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Rouselb
11/27/2013, 10:35 AM
I have a 200 Fallon tank that had been running for a year. The nitrates are around 30. I added one vial of digest and one vial of optim. The following week I added one vial of optim. The nitrates are now around 80-100. Any idea if this swing is normal?
mos90
11/27/2013, 11:06 AM
ive used prodibio for a while now and it has never caused nitrate to rise.are you using the pro version (large bottle) if not 1 vial in a 200g system is not close to enough.
travis32
11/27/2013, 11:13 AM
And the digest is what you're wanting to add... I believe it's 1 vial per 50 gallons. I do 3 vials of the digest in my 250 gallon system (a week), and I do one vial of the optimizer... The optimizer isn't really necessary, it's the bacteria (the digest) that's important. I throw in some optimizer
I was doing 3 vials weekly, I'm doing 4 vials every two weeks now.
mos90
11/27/2013, 11:40 AM
if you are using bio-clean salt it calls for 1 vial of each for every 50 gallons. if using bio digest alone it call for 1 vial every 30-250 gallons. still very confusing. i do 1 vial of each in my 75g/ and for my 30g freshwater planted tank i do 1 vial each of bio-clean fresh.
i would say for a 200 gal i would use 4 vials of each every 2 weeks.
Rouselb
11/27/2013, 12:23 PM
I have the reef kit. I only added the bioDigest and the Bioptim. I will add two more Digest tonight and see if that helps.
mos90
11/27/2013, 12:44 PM
It's going to take so time for this to help. I would t expect to see results with nitrates that high for a least a month or two. Be patient and stick with dosing.
Rouselb
11/27/2013, 01:33 PM
The directions for Prodibio are hard to decipher. I will add the digest today and change the routine to 2 digest and 1 optim per week.
Thanks for the help.
Rouselb
11/27/2013, 03:24 PM
And the digest is what you're wanting to add... I believe it's 1 vial per 50 gallons. I do 3 vials of the digest in my 250 gallon system (a week), and I do one vial of the optimizer... The optimizer isn't really necessary, it's the bacteria (the digest) that's important. I throw in some optimizer
I was doing 3 vials weekly, I'm doing 4 vials every two weeks now.
I thought it was 1 vial for every 250 gallons of the bio digest and 1 vial of the opti for every 50 gallons? Both are every 15 days.
mos90
11/27/2013, 03:26 PM
The instructions for bio-clean are clear. 1 vial of each per 50g every two weeks. That is where the confusion is. Bio digest says 1 per 250g but bio digest is part of bio clean.
Rouselb
11/27/2013, 04:44 PM
The instructions for bio-clean are clear. 1 vial of each per 50g every two weeks. That is where the confusion is. Bio digest says 1 per 250g but bio digest is part of bio clean.
Ok. I'm not using bio clean. Just want to make sure that I have the quantities correct. 1 bio digest per 15 day and 3 bioptim every 15 days for 200 gal.
Buzz1329
11/27/2013, 10:48 PM
I have a 200 Fallon tank that had been running for a year. The nitrates are around 30. I added one vial of digest and one vial of optim. The following week I added one vial of optim. The nitrates are now around 80-100. Any idea if this swing is normal?
What a coincidence. I have a 180 Letterman tank!
Rouselb
12/09/2013, 07:49 PM
Week 3 added 1 digest and 2 optim. Nitrates are super high. Climbed to 80.
TheReefKeeper
01/03/2014, 01:17 PM
Week 3 added 1 digest and 2 optim. Nitrates are super high. Climbed to 80.
What's your Status?
Boa1277
01/07/2014, 10:15 PM
In a 185 i do 3 small bottles of Reef Digest on Wed and on Sunday I do 3/4 bottle of the Pro size Bioptm I did this routine for the first 6 weeks with spectacular results, now I do 3 reef Digest on Wed and the next Wed I do 1/2 to 2/3 bottle of the Pro size Bioptim once I am out of the Pro Bioptim I will go down to 3 and 3 alternating weeks of each.
mayjong
01/08/2014, 03:53 PM
What's your Status?
+2, how's it going?
more importately, how does the tank look?
Rouselb
02/15/2014, 09:42 AM
Didn't seem to ever balance out. I stopped when things started going south and switched over to vodka. Way easier and in just a week things started to color back up.
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