How fast did results happen?

[toddfreshman]

For a new Zeovit user what should one expect to see happening? And how soon.

Thanks!
Todd

[gqjeff]

Clearer water at 1-2 days.. Coral improvement about 6 weeks in for me... All depends on your nutrient level to begin with..

[nyfireman3097]

same here but in 5 days i saw diffrent colors in certian things
Nick

[toddfreshman]

Ok, stop... Now I am getting excited. NY I appreciate all your help. I guess I don't need the clapper. My setup is inside my sump and the waterline is above the Zeolite at all times, I also have a reactor from Madison that has a ball that stops the flow. Should I be worried about lighting in my sump as I run a 24/7 light for my fuge.

Thanks,
Todd

[nyfireman3097]

u dont need the fuge anymore zeo works diffrently in every tank i had a low nutrient tank to begin with also my waterline was above and it stilled drained and i didnt know it had to stay submerged for the first month
Nick

[toddfreshman]

So no fuge, Does it hurt? I like the extra food for my tank.

[Orion76]

You can run your fuge without lights or macros and still get the zooplankton.

[nyfireman3097]

like he said u can run it but you have to watch your macro when ur nutrients get lower and lower the macro dies off and when it does it releases nutrients into the water column
Nick

[mesocosm]

Greetings All !

You can run your fuge without lights or macros and still get the zooplankton.

Absolutely ... but as long as you have the light there, and if you can easily connect it to a timer, Hoff & Snell (1987) recommend a 16L:8D photoperiod for maximum reproduction rates (amphipods, mysids, and ciliates). A nice little pile of LR "rubble" will also prove helpful. But you can still get a heathly, productive zooplankton population without any lighting at all.

... but you have to watch your macro when ur nutrients get lower and lower the macro dies off and when it does it releases nutrients into the water column.

Definitely ... and the addition of Zeo chemicals can also stimulate the macros to sporulate.

HTH.

[nyfireman3097]

what does sporulate mean ?
Nick

[toddfreshman]

So if I am reading this right, I should remove all the macro in my sump/fuge as well as the sand bed in there??

[toddfreshman]

Hey Meso,

This is all your fault after I meet you about a month ago and you showed me the tank in the back of the store, I have been going crazt ever since. Hope you remember.

Todd

P.S. we also exchanged PM's on RC

[nyfireman3097]

getrid of the SB the macro just keep an eye on it for now till it starts to die off
Nick

[toddfreshman]

Any good ideas on pulling a sand bed out of a tank that is on the floor?? Hence no syphon.

[Aged Salt]

Any good ideas on pulling a sand bed out of a tank that is on the floor?? Hence no syphon.

No Todd one would need to take the tank offline or shut down the whole system. I suppose if you put a micron sock on it's outflow port, one could manually scoop the sand Bob