Anyone using Microbacter7? If so ...

Leonard · Mar 19, 2011

Do you dose daily or weekly?

mdb_talon · Mar 19, 2011

Every other day for me

ohridmkd · Mar 19, 2011

I do 5 drops every day on my 210

Troylee · Mar 19, 2011

I did for a long time I went off the directions for the first 2 weeks then I used a cap a day as a maintenance dose it works great!!!!! Been lazy recently thou and it's showing my tank is crashing....

I love the stuff thou to sum it up... Sunnyx has a great read on it on here and his site rimlessreef.com hth

Paul_N · Apr 6, 2011

I dose 5ml mb7 once every two weeks on my 135 gallon system. I am also running Ecoback Pellets with it. I used to dose 4 or 5 drops daily when I used vodka with it on my older 100 gallon system.

Electrobes · Apr 6, 2011

If you can dose it daily, but since you supposedly should turn off the skimmer for a couple hours after dosing it, I decided to do it weekly (When I had a skimmer and dosed MB7). It was just a bit tedious to shut off the skimmer everyday plus if you forgot to turn it back on... you paid for it!

DrTrey · Apr 6, 2011

Weekly, right after water change and maintenance works well for me

Jcr's Reef · Apr 6, 2011

Electrobes said:
If you can dose it daily, but since you supposedly should turn off the skimmer for a couple hours after dosing it, I decided to do it weekly (When I had a skimmer and dosed MB7). It was just a bit tedious to shut off the skimmer everyday plus if you forgot to turn it back on... you paid for it!

No need to shut skimmer off, atleast I don't when I dose it and have never had any problems leaving it run. The only time my skimmer is ever shut off is for feeding or maintenance.

Redstag · Apr 6, 2011

I'm dosing 2 ml daily on my 225g. Do not need to turn off the skimmer.

Viva'sReef · Apr 6, 2011

Anyone know the life of the product? I have a large bottle I bought 6 months ago, and am about to start dosing again. Can I safely use the old bottle? Is the Bacteria still alive?

fab1971 · Apr 6, 2011

I believe shelf life is one year, if refrigerated, longer. I stopped dosing about 6-8 months ago too and just started up again. Going to have to get a new bottle soon.

SunnyX · Apr 6, 2011

I had a very large thread concerning carbon dosing but it is nowhere to be seen. Here is a link to some info I did a while back : http://www.rimlessreef.com/1/post/2...7-and-vodka-dosing-instructions-and-tips.html

Let me see if I can find that thread....

Sonny

CJO · Apr 6, 2011

Have you guys really seen a noticeable improvement when using the bottled bacteria? Anything measureable?

Thanks,
CJ

Electrobes · Apr 6, 2011

Jcr's Reef said:
No need to shut skimmer off, atleast I don't when I dose it and have never had any problems leaving it run. The only time my skimmer is ever shut off is for feeding or maintenance.

It is suggested on the bottle, and I have a bad habit of following directions... it's why the wife is the boss and I am the loyal servant! :xd:

CJO · Apr 6, 2011

Electrobes said:
It is suggested on the bottle, and I have a bad habit of following directions... it's why the wife is the boss and I am the loyal servant! :xd:

LOL! It would seem like a good idea to take the skimmer offline for a while until the bacteria had a chance to populate the rock. Skimmers take out organics, which is what bacteria are.

CJ

btkrausen · Apr 6, 2011

Has anybody used MB7 to feed a new tank? I'll be cycling a new tank soon, and wondering MB7 would help that?

_Alex_ · Apr 6, 2011

btkrausen said:
Has anybody used MB7 to feed a new tank? I'll be cycling a new tank soon, and wondering MB7 would help that?

+1 thinking about picking up a bottle if it will help

fab1971 · Apr 6, 2011

I used it to cycle my newest tank and within a few days I started adding livestock(fish and corals). I can say for a fact that it definitely helps. New tank had dry dead rock and dry sand. Nothing was live until I added the bacteria. I actually used instant ocean bacteria to jump start it and dose once every two weeks with the mb7. Corals and fish are doing fantastic so far.