Getting ready for Prodibio

[stonyreef]

I started the Biokit this morning, March 24, 2008. I have photos before I started to keep a record. I want colorful corals.

In my opinion, Prodibio is not going to get you colorful corals by itself. It can definitely, in my experience (mileage certainly varies), help clear up your tank, lower nutrients, and maybe as a result of the c-dosing, get better colors by reducing turbidity and allowing more light get to the coral.

However, if you're going for colors / ability to control tweak, I'd look into another product, zeo or FM. That said, prodibio was very effective for me in reducing excessive nutrients. In about 3 months, NO3 and PO4 dropped substantially. It wasn't all prodibio - water changes & good husbandry assisted - it's not magic. Anyway, here's how it went.

9/12
# PO4 ~ 0.14
# NO3 ~ 20

9/16
# NO3 ~ 15 / 20
# PO4 ~ 0.14

9/21
# NO3 ~ 15 / 20
# PO4 ~ 0.12 / 0.14

10/1
# NO3 ~ 20
# PO4 ~ 0.10 / 0.12

10/11
# NO3 ~ 10 / 15
# PO4 ~ 0.14

11/1
# NO3 ~ LESS THAN 2ppm
# PO4 ~ LESS THAN 0.03

12/7
# NO3 ~ undetectable
# PO4 ~ 0.02 or less

Yesterday
# NO3 ~ undetectable
# PO4 ~ 0.02 or less