This could be a long post so please bare with me..
Hopefully this is designed to make you think.. Nitrate and phosphate reduction is the goal of our live rock and our equipment. Be it DSB extra rock in sumps, refugiums, Vodka, vit C, vinegar dosing, water changes, bacterial dosing and chemical pads, reactors, and what have ya. The list goes on and on.. There's just about as many ways to reduce these two objects as there are Reef tanks in the USA. Many people have no problems with reduction of said objects, and many fight the problems with little to no success, some even leave the hobby because they can't get a handle on them. I'm thinking that some of thses people including me that have this problem of creeeping up nitrates comes from not having the bacteria that reduce nitrates. In my case getting bacteria from fellow reefers by getting a cup of their sand dosen't happen in a remote area like I live in because we don't know who each other are. I started a RDSB two months ago because of another forum thread. About the only reason some thing like that doesn't work or at least help a little would be because the bacteria that would benefit that kind of system is not present in my system. So is there a product that has that type of bacteria?? Has anyone tryed it with success.
JR,
Hopefully this is designed to make you think.. Nitrate and phosphate reduction is the goal of our live rock and our equipment. Be it DSB extra rock in sumps, refugiums, Vodka, vit C, vinegar dosing, water changes, bacterial dosing and chemical pads, reactors, and what have ya. The list goes on and on.. There's just about as many ways to reduce these two objects as there are Reef tanks in the USA. Many people have no problems with reduction of said objects, and many fight the problems with little to no success, some even leave the hobby because they can't get a handle on them. I'm thinking that some of thses people including me that have this problem of creeeping up nitrates comes from not having the bacteria that reduce nitrates. In my case getting bacteria from fellow reefers by getting a cup of their sand dosen't happen in a remote area like I live in because we don't know who each other are. I started a RDSB two months ago because of another forum thread. About the only reason some thing like that doesn't work or at least help a little would be because the bacteria that would benefit that kind of system is not present in my system. So is there a product that has that type of bacteria?? Has anyone tryed it with success.
JR,