At last i am about to order my zeo starter kit!!!!
My tank is a 48x18x18 panoramic so not so easy to work out the gallonage!!
Sump is 24x12x18 deep (12 inches water line)
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.)
worked it out to be about 63 uk gal before displacement? Sound about right?
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.)
This is another tricky one have a far bit of rock but not weighed it!! reckon would take volume down to about 50 uk gal?
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique
Not yet but am planning to will use additive in the meantime
4. Are you using a PO4 reactor (how long, how long ago, etc.)
fluidize half a cupfull of rowa at the moment. should have been changed a but am leaving for the zeo.
5. Are you using Ozone
no
6. Are you using UV
no
7. What skimmer are you using (type, rated water volume)
Aquamedic tf1000
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels
p04 is lighter than .1 on my test kit but could mean anything! no3 is 0.5
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels
ca 420 alk 9.4 mag - need to pick up a new test kit
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.)
live rock and thats it!! bare bottom and shed loads of syphoning at the mo!!
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.)
4x new 54w t5's will be overdriven to 85w each next week via an icecap
(dont ask, cant have halides as the cat sleeps on the hood!!) may go with 2 extra 54 watters so 320 odd watts of t5 may go to 430w but dont think i will need to.
12. What corals do you keep
at the moment have a couple of softies left but am slowly moving them out for the sps. have 2 large colonies and 10 odd frags that have all been growing and colouring up in my tank as it is for the last month-6 weeks
13. Tissue color (light or dark)
ummm.........not brown?? would say some light some dark (is that ok?)
14. How long has the tank been running
moved from 2 year old tank about 8 months ago so 2 yrs 8 mnths ish.
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system
you serious??? no, want to compensate a bit for the halide thing by having wickedly clean water. like the colours, want to follow you guys and help to pioneer this method and make fellow reefers so green with envy that they hate my guts and boot me off the board!! (jk)
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.)
kalk, 4 pint a day to match my evap. to balance my calc ,alk ect.
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.)
dont know, a lot. as old as th tank 2 yrs 8 months.
18. Any present problems
am losing the frag race!!!.......No seriously, green glass every few days if not wiped ( i know is only small thing but i hate doing this!!) i need more flow
other than this no nuisance algae. Although i know that my po4 are coming from my ro which is being replaced in a couple of weeks.
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.)
salifert apart from po4 cause they ran out so got a red sea one for now. All less than a month old
phew!!!!!
hope this is enough info guys...............hit me!!
My tank is a 48x18x18 panoramic so not so easy to work out the gallonage!!
Sump is 24x12x18 deep (12 inches water line)
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.)
worked it out to be about 63 uk gal before displacement? Sound about right?
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.)
This is another tricky one have a far bit of rock but not weighed it!! reckon would take volume down to about 50 uk gal?
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique
Not yet but am planning to will use additive in the meantime
4. Are you using a PO4 reactor (how long, how long ago, etc.)
fluidize half a cupfull of rowa at the moment. should have been changed a but am leaving for the zeo.
5. Are you using Ozone
no
6. Are you using UV
no
7. What skimmer are you using (type, rated water volume)
Aquamedic tf1000
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels
p04 is lighter than .1 on my test kit but could mean anything! no3 is 0.5
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels
ca 420 alk 9.4 mag - need to pick up a new test kit

10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.)
live rock and thats it!! bare bottom and shed loads of syphoning at the mo!!
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.)
4x new 54w t5's will be overdriven to 85w each next week via an icecap

12. What corals do you keep
at the moment have a couple of softies left but am slowly moving them out for the sps. have 2 large colonies and 10 odd frags that have all been growing and colouring up in my tank as it is for the last month-6 weeks
13. Tissue color (light or dark)
ummm.........not brown?? would say some light some dark (is that ok?)
14. How long has the tank been running
moved from 2 year old tank about 8 months ago so 2 yrs 8 mnths ish.
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system
you serious??? no, want to compensate a bit for the halide thing by having wickedly clean water. like the colours, want to follow you guys and help to pioneer this method and make fellow reefers so green with envy that they hate my guts and boot me off the board!! (jk)
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.)
kalk, 4 pint a day to match my evap. to balance my calc ,alk ect.
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.)
dont know, a lot. as old as th tank 2 yrs 8 months.
18. Any present problems
am losing the frag race!!!.......No seriously, green glass every few days if not wiped ( i know is only small thing but i hate doing this!!) i need more flow
other than this no nuisance algae. Although i know that my po4 are coming from my ro which is being replaced in a couple of weeks.
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.)
salifert apart from po4 cause they ran out so got a red sea one for now. All less than a month old
phew!!!!!
hope this is enough info guys...............hit me!!
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