Reef Fuel

[Fishit]

Any body using reef fuel I just started it a couple weeks ago just as directed and seem to be getting a diatom bloom just wondering if any body else has had this happen

 

[pulpfiction1]

i use it and never had this issue but tons of thers have,i did dial it back to half dose(cost cutting) as the ones having the issues and everything looks super so i will continue with the half dosing until my doser is online then i will dose using that

 

[Fishit]

Ah ok good to know now I'm also dosing magnesium strontium and iodide would you recommend cutting back on those also

 

[pulpfiction1]

i didnt alter anything else,just keep testing and dose accordingly

 

[Fishit]

Perfect thank you so much could not figuer this out and the only thing added was the reef fuel

 

[scubasteve]

do you mean aqua vitro fuel or a different brand? i use aqua vitro fuel but only a half dose.... and put it in the fridge after opening or it goes bad

 

[EricTMah]

You really should be testing your magnesium, strontium and iodide levels.
Dosing blindly can only end badly. Either in over dosing or under dosing.
Know your tanks parameters before dosing anything

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[pulpfiction1]

do you mean aqua vitro fuel or a different brand? i use aqua vitro fuel but only a half dose.... and put it in the fridge after opening or it goes bad

yes,will last for months unrefrigerated

c/p: from http://www.aquavitro.com/support.html#fuel
Q: I just noticed that my bottle of fuel says to refrigerate after opening. Is my bottle bad since I have not done so?
A: It is perfectly fine to not refrigerate this product. Refrigeration is recommended if the product will be kept for several months. Depending on how long you will be using the bottle for, you may consider refrigerating it to keep the nutrients intact. If you will use up the bottle within only a couple months, you can just keep it at room temperature.

 

[scubasteve]

yes,will last for months unrefrigerated

c/p: from http://www.aquavitro.com/support.html#fuel
Q: I just noticed that my bottle of fuel says to refrigerate after opening. Is my bottle bad since I have not done so?
A: It is perfectly fine to not refrigerate this product. Refrigeration is recommended if the product will be kept for several months. Depending on how long you will be using the bottle for, you may consider refrigerating it to keep the nutrients intact. If you will use up the bottle within only a couple months, you can just keep it at room temperature.

Mine stays on a shelf in the basement nice and cool there..... it gets a very skunky smell if it goes bad.... you will notice a huge difference.

Perfect thank you so much could not figuer this out and the only thing added was the reef fuel

Fuel contains not only amino and fatty acids but trace elements as well like boron iron and strontium.... if your getting diatoms it sounds more like you stirred up too much sandbed at once or added some rock?

 

[Fishit]

Yes I keep it refrigerated it's a new bottle and no there's no rock added or sand only change was starting to dose the reef fuel

 

[Fishit]

 

[pulpfiction1]

love this product

 

[Fishit]

Is this the same stuff you cut your dose in half pulp ?

 

[scubasteve]

a full dose is only for very mature overgrown reefs i use half with great success since most my stuff is smaller

 

[Fishit]

Got ya thanks guys I'll cut it down to half doses

 

[Kevin Tran]

Ya I got my first bottle yesterday and the owner told me to cut the dose in half too.