First Zeovit Tank

[nani]

thanks for any input inadvance

1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.)
134G
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.)
130G
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique
will be using kalk until my tank is 1/4 or 1/2 filled with corals
4. Are you using a PO4 reactor (how long, how long ago, etc.)
nope
5. Are you using Ozone
nope
6. Are you using UV
nope
7. What skimmer are you using (type, rated water volume)
RM beckett Skimmer (300 - 700 L i think)
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels
Po4 - below .1 (cant tell with the test kit) plus its NSW so i dont its high
no3 - none atm
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels
NSW will test them in a sec
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.)
liverock
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.)
getting 400w Blub and colour undecide yet
12. What corals do you keep
will be keeping sps mostly with a few lps
13. Tissue color (light or dark)
none
14. How long has the tank been running
less than 1 day
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system
To give my corals the best and after seeing other zeovit system i just had to try it
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.)
nope
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.)
4G of liverock from my old nano tank (range from 12 to 4months old)
18. Any present problems
nope
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.)
nope
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.)
seachem and redsea (changing when i go singapore [nov to sailfert])
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.)
help on this ><
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.)
warming up to 26

[fkadir]

Sorry to tell you this but its advisable not to use kalk with zeovit. Would a CR be an option?

[nani]

well i will be getting a CR when i go singapore but install until my tank was a bit stocked i guess i have to change that ....

[fkadir]

yeah, its best if u can maintain NSW levels with a properly tuned CR. Got the test results for your water yet?

[Aged Salt]

Hi Nani, & welcome to ZEOvit.com. As Farish mentioned, the parameters should be as those of NSW, generally Ca>400/Mg>1250/KH-6-8/salinity 1.023-25. Also I would not use any further KW drips--maintain Ca, Mg, KH with 2-part solutions until your CR is online. Plz. be familar with the ZEOvit guide contained in a sticky toward the top of this forum. For your system, I'd recommend the following:

1)dose 1 1/4 CUP carbon, passively in a filter sock in your sump, kneaded 3x's/wk & exchanged monthly.
2)dose 1 ltr. zeolite in a filter with the flow rate of 400 l/h. Be sure this flow rate is as close as possible. Cycle the stones on & off at 3hrs intervals, being sure the stones remained submerged when the filter is off. Pump clean the zeolites 1-2 x's/day with 5-10 repetitions each time. Exchange these stones every 6wks. After the next zeolite exchange the zeolite quantity can be increased to 1 1/3 ltrs at the same flow rate.
3)dose 4 drops Bak/Food7 daily for the 1st 2wks. then 4 drops each 2x's/wk. Dose these in front of the filter pump when "on". Turn off the skimmer for 60min after dosing these. Bak needs to be refrigerated.
4)dose .2ml Start2 2x's/day near the filter pump. It is not necessary to turn off the skimmer when just dosing Start2. Ask any questions along the way, as we have many experienced reefers here & Brendan[Kiwireefer] is very knowledgeable with ZEOvit. Bob

[nani]

sorry about the late wate tests it was 3 am and i was hell tired ><

anyway i just tested my water
here are the results
Po4: 0-0.1 (redsea)
No3: 0-0.2
PH: 8.2
Alk: 6
Calc:440
Mg: 1280
Salinity: 1.024

thanks for the advise about the mg and calc addtives will get on that straight away