Thrive Aquatics Bio Stimulant Crush

[roryb24]

Has anyone tries this product or have any info on it other than what I could find there isn't much info on it.
Here's all I could find from their website as well as reef builders did a article.

Phosphate and nitrate accumulation are common problems for many reef aquariums because they slow the growth rates of coral and lead to blooms of red slime and hair algae. In nature, bacterioplankton keep these nutrients in check by metabolizing nitrate and phosphate alongside dissolved organic carbon. In aquariums, dissolved organic carbon is quickly exhausted, causing nitrate and phosphate to accumulate. Thrive’s Bio-Stimulant Crush provides dissolved organic carbon that is used by bacterioplankton to create new biomass from nitrate and phosphate. This biomass acts as an efficient nutrient sink and is removed from a reef aquarium by the feeding activity of corals and protein skimming. Use Thrive’s Bio-Stimulant Crush to convert nitrate and phosphate into a living food for faster coral growth and better polyp extension. Thrive’s Bio-Stimulant Crush is made from aragonite and biologically degradable polymers.

 

[roryb24]

Well I went ahead and ordered them anyways hopefully they are good.

 

[roryb24]

Well here they are guess we will see how things go.

 

[roryb24]

Well they are hooked up and tumbling. Hopefully everything goes well it should be about 4 weeks before we see any results.

 

[samante]

I was wondering if this product worked or not. I wanted to try it out, but I cant find much info out there about the product.

 

[Orly20]

Anyone have any updates on this product?

 

[Reef.ductionist]

Randy Holmes Farley wrote a great article about using aluminum oxide or ferrous oxide and the pros and cons involved/check it out.
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-11/rhf/

 

[Orly20]

Randy Holmes Farley wrote a great article about using aluminum oxide or ferrous oxide and the pros and cons involved/check it out.
Iron Oxide Hydroxide (GFO) Phosphate Binders by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

Yes Randy does write a great article but you might be confused because I was asking about the product in question here. The Thrive Crush is a polymer(carbon source), which is consumed by bacteria that consumes nitrates and phosphates then exported out of your system by a skimmer.

What is interesting about this product here is that Thrive has added Argonite which helps strip the biopellets of bacteria quicker allowing for new bacteria to colonize the polymer.

I would love to hear someone's experience with this product?

 

[roryb24]

I started this thread I ran them for about 8 months while I liked the product and it seemed to work well the awkward size and shapes of the product made it not tumble as well as I would like. It did do good for what it's
Meant to do but the downfall for me was the products odd shape.

 

[DSP]

A coworker uses this on his 90 and most his clients tanks that he services and it's worked great! We use it on a few display tanks at my work and it works great! I am also using it but about 5 weeks after starting I moved and the pellets dried out so I basically had to start over I'm on my second week since adding them again so I'll keep everyone updated

 

[Reef.ductionist]

Oh sorry.
i was skimming text(no pun intended). I havn't had any experience with this product yet. Although I it does seem like a few of those founders at thrive have some interesting ideas.

 

[ReddyW]

It seems to me that adding aragonite sand to bio-pellets is a great way to add inexpensive volume to the bag. Just like the cellulose fiber you find in some bread, sawdust is cheaper than wheat and adds bulk.

Why not scoop up some sand already colonized with bacteria from your tank and add that to the bio-pellets in your reactor?

At $60+ for 500ml, I'd like more plastic and less sand please.

You can buy biodegradable PLA pellets by the ten pound bag for a lot less:
PLA Pellets - Filabot

 

[jim Kushlan]

We have this listed on eBay at 1000ml for $12 + shipping.