is NPS bacteria good?

[SlugSnorter]

In a dry rock tank and I wanna get as much "good" bacteria and biodiversity as possible. Is PNS bottle bacteria stuff good?


edit: PNS

 

[shakacuz]

tried it once. did notice more skimmate being produced. saw no change to rock/sand/water quality.

edit: you're probably better off with mb7 or dr.tims, or even bio-spira.

 

[SlugSnorter]

tried it once. did notice more skimmate being produced. saw no change to rock/sand/water quality.

edit: you're probably better off with mb7 or dr.tims, or even bio-spira.

I SEA, thanks.

 

[Kenneth Wingerter]

In a dry rock tank and I wanna get as much "good" bacteria and biodiversity as possible. Is PNS bottle bacteria stuff good?

edit: PNS

Depends on what you're looking to use it for. PNS ProBio is meant to be a coral/invert food primarily. If you're looking to cycle/condition a new sand bed, PNS Substrate Sauce is what you'd be looking for. Regarding biodiversity, it's different than the above-mentioned products which I'm pretty sure are all either nitrifiers or organoheterotrophs. Substrate Sauce contains the purple non-sulfur bacteria Rhodopseudomonas and Rhodospirillum (denitrifiers and general-use probiotics). Both species are naturally abundant on natural healthy coral reefs. Anyway, in case you might be interested, AlgaeBarn is running a Valentine's Day special on Sauce today: https://www.algaebarn.com/coupons-and-deals

 

[zafink]

1. For a new tank, start with substrate sauce.

Also FYI, PNS ProBio is actually not a coral/invert food primarily. Thats PNS YelloSno. PNS serves several functions you can find on its information page on algaebarn.com. For very in depth article, I can't remember pns's parent company, but google/find them and there's even more information.

I believe these products have been key in helping me to go no water changes.

They recommend 1.25ml/gallon of PROBIO, and 1ml/gallon of yellosno. And using this system daily, but alternating product every other day. (probio day 1, yellosno day 2)

Once tank is developed, I would only use substrate sauce when your phosphates are running very low, as a kind of phosphate dose. PROBIO can get phosphate lower then you might want. 1 dose of substrate sauce raises phosphate by .03. But substrate sauce has several other benefits as well.

 

[zafink]

Also if you do order and get on regimen, order from algae barn, and google algae barn coupon for instant 15% off. Also, algae barn sends you free mysis as a new customer

 

[SlugSnorter]

15 gal. IDK if I can go no WC (no dilution or sump)

1. For a new tank, start with substrate sauce.

Also FYI, PNS ProBio is actually not a coral/invert food primarily. Thats PNS YelloSno. PNS serves several functions you can find on its information page on algaebarn.com. For very in depth article, I can't remember pns's parent company, but google/find them and there's even more information.

I believe these products have been key in helping me to go no water changes.

They recommend 1.25ml/gallon of PROBIO, and 1ml/gallon of yellosno. And using this system daily, but alternating product every other day. (probio day 1, yellosno day 2)

Once tank is developed, I would only use substrate sauce when your phosphates are running very low, as a kind of phosphate dose. PROBIO can get phosphate lower then you might want. 1 dose of substrate sauce raises phosphate by .03. But substrate sauce has several other benefits as well.