Reef Brite Live Rock Enhance, Bacteria Cleaner
SKU: RB-LRE2
- Reef Brite Live Rock Enhance is a live bacteria blend that eats detritus, slime algae, and waste in your rock.
- It is made for reef and fish-only tanks, refugiums, sandbeds, and containers used to cure new live rock.
- The bacteria and enzymes clear clogged pores in rock and sand, so the rock filters your water better.
- One 2 oz container treats about 2,000 gallons, and it also helps cure new live rock faster.
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Live Bacteria Cleaner for Rock, Sand, and Curing
Reef Brite Live Rock Enhance is a cleanup product for saltwater tanks. It is a blend of live microbial spores and the enzymes that come with them. When you add it to your tank, the bacteria go to work eating detritus, slime algae, and other waste trapped inside your rock and sand.
Over time, gunk builds up in the tiny pores of live rock and clogs them. Those pores are where helpful bacteria live and clean your water, so a clogged rock is a weaker filter. Live Rock Enhance breaks down that hidden waste and opens the pores back up, which improves the rock's natural filtering. It also seeds new or bare "base" rock with good bacteria, building a healthy biofilm that crowds out the bad microbes you don't want.
It has a second job too: curing new live rock. Fresh rock has to go through a messy break-in period before it is safe for a tank. Dosing Live Rock Enhance during curing speeds that process up and makes it more complete. The same goes for refreshing tired spots in an established system, like a sump, refugium, or sandbed where detritus collects.
Key Features:
- Live bacteria and enzymes that eat detritus, slime algae, and organic waste
- Unclogs the pores of live rock and sand so the rock filters water better
- Seeds new or base rock with good bacteria to build a healthy biofilm
- Helps crowd out unwanted microorganisms before they can take hold
- Cures new live rock faster and more completely
- Revives sumps, refugiums, and sandbeds where detritus builds up over time
- All natural, using proprietary Bacillus microbes with about 7 billion cfu/g
- One 2 oz container treats approximately 2,000 gallons; includes a measuring scoop
Ideal For:
- Reef and fish-only tanks, with or without live rock, that need help clearing waste and slime algae
- Aquarists curing new live rock or seeding fresh base rock and wanting it done faster
- Refugiums, sumps, and sandbeds where detritus has been collecting over time
Pro Tips:
- Turn off your UV sterilizer while dosing. Live Rock Enhance is a live culture, and a running UV sterilizer will kill the bacteria before they can work. Leaving it on can badly reduce the product's effectiveness.
- Pre-soak for a better hatch rate. Mix your dose into a few ounces of tank water in a separate cup, let it sit 20-30 minutes, and stir every 10 minutes before adding it. This wakes up more of the bacteria.
- Keep the water moving and aerated. Pour the mixture into a high-current area and keep good aeration going. The bacteria need oxygen and flow to spread and do their job.
- Cure new rock cool and low. When curing live rock, keep the water around 72-73°F and 1.020-1.021 specific gravity. Bacteria get more oxygen in cooler, less salty water, so curing goes faster.
What's Included:
- One 2 oz container of Reef Brite Live Rock Enhance
- Measuring scoop
Specifications:
- Form: Dry culture (microbial spores and enzymes)
- Size: 2 oz container
- Treats: Approximately 2,000 gallons
- Active Content: Approximately 7 billion cfu/g
- Ingredients: Cultures of proprietary microbes including Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis, attendant enzymes, and botanical extracts to aid adhesion
- Standard Dosing: 1 scoop per 25 gallons every other day for the first week, then weekly (see Instructions for tank-size and curing adjustments)
- Storage: Store in a cool, dry place; refrigerate for best results
- For aquarium use only. Not for human consumption. Keep out of reach of children.
- Bulk product is available in 1 lb increments (unpackaged); contact your distributor or Reef Brite representative for details
Compatibility Notes:
For saltwater reef and fish-only aquariums, with or without live rock
- Turn off UV sterilizers while dosing, since the product is a live culture
- Pairs with Reef Brite Reef Enhance, which feeds the water column while this product cleans the rock
While most of our equipment carries a one-year manufacturer's warranty, consumable products like fish and coral foods are not covered under traditional warranty terms due to their perishable nature and varied storage conditions. However, we fully stand behind the quality of every product we sell. If you experience any issues with your food purchase shortly after receiving it, such as concerns about freshness, packaging integrity, or product quality, please contact us at [email protected]. We're committed to making it right and will work with you to resolve any problems quickly and fairly.
Instructions:
- Turn off any UV sterilizer before dosing, since it will kill the live bacteria.
- Measure your dose: 1 scoop per 25 gallons. Use half a scoop for small 10-15 gallon tanks, or one teaspoon (about four scoops) per 100 gallons for large tanks.
- For best results, mix the dose into a few ounces of aquarium water in a separate container, let it sit 20-30 minutes, and stir every 10 minutes.
- Pour the mixture into a high-current area of the tank, and keep good aeration and water circulation going.
- For general use, dose every other day during the first week, then once a week until you reach the results you want.
For a refugium:
- Add up the volume of the refugium and the tank it supports, then dose the main tank and the refugium separately for their own volumes.
For curing new live rock:
- Dose daily until ammonia reads zero and the water is clear. Cloudy water early in curing is normal.
- Aeration, a protein skimmer, and water changes when the water clouds all help. Replace the dose each time you change water.
- Keep the water cool and less salty, around 72-73°F and 1.020-1.021 specific gravity, for faster curing.
For seeding live rock or base rock:
Follow the standard dosing above.
Safety Warnings:
- For aquarium use only.
- Not for human consumption.
- Keep out of reach of children.