Aquaforest probiotic method

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by ramasule

Hi,
Which vendor sells the aquaforest lineup?

Until they get a [better] Canadian distributor, you can only find them on Amazon Canada.

[dcw1sfu]

Aquarium Depot Canada

[WarDog]

I stand corrected. Perhaps their Canadian distributer isn't as useless as was reported. Thanks Derek.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by dcw1sfu

Aquarium Depot Canada

News to me too. They don't list the Aquaforest salt mixes though. I've never ordered from Aquarium Depot, have you guys dealt with them before?

[ramasule]

No salt or components 123 everything else though.

[ramasule]

Mindy, do you know how many extra pump heads I would need to dose the probiotics? Can I mix them then dose? The guide didnt say much.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by ramasule

Mindy, do you know how many extra pump heads I would need to dose the probiotics? Can I mix them then dose? The guide didnt say much.

You can put NP Pro (bacteria food) on a doser - they have a special 1L formulation for that. The ProBioS (bacteria) needs to be refrigerated though, like other bacteria products. I refrigerate the Coral E too though because it smells like fish oil, so I assume it could go bad. The instructions don't say you have to refrigerate though...

The Coral A, B, V, and E all need to be shaken, so you'd need a magnetic stirrer to put them on dosers (they're pricey).

So I guess if you wanted to put Component 123 and NP Pro on a doser you'd need 4 dosing pumps. If you want all the she-bang you'd need 4 regular dosing pumps, and 4 magnetic stirred dosing pumps.

I find if I use Component 123 in even amounts (which you have to because you can't buy them separately), then Ca, Mg, and K all get high, so what I've done is hooked up a 4th dosing pump to dose "pure" Sodium carbonate. So I dose Component 123 to keep Ca, Mg, and K at the right levels, and then a bit of extra carb (only 8 mL per day) to keep alkalinity around 6.8-7.2 dKH.

[ramasule]

Thanks, I wonder if I can mix all the coral foods though into one and stir it.

[Potatohead]

Ugh

Just received my new solid brick of salt from Amazon . I guess we'll try again and hope for the best...

[Skimmer Juice]

Just picked up some pro bio f and pro bio s , Im trying to reduce phosphates. Any other recommendations of any other products to try from aqua forest ? Keeping lps/softies/nems/a few sticks . Really only finding it hard to get my phosphates down , have been blowing my rocks a couple times a day and doing a 5 gallon water change (h2ocean) every other day to remove debris . Just never ends I do feed alot because of my pipes the tank is 60g . So figured I would give these products a go.