Hey Bob know what ?????

[nyfireman3097]

Ok i just changed out my Zeo this is my 4th change out i added more this change out like you said i added more flow also i am dosing 2.1ml every day 3 drops of Bak/Food/AA/Pif 2x a week im waitin on the ok to use Zeospur/Iron Let me know what you think
Nick

[Aged Salt]

Hi Nick, I'm confused Were you having any problems? Can you tell me about your coral appearances? Your nutrient levels? I believe your have a 125g net vol? If so, dose 1.5 ml Spur2 initially, & increase by .5ml every two wks until your corals become & stay lightened for 7-10 days. You should dose Fe 3 drops once or twice a wk--this helps maintain the strong colors that we seekBob

[nyfireman3097]

all pars are at 0 im asking just incase i should lower anything or cutback anythin so then everythings a go
Nick

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OK Nick, if you're having the brownish-red film deposits in your reef, I'd hold Start for days, then dose Start1 .5ml 2x's/day. I'd continue bak/food at the present dosagesBob

[nyfireman3097]

i already did that Bob for 2 weeks i stoped i just started back up and in those 2 weeks nothing dies off
nICK

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Nick were you dosing AAHC during this timeframe? Bob

[nyfireman3097]

lol i just posted in the other forum no i dosed NOTHING in the 2 weeks
Nick

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Nick, do you have a pix of this? Is your TDS water <5? Do you use a DI canister filter in your product water? I, personally had high Si's from a faulty RO filament membrane, so this is important to check as your problem then is non zeo-related. What salt mix are you currently using? How old are your bulbs? Thnx. Bob

[nyfireman3097]

Yes TDS is at 0 I do use a DI I use oceanic bulbs are 2 months old

[nyfireman3097]

and then my other problem is these damn bubbles i cannot get rid of them for anything i bast them away 10 minutes lata there back

[Aged Salt]

OMG, Nick . My solution [if it were my reef] would be to remove the your corals, distinguish the lights over the reef for wks. & daily scrub all deposits with a toothbrush to your skimmer & zeo-filter. Alternatively, exchange all the LR with fully-cured[expensive], or move all your affected LR to a another tank to be "cooked" for ~3 mos. Chronically, this results from either high nutrients or overshooting the zeo-dosing in your system. Another idea would be to try Chemi-clean & leave your reef as is for now. I've never used this product, but Edward had impressive results using this. If you decide on the latter, I would suggest senting a PM to Edward[invincible569] for his dosing of chemi-clean, etc. :sad: Bob

[nyfireman3097]

all my rock is over 2 years old fullly cured its only on one of my tunze rocks and small batches on my starboard lol it os not on ANY LR of mine at all its on the 2 false items in my tank the starbord and tunze rock well actually also my magnet everything else is good but the bubbles are everywhere
Nick

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Nick, if that's the case, remove & clean the Tunze deco-rocks & scrape the starboard & panes clean on a regular routine.
I would hold AAHC until you get ahead of the problem. Bob

[Orion76]

WHOA that's a serious amount of algae. If I were you I'd seriously cut back on lighting until the problem has been resolved. For example you could only run the 20kK bulb for 6 hours a day for a few weeks and leave the 10kK bulbs OFF.

Are you able to detect NO3 or PO4 with your Salifert kits?

[G.Alexander]

Nick, not sure because of the pictures quality, but I think you are fighting against two different things.

These tufts are defiantly algae. I would recommend to use herbivore & manual removing.

The second one are the slimy fields, also the bubbles on the back panel. This could be caused by a overdose of ZeoStart2 and / or AAHC.

I would recommend to lower ZeoStart2 to 0,1 ml three times a day as long as the slime disappears. Not sure how long this lasts, because this also depends to the accumulation of the element which causes the slime. I can tell you, in my tank this lasted about 4 weeks, but could be different in different tanks. I also would recommend to stop the dosage of AAHC until they disappear completely, starting with AAHC again in a much lower dosage.

G.Alexander