less polyp extension

[reeftec]

well on my fifth day now ,i do notice a bit of tissuelighting ,but the polyp extension is also a lot less ,is this normal?

[GTR]

This early I'd be surprised to see changes in coral color.

Maybe update and confirm the information in this thread.

http://www.zeovit.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4430

SteveU

[reeftec]

yes i have followed all those instructions down to the T,i have not changed anything since the start of zeo except that i have dosed,zeolive as well(2 times),i started cv & aahc a week before i started my reactor,other than that i used pif,fe ,start2

[OUinLA]

Why are you using zeolive? It's not needed with the zeovit system.

[reeftec]

i just got it to try,actualy kz website says,good to use in initial stage &also could be dosed daily

[Aged Salt]

Hi Jason, generally it takes some time for our corals to adjust to the new water chemistry changes. I've never used zeolive & agree with Steve & Madison that you should not worry about p-e unless your corals appear "dry" w/o p-e. Bob

[reeftec]

thanx bob,just to make sure,you said .25 ml of start2 twice a day right?
also i just wanted to say CV is amazing it is probably the most effective additive i have used since in hobby,i have a table that is exploding,unbelievable

[Aged Salt]

Jason, that is correct--.25ml 2x's/day Keep us updated,Bob

[reeftec]

today,it looks like some colonies have less& some more polyp extension,but as far as montiporas,they all seem to have less pe,should i be concerned?

[GTR]

Does your water look clearer? I saw that in about 1-2 weeks. That might explain the "look" of the Montipora, maybe some other as well.

SteveU

[reeftec]

i also lost a few frags in my prop system,that is actually where the reactor is.is it a problem having reactor in your prop?
ps none of the frags where from my tank it was 2 acros & small monti all came from another tank last week,they were quiet brown,the monti is an 1" frag that still alive with polyps but looks like the tissue is thin,there is a small colony as well that came from same tank(on the left),which is doing fine& actually lightening up quick



i also did some changes to the main tank last week let me know what you think
last week



now

i got rid of the huge frogspawn ,which gave me alot of new space i had it grow from 2 heads in 16 months
i also had this huge bluetip acro that i grow from smaller colony in 14 months,the middle of colony was not getting much light or flow so was dying slowly as the colony was getting bigger which was overgrownig the spot,so i fragged it up got about 40 huge frags,that went to lfs,kept a little chunk myself

[reeftec]

this was the acro,i left the foil box around for size comparison

[reeftec]

water is clear,but it always been i used to use 03 & uv

[GTR]

What's the turnover rate from the prop system to the display?

SteveU

[reeftec]

smart question steve it is not much,probably 300 gph so i would say less than 8 times per hour & returns to a common sump (20 gal) which there is a 900 gph to main display,so i would say changes in the prop tank are a lot more rapid,is that what you're getting at?