What is everyone dosing?

[CAReefer]

Just pondering what the average Zeohead doses. Thought it might be interesting to see the ranges of "sweet spots" everyone has found.

Current dosing- 240 net gallons
Zeolith- 2 1/2 liters
Zeobak- 10 drops 2x weekly
Zeofood- 5 drops 2x weekly
PIF- 6 drops 2x weekly
FE- 2 drops 2x weekly (I don't want to feed the Macro algae I am trying to get rid of)
AAHC- 6 drops daily
2 cups carbon- changed monthly
Start2- .4 ml twice daily

CAReefer

[invincible569]

Ive been dosing the same amount from day 1.

4-5 for everything (bak, start, food). and 1L for the rocks.

[ejocam]

Here is what I have been dosing:

Current dosing- 250 net gallons
Zeolith- 2 1/2 liters
Zeobak- 10-12 drops 2x weekly
Zeofood- 10-12 drops 2x weekly
PIF- 10-12 drops every other day
AAHC- 10-12 drops every other day
4 cups carbon- changed monthly
Start2- .8 ml twice daily (when I remember, 2nd stage)

[mshur]

eric,
dont u think u dosing to much of back/food?
based on bob"s dosing we should reduce back/food if we dose start2.
i only dose 3 drops on my 150g net gallos ..twice a week

mike

[CAReefer]

I started with a lower bak, start2 ratio. I upped the bak up to 10 drops and cut the food down. Things have definitely been looking better for me. I strongly believe, each tank is different. I have been into stage 2 for several months now and still aways from stage 3. That is based on observations only. I must have tons of stored up P04 in my rock.

[keigo]

Current dosing- 150 net gallons
Zeolith- 2 liters
Zeobak- 4 drops 2x weekly
Zeofood- 4 drops 2x weekly
PIF- 0
FE- 0
AAHC- 6 drops daily
1 cups carbon- changed monthly
not dosing any start anymore

well i guess I'm in stage 3 now.. with p04 staying around 0.01.. and i dont dose start so as to have some p04. Also I find that start will dull sps color..and also create a big mess for me when I'm in stage 3.

but as bob say start2 help in coloring but my other claim start2 will also dull color too, cause I still have some old sps this is super brown out and now waiting for them to color up. So I guess until I get all sps color up dosing of start2 might help dull abit of the color to make the color of the sps more real (i think this is what bob mention about, maybe bob can come in and help explain)

Thanks

[fkadir]

Current dosing- 250 net gallons
Zeolith- 2 liters
Zeobak- 6 drops 2x weekly
Zeofood- 6 drops 2x weekly
1 litre carbon- changed monthly
Start2- .5ml 2x weekly. Any higher and I get weird star-burst algae growth on the glass panes especially where the jets from the streams hit the glass. Anyone have any ideas why? Bob/GA?

[7thheaven]

Current dosing- 100 net gallons
Zeolith- 1 liters
Zeobak- 2 drops 3x weekly
Zeofood- 1 drops 2x weekly
1/4 litre carbon- changed monthly
Start2- .05ml 2x dailly.
spur2 3ml 2x monthly
ME 20ml weekly
KIFl 4drops 2x weekly
AA 6drops daily (will reduce 6drops->4drops)

[losmandy]

Current dosing- 175 net US gallons
Zeolith- 1.5 liters
Zeobak- 3 drops 2x weekly
Zeofood- 3 drops 2x weekly
PIF- 6 drops/daily
FE- 0
AAHC- 8 drops daily
AA LPS - 3ml daily
GAC 1 litre - changed monthly
zeostart - no longer dosing.

So far PO4 holds steady at 0.01ppm and colors of SPS are not dull so am leaving it this way.

[Aged Salt]

Farish, Start2 provides nitrogen-carbon source for the Bak. I do not know what the carbon source is in Start2, though it is different than in Start1. More than can be utilized by the bacteria is "food- scrapes" for other bioload consumers. Bob

[fkadir]

Bob, so the weird star burst pattern on the glass is also an indication of start2 overdose? Or am i missing the whole point..

[scottw]

What I dose.

500+ gallonsish.
start2 8-9ml DAILY for 2 weeks, then drop to 4ml daily (will be going via GroTech Doser, get it today or tomorrow)
bak 8-10 drops DAILY
food 8-10 drops DAILY
lith 5 liters.
AAHC 8 drops DAILY
AAHC LPS 8 drops DAILY
PSG 8 drops DAILY

Remember I am dosing HEAVY since I only have fish in it, this is a new setup so I am going to blast away so when I get the corals in the tank is ready to ROCK and ROLL!

[Aged Salt]

Hi, just to clarify some points--- brown-out corals are not a result of zeo-components overdosing but simply high nutrients producing an increase in zoox density. Start2 will cause some darkening of our corals in extreme excess dosing but again not brown-outs. Once we have a brown-out coral, look for it to take months of ultra-low nutrient waters before these b-o's totally regain their color. Excess Bak/ Food7/AAHC & PIF definitely can darken our corals as well, leaving their color less defined. Using all the components in lower dosages[read: doses that do not causing darkening] will allow zeo-synergistic coloration to occur due to maintenance of nutrient-poor waters with corals exhibiting lower zoox densities.

Farish, can you describe the color of this star-burst growth on your panes? Thnx. Bob

[ejocam]

eric,
dont u think u dosing to much of back/food?
based on bob"s dosing we should reduce back/food if we dose start2.
i only dose 3 drops on my 150g net gallos ..twice a week

mike

Mike, I would guess or estimate that I am in the latter of Stage 1 or Middle of Stage 2. This system was started from scratch (New Rock, Sand and Water around May 1st. Around May 14th I threw a couple of Tester frags which not only lived but started to color up. After my First change of Zeovit, I started to add more tester frags that were fading in my other Zeo tank. These also started to color up. After the the 2nd change, I waited a week and started to move all my personal pieces to the display system. Everything has been doing great so far. I still continue to move pieces from another Zeo tank that has no color (both tanks were started the same time and procedure ???) These quickly color up So far so good with the regimen I am using, but I will lower the Zeofood7 dosing and see what happens?

[mshur]

bob,
well explained..thankx))

eric,
my system is also new..just about one month old.based on hanna photometer my po4 is 0,05,wich is not that bad for the new system..my target is 0,03.
i am using eheim dosing pump for start2 and i dose 4 times in 24 hr. 1 ml per turn.
btw, hows that awesome enchinata doing?

mike