My precious

[laurent78]

1 -gross water volume : 1200 litres (more or less 300 gal.)
2 -net water volume : 800 litres
3- H&S CaCo2 reactor guided by Tunze phmeter
4- No UV or ozone
5- Skimmer H&S F2000 IA rated for 2000 liters tank
6- No Po4 and No3 since i use ZEOvit system
7- Ca : 550/600 mg/l, Kh : 12, PH: 8.1 (morning) 8.3 (evening)
Mg :1250/1300; salinity : 1023/1024

8 - Arcadia HQI lights 3 X 250W 14000°K
9 - I am using ZEOvit system for 6 weeks now.
10- I hardly had some tissu loss of SPS .In the meantime, some others began to be bright coloured. It is fifty/fifty...I have also orange diatom blood.
11 - I add each week some iodine, strontium and magnesium when i change a hundred litters of water.
12- 600/700 lbs of live rocks

[wasp]

With a title like "My Precious", I just had to read it.
Smeegle was the only thing my wife liked in the film.

Laurent, your CA and Alk are too high, and this with contribute to tissue loss, you should address this.
Otherwise looking good!

[Aged Salt]

Hi, thnx. for the additional information First, lower the parameters to the ZEOvit recommended levels, that is, closer to natural sea water levels--Ca ~420-440; KH-7-8;Mg 1200-1300;Salinity-34ppt[1.024-5]; This is paramount for the long-term health of your corals.Do this slowly as not to stress further your corals. Dose 2ltrs. zeolites in a dedicated zeo-filter with a flow rate of 800l/h. A little more or less is fine. Cycle the zeo-filter "on" & "off" at 3hrs. intervals[use a timer] Pump[clean] the stones 2x's/day about 10-15 repetitions each time. Exchange every 6wks. Dose 2 Cups carbon, passively in your sump in a mesh-bag, & knead this every other day. Change carbon every 4wks. Dose Bak/Food--6drops each, every other day for the first 2wks. with new zeolites, then 6 drops each 2x's/wk. Turn off your skimmer for 60min after dosing these. Dose these near the zeo-filter intake pump. Dose Start1[let me know if you're using Start2, as the dosing is different] .3ml 3x's/day daily. It is not necessary to turn off the skimmer after dosing Start. Ask any questions as they appear. Bob

[laurent78]

With a title like "My Precious", I just had to read it.
Smeegle was the only thing my wife liked in the film.

Laurent, your CA and Alk are too high, and this with contribute to tissue loss, you should address this.
Otherwise looking good!

The point is my Ca reactor is too big.I plugged the phmeter on a timer for a duration of 5 hours a day.Dispite this i can't low the Ca under550 !

[wasp]

Well, you just got to do something about it, else the cost of the corals you lost going to be more than the cost of fixing it.
I know you'll figure something out.

[laurent78]

Hi, thnx. for the additional information First, lower the parameters to the ZEOvit recommended levels, that is, closer to natural sea water levels--Ca ~420-440; KH-7-8;Mg 1200-1300;Salinity-34ppt[1.024-5]; This is paramount for the long-term health of your corals.Do this slowly as not to stress further your corals. Dose 2ltrs. zeolites in a dedicated zeo-filter with a flow rate of 800l/h. A little more or less is fine. Cycle the zeo-filter "on" & "off" at 3hrs. intervals[use a timer] Pump[clean] the stones 2x's/day about 10-15 repetitions each time. Exchange every 6wks. Dose 2 Cups carbon, passively in your sump in a mesh-bag, & knead this every other day. Change carbon every 4wks. Dose Bak/Food--6drops each, every other day for the first 2wks. with new zeolites, then 6 drops each 2x's/wk. Turn off your skimmer for 60min after dosing these. Dose these near the zeo-filter intake pump. Dose Start1[let me know if you're using Start2, as the dosing is different] .3ml 3x's/day daily. It is not necessary to turn off the skimmer after dosing Start. Ask any questions as they appear. Bob

Dankeschön !

I use a Deltec reactor with 2 liters of Zeovit.I have to change my pump because it is an Eheim 1260 of 38 liters/minut.I also use 1 liter of carbon in a mesh bag passively in the sump.
i planed to get another Ca Reactor, a smaller one.

The problem is to get all the ZEO products in France. I use , actually, ZEObak, ZEOfood7, Zeospur 2 and the amino-acids complex.I ordered some other in Belgium yesterday ! :smash:

By the way, i am making a translation of the ZEOvit guide of Koralle-Zucht .de in french, if you are interested, i can send it to you by mail.I have still the last 6 pages to translate, next week it will be done.

[Aged Salt]

Hi Laurent, hold Spur2 for a couple of months. Just use the basic 4. If you know Bachir, maybe you two could post the French translation for the ZEOvit guide Do this through Scottw & invincible569[Edward]thnx. Bob

[porites]

Exchange every 6wks.

why do you recommend this regularity. In the zeovit guide, it's indicate an exhange period betwen 6-12 weeks.

I dont understand the dosage of zeofood that you recommend...

[laurent78]

why do you recommend this regularity. In the zeovit guide, it's indicate an exhange period betwen 6-12 weeks.

I dont understand the dosage of zeofood that you recommend...

I think he is try to tell us that we have to adapt the system to our tank and not our tank to the system...

[Aged Salt]

why do you recommend this regularity. In the zeovit guide, it's indicate an exhange period betwen 6-12 weeks.

I dont understand the dosage of zeofood that you recommend...

Hi Porites, as Laurent mentioned, we strive for the best for our corals in color & health. The 4-10wks interval for exchange of the zeolites is just a guideline given by Korallen-Zucht. Actually for SPS tanks, color may begins to wonder after 4-6 wks., indicating the stones are nearing exhaustion. This depends on many factors, ie. system bioload, nutrient import & export, & bacterial population[quantity of zeolites,LR, LS] All these will vary from tank to tank of similar size. In my system, for instance, after using ZEOvit for 10 mos. I've found that 5wks. to be near the end-point of the zeolites as my coral colors begin to darken. This is probably due to my fish-feeding a sick Conspicious Angel 2x's/day. Therefore, I change the stones at this time & not at 6-8wks. For your system & corals, the zeolite exhaustion point may be different, but on average, the time interval will be 6wks to optimim color retention of SPS. I'm not sure I understand your question regarding ZeoFood7 dosage? Can you clarify? Thnx. Bob

[porites]

I'm not sure I understand your question regarding ZeoFood7 dosage? Can you clarify? Thnx. Bob

yes... you dose the bak/food only during the starting and recharging phase?

[Aged Salt]

Hi Porites, Bak contains the multi-culture bacteria that drives the ZEOvit method & these different bacteria are feed by Food7 & Start which enables the bacteria to thrive, reproduce, & do their annoted duties, namely depleting nutrients within our systems. Some of these specialized bacteria must be recultured throughout the zeolite cycle by seeding with ZeoBak & maintained by the nourishing help of Food7 & Start. Therefore, with new zeolites, that needs bacteria seeding, Bak/Food7 are dosed more frequently for the first two wks. & the remainder of the zeolite cycle are maintained with the 2x's/wk dosage of Bak/Food7. Start is dosed daily, throughout the entire cycle. Porites, if I again missed your point, I'm sorry & try me once more Bob

[porites]

Hi Aged Salt,
Thanks for your complete and precise answer

[Aged Salt]

Your Welcome Bob

[laurent78]

thanks for your time and your help for miserable newcomer's woms