What are your favorite Brightwell Aquatic products?

[Schraufabagel]

What are your favorite Brightwell Aquatics products that you either dose regularly or use to combat tank problems?

I use ChaetoGro, NeoPhos, and NeoNitro regularly. I will be starting to dose MicroBacter7 regularly as well. I would highly recommend these to anyone!

I'm curious if anyone has found success with any of their other products (additives, biomedia, etc.)

 

[blaxsun]

I like the zooplankton (corals seem to love it). The garlic supplement is really awesome (and potent!)

 

[atomos]

From time to time, I'll interchangeably use either Lugol's, Koral Recover, Koral MD, and FragRecover.
I like using (when it's needed): MicroBacter7, MicroBacter Clean, Razor Marine and ChaetoGro

 

[hllb]

I got much better growth when I started using Coralaminos daily.

 

[Spare time]

I like the food additives (the hufa/omega 3 stuff), chaetogro, neophos, neonitro, and coral aminos. I I also like their macrovore food for corals and anemones (and small fish). I don't necessarily use all of these now, but I would recommend them to others from my experience.

 

[shakacuz]

Lugol's, MB7, NeoPhos/Nitro, ChaetoGro, Ferrion. Curious to try out their: Calcion, Magnesion, and Alk8.3 products, or know from others who have tried these if they are worth getting(i currently use RedSea ABC).

 

[youcallmenny1]

ChaetoGro and Phytochrom for me.

 

[Schraufabagel]

@hllb @Spare time Do either of you use Polyp Lab Reef Roids along side the Brightwell Coral Aminos? Currently I feed reef roids once or twice a week

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

What are your favorite Brightwell Aquatics products that you either dose regularly or use to combat tank problems?

I use ChaetoGro, NeoPhos, and NeoNitro regularly. I will be starting to dose MicroBacter7 regularly as well. I would highly recommend these to anyone!

I'm curious if anyone has found success with any of their other products (additives, biomedia, etc.)

You opened a can of worms...

Some of the Brightwell products simply cannot do what they claim.


Poster child of this problem is Boost pH+

Brightwell Aquatics - Boost pH+

brightwellaquatics.com

"Boost pH+ High Range pH Increaser, raises pH only without increasing alkalinity or calcium (in tanks already having a proper dKH)"

Remarkably, from the same page:

"Warning: Contains caustic sodium and potassium hydroxides in a proprietary base"

Well duh, hydroxide raises pH and alkalinity. It is the alk component of kalkwasser.

Brightwell even sells kalkwasser (calcium hydroxide). And they claim it adds alkalinity.
"Provides temporary alkalinity and helps maintain pH within the desired range when used as directed."

So in one product they sell hydroxide that does not add alkalinity, and in a second product they sell hydroxide that does add alkalinity.

"Formulated by a marine scientist." lol

Note to all, even marine scientists: hydroxide adds alkalinity, and there is nothing temporary about it. No product can be added to a reef tank that raises pH and does not increase alkalinity. The ONLY way to do that is remove CO2 from the water.

 

[hllb]

@hllb @Spare time Do either of you use Polyp Lab Reef Roids along side the Brightwell Coral Aminos? Currently I feed reef roids once or twice a week

No, I replaced reef roids with the coralaminos. I do on rare occasion feed BRS reef chili now. I didn’t like reef roids

 

[Fishfreak2009]

I use the Microbacter 7 daily for the first month when I start a new tank, and I use Coral Amino daily feeding my reef. Great products