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Do you mind to share the costs of the upgraded to Gen2 pros ?

AI Vega Colors, they were ok just didn't seem as bright to my eyes as the regular radion.

Very nice indeed. Which AI unit(s) did you try? What didnt you like about them?

Very nice blog, Wes. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

Exactly, Prodibio is easier to dose. And yes, there are different amounts to dose per regimen, but the descriptions on the smaller packs can be misleading. Especially the multipack; it has 5 different products in it but the instructions are written as if they were all equal.

You can buy me a margarita. They're gonna be cheap.

Hey Marc that would be great let me know at manca how much shipping was and I will hook you up. I take it that one does not use nearly as much Bioptim? I guess I will stop asking more questions until the article come out. Since this blog entry started, I have been researching the hell out of the Prodibio and Zeovit methods and everyone has altered their method in some way. So there seem to be no definitive baseline on the subject. The Zeovit seems to have great results but it is a daily dosing regime and I wouldn't expect a tank sitter to do that for me.

I'll see about getting that posted this week. In the meantime, I'll get some Bioptim in the mail to you. Remind me on Monday please.

See, now I am just confused. Everyone is doing something a little different. I guess I will need to wait for the article.

I'm actually using the full gamut of Prodibio in my tank, so I'm using Bioptim as well. If you need some, I can send you a box as I have plenty.

Well I ordered some Prodibio BioDigest from Premium Aquatics, None of the LFS's had it. I dosed some MB7, 1 capful per 50 gallons. I was dosing it regular for the first two weeks then stopped because I didn't think I needed it anymore. The MB7 is a pain to dose daily, especially since you have to turn the skimmer off for four hours.

Question Marc, since I am running pellets I do not need to dose the Bioptim also?

I believe the logic behind dosing bacteria is a very valid one, in the end you are feeding bacteria and allowing it to multiply much faster than in a tank without carbon addition, the risk is having a bad strain of bacteria develop and be more efficient than good strains so eventually taking over. In the end we have loads of bacteria strains in our tanks but still why not maintain diversity by adding some more bacteria.

ive been running bio pellets for over a year and never dose bacteria ..... now my tanks are heavilystocked with coral and fish, but ive never dosed bacteria...... nitrates stay undetectable

Articfox32 - At the very least, use Microbacter 7 every two weeks.

Midnight - Yes, I'm using the Pro size vials.

So Marc, you are doing both the Prodibio Dijest and the Prodibio Bioptim? I am assuming that you order the PRO boxes as they are menat for the larger tanks?

Is it important to Dose bacteria? I have been running bio pellets for 3 months and this is the first time I have Hurd that I needed to dose them. What do you dose it with melev?

You constantly add new bacteria to the tank when running NP pellets. Feeding is important, and bacteria. Some people dose it every three days, I try to get it done every 10 days. I've got Prodibio so I'm dosing that every 15 days - that's a write-up coming soon.

I have never dosed bacteria, but My bio pellets seem to be dwindling. Does dosing the bacteria kick start things or help give bacteria diversity?

Make sure you dose bacteria regularly. I know you are using Prodibio, which is every 15 days. Don't forget to add it, as it's really important with biopellets. If you have MB7 on hand, you can dose that on alternate weeks as well.

I like the connection to the Eheim. It looks like it can get effluent water as well as water from the grated coverplate. Nice solution.

Its a Super reef octopus xp3000ext

Very cool, What type of skimmer do you have? Is that a beckett style skimmer?