Hi Randy,
I would like to hear your thoughts from the reef chemistry point of view. Basically I did try this method late 2002 and during that time it was tried for 2 weeks and was force to put a stop to it. My tank has low nitrate of 1~2ppm and main problem was with the PO4. Well as nitrate is the limiting fact, infact I got a algae boon adding Volka. Amount of Volka as far less than what the german reefers recommended, I'm using 0.5ml of Volka per 100L of tank water. Well, I wonder if there isn't a lot of nitrate in the tank the method will not work; sort of a need to have the right ratio of Nitrate & PO4 to bring both down to zero? If not, no Bacteria Boom and you will end up adding C to bring up an algae??
??????? Would like to hear your view about this.
Thanks,
Max
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Originally posted by Randy Holmes-Farley
I'm not sure. I just added a teaspoonful to a 90 gallon tank, and away it went.
So if you start with a 55 gallon drum, that's probably about right. 
However, if you are limited by nitrate, then you might not get a bloom.
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