inch of dark skimmate Now I don't know if I should do another 30% water change tomorrow or should I wait till next week? |
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Today I did a 15% Water change while I cleaned my sump.
Nitrates are at 25ppm. I also added a CUC. 1 fighting conch 4 Turbo Snails 4 Babylon Snails 2 Top Crown Snails 10 Hermits. Should I increase my CUC? Thursday: I'll do a 30% Water change and add one ampule of Biodigest and one of Biotim. *I read about the disadvantages or carbon.. So I was thinking maybe I could just run my phosban reactor for 2h every 3 days? Any input? Last edited by dynamite; 07-11-2011 at 06:38 AM. |