Considering Zeo usage...

[John Brancheau]

1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.)260 gallons

2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) 210-220

3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique YES

4. Are you using a PO4 reactor (how long, how long ago, etc.) NO

5. Are you using Ozone NO

6. Are you using UV NO

7. What skimmer are you using (type, rated water volume) Currently twin Euros CS8-1, CS8-3 But not for long...

8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels 0 on Sailfert

9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels 400, 9-10, 1300

10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.)
refugium, macros, polyfilters, carbon, purigen

11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.) 4 250 DE's 14k, 6 months
Twin vho's, 6 footers

12. What corals do you keep S.P.S. mainly...

13. Tissue color (light or dark) Both, good colors currenly

14. How long has the tank been running 1 year

15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system To try and get a better handle on maintenance

16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.)Kent A and B daily, 2 caps each, just to keep levels they are currenlym Kents Mag once a week

17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.) Around 200 pounds between fuge and main

18. Any present problems Must clean glass regularly( Every couple of Days)

19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.)
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.)Sailfert
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.)
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.) 1025,78

Tell me what type of work will be involved please......Thanks John

[Aged Salt]

Hi John, welcome to ZEOvit.com & our friendly forum I'm just not exactly sure your question focus, ie. #18 & 19. Do you mean you're corals have tissue recession? I clean my viewing panes every 3rd-4th day as a haze develops. If not, but you're needing dosing recommendations, let me know, & I'll be happy to do so. I can tell you that your maintenance time will be decreased. How much, of course, depends on the previous time given, but mine was reduced by a factor of 50%, with better results. Bob

[John Brancheau]

Sorry Bob,

I guess it is not really a problem, so to speak, I have been told by some that the maintenance of glass cleaning and such decreases with the lower nutrient load, my corals look pretty good actually, but as you know, we as reefkeepers always want more "bling" .

I guess my largest question is this, given how my system works now, decent color, great growth, will the zeo program help me with the chores of maintaing the reef.. As I stated, I do use quite a few approaches to keep my tank looking the way it does, I guess I am just looking for a little less labor. But, I do feed my fish well, and the part about lowering their feeding worries me, my majestic may not take well to that...

BTW, Gary and I have spoke a bit about the Zeo, and since you seem to have the system dialed in, I was hoping you would reply...


Thanks again, John

[Ger]

Welcome, John. I'll let other users chime in with their ZEOvit satisfaction/dissatisfaction. But, one thing I can promise you....it will only take days to get everything to your door.

[John Brancheau]

Not weeks Gary??

[Aged Salt]

John, I keep 4 angel fish in my reef, fed every other day for years w/o my fish becoming mal-nourished. To help you with the husbandry topic, my WC's have gone down drastically & I mean drastically, as this was my main husbandry focus on my previous reef set-up, along with expensive & time intensive chemical filtration. Bob

[John Brancheau]

Thanks Bob,

Sounds like Gary and I will have to discuss the options......


John

[nyfireman3097]

Hey bob what did you mean my WC goin down arent we supposed to do wc's every week with ZEO?
Nick

[scottw]

Welcome John, you will love ZEOvit. I will never go without again.

Bob is the right man to answer questions, he is the ZEOGURU. He is the ZEOpimp .. I am happy to have him so close to me in location as well so I can go to his house and drool.

ps.. Ill post some pics of his tank over here so you can drool with me.. His Deltec 1004 skimmer makes me want to break in and steal it lol, but he has a watch dog now, he got it since he got the skimmer..

[Diesel3443]

but he has a watch dog now, he got it since he got the skimmer..

Ots pretty bad when you need a watch dog for a skimmer

[Aged Salt]

Hey bob what did you mean my WC goin down arent we supposed to do wc's every week with ZEO?
Nick

Hi Nick, I presently do a 5% WC/wk with ZEOvit. Before, I generally do 10%/wk Bob