Dosing Question

[SCARYBO]

I have a question about my current zeo dosing. I am seeing white tips on a couple of my corals. It was one or two and I wasnt initially worried. I have seen a couple more lately. I am dosing the following.

3 weeks into phase two. Changed inital zeos after 4 weeks.
2 drops bac/food twice a week- Wed/Sat
.20ml start daily
40 gal with total water volume apx 45 gal


Tank is looking much better. I had a problem with valonia and that is almost gone. Corals are a little lighter. Hoping when I get to stage 3-4 it really takes off. I expect it to take some time because I have a shallow sand bed and 3 year old live rock.

Should I stop dosing for several days or reduce amounts?

Joseph

[Diesel3443]

Is it tissue loss or Is it calcification? You could be seeing an increase in growth rate

[SCARYBO]

It looks like the tip has lost tissue, but it isnt like rtn. It is only the very tip. I dont believe it is new growth because it appears so fast and is so white.

[Aged Salt]

Joseph, with tissue-tip loss[& from your description that's what happening] ZEOvit has already been overdosed. Plz. hold all zeo-dosing for 5-7 days until the tissue-tips are recovering, then dose the bak/food7 just once/wk for the rest of this zeolite cycle. After resuming bak/food, also begin dosing Start again at .05ml 2x's/day[.1ml total/day] Your carbon dose should be 1/2Cup, replaced every 4wks. Your zeolite dose should be1/2ltr. at a flow rate of 50gph thru your zeo-filter. Bob

[SCARYBO]

I will hold all zeo for 7 days then start back at the new doses
Should I follow my plan to change the stones at the 6 week mark?

[Aged Salt]

Hi Joseph, yes, the zeolite timetable would still be 6wks Bob

[OUinLA]

Hi Joseph. I've been wondering where you were. It's great to see you again. Let us know how the new dosing plan works.

[SCARYBO]

Madison,

How's it going! I've been around, just laying low after getting beat up in the major zeo hate episode :smash:

Really happy with how zeo has been working. I dont know if you remember the valonia problem I was having. It is almost gone now. Couple corals darkened a little, but I believe that is from excess zeo. I 'm sure they will lighten up soon. The tank overall is doing great.

[OUinLA]

I remember the valonia problem. I think I said, don't expect it to be cured with ZEO. I'm glad it's gone I'm surprised the corals darkened but I expect them to lighten up as well.

[zcom]

I had the same experience with valonia...and I just noticed that I haven't had to battle it nearly as much as I used to. Still have some growth, but it's decreased dramatically.

Arthur

[OUinLA]

Joseph, did the darkening of the corals coincide with a zeovit media changeout? Sometimes this happens.

[SCARYBO]

Madison,

Yes.. they darkened at the change out. They are starting to look better now. The valonia isnt completely gone, but it has reduced substantially and is no longer what I consider a real problem. I need to upgrade my skimmer. If I had a better one, that would be the final piece. What skimmer would you reccommend? I need a "out of sump" model due to the size of my sump. I just dont have the room inside of it for a decent model.

[DH_Freak]

Hi Scarybo,

I just received my new Deltec AP600 and got it hooked up last night. I am quite happy with it and extremely quiet. If I had the extra cash I would have jumped a model up to the APF600. I upgraded from a ASM-G2 and it seems to already be doing its job well. And Doug from Deltec USA was excellent to work with.
http://www.deltecusa.us/

Hope that helps

Scott

[zcom]

What skimmer would you reccommend?

Aw, geez, now you've gone and done it.

:flame:

Arthur