Aquaforest probiotic method

[Myka]

Originally Posted by intarsiabox

I put a bunch of different AF items in my cart and none of them say that they are back ordered. Everything I looked at says "In stock".

Weird, none of the items I tried worked.

[intarsiabox]

I didn't look at everything, just the stuff I may need to replenish in the next while. We're probably just looking at different items. I hope a local vendor starts carrying some of this stuff. I've been having pretty good success so far and have had to start feeding more just to get some algae to grow for my rock as my Coral Beauty seems to reject anything else I feed it.

[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.

[Galizio]

Originally Posted by 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.

You need np- pro with those 2, as the 2 you got are bacteria and the np/pro is the liquid polymer to promote bacteria to grow. You don't really need the pro bio f.


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[warriorcookie]

Originally Posted by 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.

Pro Bio F is for seeding a new system
Pro Bio S is for daily dosing an established system.
NP Pro is the Carbon for feeding the bacteria.

What are your Nitrates and Phosphates reading now? Remember, bacteria need Nitrates, Phosphates and Carbon to grow. If your nitrates bottom out the bacteria won't consume Phosphates until there's more nitrates.

[Skimmer Juice]

great so the pro bio f is no good then I should have checked on here first . Will go back for the np pro tomorrow. My nitrates are close to none at all I might try a new test kit and I cant find my phosphate kit so I will replace that too. Im just assuming its phosphates due to algae growth . It actually started from a tank teardown I helped a guy out stored a couple corals in my tank for a few days and now I cant get rid of the stuff . I will report back tomorrow with test results

[wayner]

Where are you getting the Aquaforest products in Calgary?

[Skimmer Juice]

Originally Posted by wayner

Where are you getting the Aquaforest products in Calgary?

wais has a bunch of stuff just no salt yet

[wayner]

Thanks!

[Myka]

The remaining products should be in stores next week including the salt.

Also, correction...

BioS is for seeding new tanks - nitrifying bacteria.

ProBioS is probiotic bacteria (hence the "pro").

ProBioF I don't know much about...my understanding is that it is more types of probiotic bacteria in a powder form. Some probiotic bacteria are more stable as powder, some as liquid. I don't really see people using this one often.