It’s incredible how much healthier my system is dosing phyto. My last system, I didn’t and had to clean the glass every other day. Now, it’s almost once a week if that. Live phyto goes straight into the rock work and has minimal clouding of the water. The expensive dead phyto, you need to shut your pumps and skimmer down for hours and is not nearly as beneficial. Best thing I’ve started doing so far. You literally can not add too much of this unless you have a nano. I have a 235 and would feel fine dumping a whole gallon in at once.
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Phyto dosing
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I am a huge fan of dosing live phyto and it's makes a HUGE difference in my tank and I cant praise the benefits or dosing it!
I used to have my skimmer shut off for 5-10 minutes after dosing phyto but I just stopped doing that since I dose it right after the skimmer section!
I used to have my skimmer shut off for 5-10 minutes after dosing phyto but I just stopped doing that since I dose it right after the skimmer section!
I usually shut the return pump and skimmer off for an hour or so just out of pure habit, but it isn’t even necessary with live phyto vs dead. I can’t stress the benefits enough and it takes about 20 a week to do. Such a huge benefit for such little time. I’m going to up it to 3 bottles soon, then 4.
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