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Same; I also use it when cycling a new tank.Add Seachem "Stability" when I do water changes and or add new live stock.
Hey bud, I've been battling cyano for months and have some MB7 I might begin dosing as last ditch effort.. it's really the only thing I haven't tried. I assume you dosed based on the instructions, but am curious on how much you actually dosed.Yes.
I dose Brightwell Aquatics MicroBacter Clean weekly (20ml/25 gal). According to the bottle and website, the heterotrophic bacteria in MB Clean are not able to replicate in saltwater like those in MicroBacter 7.
I have also used MB Clean with Brightwell's Razor additive to clear a problem outbreak of red turf algae I couldn't otherwise figure out. On another occasion while dealing with cyano and dinos, I've added MicroBacter7. That and raising PO4 and NO3 to readable ranges helped me completely remove those pests a year and a half ago.
Some may call these snake oils, but a combination of these bacteria products work for me, keeping the pest algae down. I can definitely tell if I skip a week or two of MB Clean.
Also giving this PNS bacteria a go ; so far only a few weeks in and no “ game changer “ results with fight with cyano on bed mostly and some rock/glass areas. I will keep with this for awhile before deciding if it is ok for my reef tank(240g)system) .I use PNS Yello Sno and PNS Pro Bio that I get from @AlgaeBarn. Not sure of any changes... I've been using it from the start and things are pretty dang stable 6 months in.
I rely on bare bottoms, high flow, and rip cleaning the rock work in order to promote healthy bacterial growth. In your opinion Brandon, what are the best ways to keep tanks clean so we can avoid the “procrastinate and catch up” strategy you mentioned?ive seen the hobby evolve this way, to effect that unchanneling:
- bare bottom and high flow
- roller mat catches are common
-sandbed stirring preventatively from the clean condition start, so no or little waste sinks.
-reducing overall surface area (bommie style vs saxby 400lb wall)
(All of us grossly overdo surface area, so removing 3/4 was always an option, it’s less catch points in the system for detritus, surface area is a double edged sword)
-rip cleaners, me and five thousand friends just let our reef pile up then one weekend with a case, of fresh new sand lol, we replace our sandbeds all at once or tap rinse the old one clean, and while taken down the rocks are swished in saltwater. We then set up the same reefs minus all the waste, and let it all pile again one day. The ole procrastinate and catch up, got me thru the nineties
all these are specific to managing particulate waste that directly causes channeling and lowering of biofilter efficiency and directly robs precious filter bac of exposure and flow. My diatribe is to let free bacteria boon by clearing the way.
when that cleanliness is set, the natural bacteria that result from adding frags and rocks and feed will self balance, free o charge. I love free stuff from nature. You then make use of the clean spaces by squirting more diverse feed right into corals mouths, massing them up. cyclic mass, free bacteria the entire time, the tradeoff is export work for clogging filthy waste.
reef tanks will never ever fail to maintain ammonia, don’t get cheated by peace of mind marketing or common misread test errors google has a million examples of
Not to speak for Brandon - I think he means its a waste of money...? Except for starting a tankSooooo .... is that a yes or a no! I lost my decoder ring so not really sure LOL.