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    Probiotics, What?

    The "old article" by Eric Borneman in many areas runs parallel to what I have been saying, and in some areas contradictory to me and I to him. we do not want to "RID" our aquariums of bacteria You have understood! "misunderstandings". the experts drive a point home to make concrete their...
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    Probiotics, What?

    probiotics, what? here are a few links that may help with understanding Probiotics and their purpose/function. the last link I posted appears to have been skirted over (as indicated by the responses to the thread) it will take some of your time reading the text of the links, some use of your...
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    Probiotics, What?

    probiotics, what? wave98, I am not a bob Goemans/Sam Gamble fan, And I do not see evidence of me taking them to heart. you make reference to 'BUY" "BUYING" a product & "using" the product. There is no product persae. If you want a product go to a RF sponsor "ZEOVIT" and Scott will explain, and...
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    Probiotics, What?

    probiotics (sand bed) Dan, Yes i can & will.
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    Probiotics, What?

    I am going to go thru the thread again and see if I can post some quotes that will be helpful. some times when a lot is written it tends to confuse and scramble a train of thought. I felt that there was/is sufficient references made to probiotics that would then lay the groundwork for non...
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    Probiotics, What?

    probiotics charlyclown, We both are entitled to our opinions, I find yours to be lacking in merit and in gross error. I am attempting to expound on the attributes of beneficial bacteria.flora, it is a tedious undertaking, in that I want to avoid confusion and misunderstandings about the subject...
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    BristleWorms

    there are several variations of bristle worms, rarely do they get to epidemic proportions. the fire worm has longer bushier bristle clusters, generally the worm is wider than common bristles and also it is fire red. bristles are more on the pink side. congrats on the mini bristle
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    hair worm?????

    aka spaghetti worm, great scavengers!
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    Probiotics, What?

    I will concede tho that a human bite that breaks the skin should receive a tetanus shot.
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    BristleWorms

    Bristle worms are a beneficial animal to have in a reef tank. if it were not for their scavenging there would be a lot of pollution in a tank. as is with most scavengers their numbers are controlled by the available food, they represent biodiversity, it is not good to kill something just because...
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    Probiotics, What?

    Well I guess with a vivid imagination one could construe that as a human licking their wound. and as an aside there would not ( outside of the repulsiveness of it) be any thing wrong with a person licking ones own wound. it seem logical that you or someone you have seen cut or injure their...
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    Probiotics, What?

    probiotics, what? charlyclown, I am not wound licking rugie, please exercise manners. you hope I don't do what? lick a wound? did I ever indicate that I or any human would lick a wound? human saliva contains probiotic bacteria/flora, designed to perform certain tasks, such as; to remove decay...
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    Probiotics, What?

    probiotics, what? MikeS, No that is not what I am advocating (entirely) what I am trying to demonstrate is that probiotics are not just limited to providing a beneficial bacteria to the tank water in hopes that it performs the specific job that we want it to do. (as the thread seems to...
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    Probiotics, What?

    probiotics, what? GreshamH, you are correct it is an interesting thread. there are sites after sites on the web that do a great job of explaining probiotics. what has occurred to me is that the thread only indicated the addition of beneficial bacteria to an aquarium. the concept of "probiotic"...
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    phosphate remover results.

    I do not envy you the job ahead ,but I would be excited at the prospect of a new and improved setup. the egg crate setup you outline sounds perfect you may want to make adjustments to your flow pattern after you are up and running, and yes! more flow is better it will mix the water well, plus...
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    phosphate remover results.

    1/2" elevation should suffice. save as much of your water as you can. do the rubbermaid tub thing for corals and fish, do not forget heaters and water movement in the tubs. do not bake the rock, scrub only those loaded with algae. rinse in tank water. a bucket of tank water to swish the rock in...
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    phosphate remover results.

    YEA! the bottom diagram looks good. are you going to hard plumb or use powerheads?
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    phosphate remover results.

    datona, take a look at the avatar of mikeS. that is what your tank will look like with a dsb. there will be various color cyno's tween the glass and sand. all in all not a very attractive view. the populating of the dsb by the needed flora/fauna takes a long time, the cycle period is painfully...
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    Probiotics, What?

    The point I am making about the bio's becoming the new wave is due to the incredible amount of expensive mechanical junk that is being crammed down our throats by the manufacturers of the items, now there are magnets that you install in line on aquarium flow lines that are claimed to correct all...
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    phosphate remover results.

    phos remover results Daytona, please do not think for one minute you were/are causing problems, "you are not" you seemed to be agonizing over what to do. the point I was trying to put across to you was that you received a fairly unanimous feedback to your questions. had they been conflicting in...
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