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I just wanted to post my experiences on this issue.
--When I first started Zeo I was using 1/3 lt of media in my diy reactor and a maxijet 400 attatched directly to the reactor. This turned of to be too much flow thru it and resulted in thinning tissue of the coral(as others have experienced as well---I think it was Tom's Thread) I added a 90 and reduced flow, all corals recovered and were doing nicely
--Next came my first Zeolith change out and I was advised to bring the media up to 1/2 lt for my 50g system. This was done but my flow thru the reactor was not increased. About 1/2way thru the Zeolith cycle ~4wks I started to get algae growing in my tank, and some had some water clarity issues. It took me about a week and a 1/2 to realize that the flow could be a factor. I removed the 90 to upgrade the flow to what it was originally, but with 1/2 lt of zeoliths. Now the algae is dying, the cyano is disappearing. Water clarity is great, and corals are extremely happy once again.
A lesson lerned. Make sure that your flow is correct 100g/ 1 lt thru your reactor because there are issues that can happen on both sides of the spectrum.
Sean
--When I first started Zeo I was using 1/3 lt of media in my diy reactor and a maxijet 400 attatched directly to the reactor. This turned of to be too much flow thru it and resulted in thinning tissue of the coral(as others have experienced as well---I think it was Tom's Thread) I added a 90 and reduced flow, all corals recovered and were doing nicely
--Next came my first Zeolith change out and I was advised to bring the media up to 1/2 lt for my 50g system. This was done but my flow thru the reactor was not increased. About 1/2way thru the Zeolith cycle ~4wks I started to get algae growing in my tank, and some had some water clarity issues. It took me about a week and a 1/2 to realize that the flow could be a factor. I removed the 90 to upgrade the flow to what it was originally, but with 1/2 lt of zeoliths. Now the algae is dying, the cyano is disappearing. Water clarity is great, and corals are extremely happy once again.
A lesson lerned. Make sure that your flow is correct 100g/ 1 lt thru your reactor because there are issues that can happen on both sides of the spectrum.
Sean
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