Anyone used Coral Snow Plus yet?

[jacky]

I have experience with CoralSnow Plus. Compared with CoralSnow, my actual experience is that CoralSnow Plus - skimmer collects dirt in the cup better, but the degree of mud collection is not as much as CoralSnow. On the nutritional side of things - CoralSnow Plus wins. Deposit reduction and cleaning power - CoralSnow wins. Water clarity - Both are good, but CoralSnow is better.

Perhaps - CoralSnow Plus is also a good choice for Fo tank.

[NZ-Nick]

I use coral snow plus

Because the normal coral snow is not available here.

water clarity is very noticeable

[Superlightman]

have you tried it since?

[Tonymacc]

sorry to revive an old thread but hows the Plus working now? seeing as this thread is 2 years old I'm hoping to hear good reports lol.

[griff500]

Great.

[reeftank2008]

Hi mate

Yeah still using coral snow plus Ive been alternating each day with biomate and coral snow but I'm now reducing as I don't want it too low. Phosphate down when last checked to 4ppb on hanna ULR. Will check later tonight but noticed my coral are lighter hence when I'm now easing off

[griff500]

All good here griff but I'm now adjusting schedule as I'm over doing to zeobak which is hazing the water clarity!

So your phosphate is down to what level now? Have you continued with Coral Snow Plus.

[reeftank2008]

Any success?

All good here griff but I'm now adjusting schedule as I'm over doing to zeobak which is hazing the water clarity!

[griff500]

Any success?

[reeftank2008]

I'm alternating my coral snow plus with biomate is that what others are doing?

[reeftank2008]

I also set up a auto frozen food feeder so tank is fed daily the same amount.

[reeftank2008]

That's not strictly correct. The stones purpose is to remove ammonia so as to stop the nitrogen cycle, but the Exxodus or Siporax material is intended to house denitrifying bacteria which consume nitrate. The end results may or may not be the same however.

The other benefit of the stones is the shaking to release the mulm for coral food, how do you cater for that with just the Exoddus, or have you not seen
any detrimental effects of not shaking the stones ?

I always see a feeding response with my SPS after shaking the stones, so it definitely does something IME.

You mention that your no3 is at 5ppm, what was it at before you changed from the stones over to Exoddus ?

I read the aquaforest and have been in touch with guys who run aquaforest and there was no reports of any benefits from shaking the stones,and I stopped shaking them a while ago and saw no negative effect.

I understand the zeostones absorb the ammonia however it's all part of the cycle is what I meant lol.

As for feeding corals I rely on fish poo and kz coral vitalizer,pohls xtra and reef roids and kz amino acids.

My polyp extention on sps is always out therefore they are always feeding. My nitrate reading had crept to 5ppm whilst on with the stones but it has maintained at this now few a few months. Ive just amended my regime to hopefully get this a little bit lower.

[griff500]

I was talking to a guy in a shop about my setup and basically the zeovit stones remove or stop the process of the nitrogen cycle and give somewhere for the bacteria to breed on which is essentially what your marine block or my exxodus bac is doing. Being highly absorbent I didn't see a need for the zeostones and exxodus bac therefore I gave it time to settle in sticking to my dosing regime then I removed it offline. Ive had no spike in nutrients and still dose the same the advantage is I don't need to replace the stones every 6-8 weeks.

I'm currently running at a stable 5ppm but this will come down in time. Ive had the exxodus bac since November

Cheers. My understanding is that the stones absorb some of the ammonia and provide a place for bacteria to utilise that ammonia, nitrogen cycle, etc. There is also quite a bit of discussion around about the stones leaching some iron, which isn't a bad thing.

[Leeds]

I was talking to a guy in a shop about my setup and basically the zeovit stones remove or stop the process of the nitrogen cycle and give somewhere for the bacteria to breed on which is essentially what your marine block or my exxodus bac is doing. Being highly absorbent I didn't see a need for the zeostones and exxodus bac therefore I gave it time to settle in sticking to my dosing regime then I removed it offline. Ive had no spike in nutrients and still dose the same the advantage is I don't need to replace the stones every 6-8 weeks.

I'm currently running at a stable 5ppm but this will come down in time. Ive had the exxodus bac since November

That's not strictly correct. The stones purpose is to remove ammonia so as to stop the nitrogen cycle, but the Exxodus or Siporax material is intended to house denitrifying bacteria which consume nitrate. The end results may or may not be the same however.

The other benefit of the stones is the shaking to release the mulm for coral food, how do you cater for that with just the Exoddus, or have you not seen
any detrimental effects of not shaking the stones ?

I always see a feeding response with my SPS after shaking the stones, so it definitely does something IME.

You mention that your no3 is at 5ppm, what was it at before you changed from the stones over to Exoddus ?

[reeftank2008]

I have 16fish in a 120litre display (150ish inc sump)so I'm very high but no problems either way