Brightwell Aquatics NeoZeo Method Experiment

[Bblinks]

Tagging along. Thanks for the review.

[Myka]

Nothing to report...

[Myka]

March 4th, removed GFO so I could turn up the flow on the zeolite rocks. I have the PhosBan reactor filled all the way which is 700 grams, and 85 gph flowing.

March 27th, nothing to report. Zero improvement in cyano or hair algae. Total time: 5 weeks and 2 days.


March 28th I ditch the BioFuel and replace with vodka, continue MB7 0.3 mL per day, zeolite rocks still going. Day 1-2 0.3 mL 2x per day vodka, day 3-7 0.6 mL 2x per day, Day 8-current 1.1 mL once per day. Skimmer is producing twice as much skimmate of the same tint. I replaced 250 mL Brightwell Aquatics carbon yesterday. Day 3 shows noticeable browning of SPS corals. Day 5 shows noticeable lightening of SPS corals. Today I notice slight, but definite improvement in cyano.

Haven't done a waterchange in 3 weeks...ack! Will try to get one done tonight. Too much on the go lately.

[Myka]

I eventually worked up to 2.1 mL per day vodka and 1 mL MB7. I stayed at that level for about 4 weeks. In this time, the improvements first noted with the vodka faded away, and I was back at square one. However, the vodka dosing completely and thoroughly browned out all my SPS corals. I also lost 3 large frags (mini colonies) to RTN in this time. The only cases of RTN I've seen in this tank.

I ditched out on the vodka and MB7 at the beginning of May, and switched to weekly siphon removal of cyano. I got 100x better results doing this than anything else I've tried. It actually takes quite some time for it to grow back.

Second week of May I dosed Prodibio BioDigest and Bioptim which I have had great success in the past for color improvement (doesn't seem to do anything for cyano or algae). I have since dosed Prodibio a second time, and am almost due for a third dosing. This has greatly improved coloring of SPS and polyp extension. I love Prodibio and have found it to be quite beneficial on three occasions now. My LPS tank likes Prodibio too, but the improvement is more noted in the SPS corals. Good product.

[mseepman]

Quite an interesting experiment Mindy. Glad to hear that the Prodibio seems to work for you as I'm going to be going full on with that in the new tank...I've already bought a year's supply (yikes $$$)

[Myka]

Hi Mark! I've found Prodibio to be a great product. I have only used the BioDigest and Bioptim though as I've never a need to use the supplement products. I've also found that the effects seem to wane after using it for awhile, and get better results dosing in spurts. For example, dose once every 2 weeks (as manufacturer suggests) for 5 or 6 doses (10 or 12 weeks), then take a 4-6 week break, then dose again. That's just what I've noticed on my two reefs, as with anything else reef you may find different results.