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for all you who are using zeo, has the growth rate of your corals increased? by how much?
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Tremendously, I have had frags that sat in my tank for years and didnt grow. After a few months they exploded. -
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here also
NickNick
180G SPS Mainly
10 Bulb T5 Starfire
Calcium Reactor
3 Tunze 6105's
Profilux Controller
ATB Return w/ wavysea
ATB M External Skimmer
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My SPS growth has increased when I cut the photo-period from 10hrs. to 8hrs/day. Bob"There might be something to this ZEOvit"Comment
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bob,
really?...why is that?
mikeComment
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When you say photoperiod, do you mean the overall photoperiod or just the MH duration?Originally posted by Aged SaltFarish
Setup: 250G System, ATI Powermodul 10x80w T5s, 4x6100 Tunze Streams & 7095 MultiController, Deltec PF1000 CR, Deltec AP902 Skimmer, IKS, Zeovit, Artica 1Hp ChillerComment
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I did that also i hav my 20k xm on for 12 hours and my 2 10k xm on for 4 hours where it used to be 10 hours for the 20k and 8 hours for the 10k
NickNick
180G SPS Mainly
10 Bulb T5 Starfire
Calcium Reactor
3 Tunze 6105's
Profilux Controller
ATB Return w/ wavysea
ATB M External Skimmer
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Actually, my growth increased with two changes:
1) decreasing MH lighting duration from 10 to 8 hrs. Longer periods of intense lighting were causing photo-inhibition.
2) increasing fish-feedings from once every other day to 2x's/day. Bob"There might be something to this ZEOvit"Comment
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Bob... can you explain what that means?Longer periods of intense lighting were causing photo-inhibition.
SteveU“People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.”
...Charles F. KetteringComment
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Steve, besides some burned-tips on a couple of Acropora
my corals appear stunned[polyps-expansion decreasing & corals losing their sheen after about 8hrs.]Kinda shut-down. I do have intense MH illumination of 3400W's, so my time frame will differ. Also, in zeo-tanks, the water clarity allows for a shorter lighting period.Bob
"There might be something to this ZEOvit"Comment
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bob,thats make perfect sence....
i run my mh for 9 hours...and the only problem i had ,is my caraliana start loosing tussue at the tips... imo,caraliana is low light corals..thats why i think)
i" notice u increased fish feeding.....hows ur po4?
mikeComment
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Hi Mike, my Salifert's P04's remain clear white. I'm going to obtain a Hanna colorimeter thru the group buy Scott's doing for better delineation of this nutrientBob
"There might be something to this ZEOvit"Comment
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bob,based on ur expirience in this hobby,i am pretty much sure that nutrient level in ur tank very low))))
mikeComment
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How long should I my lighting? I have a 75g SPS tank w/ Dual 400w MH's. At first I was thinking about running them for 6 hours, but don't now if I should run them longer or not.
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