Need a little help BOB

[Brad Villeggiante]

Hey Bob,

I started my tank over from scratch about 5 weeks ago (as you know I was sick and had to quit reefing for awhile). I started over with everything, new sand, new live rock, etc. Since starting over my tank is fine except I have a crazy outbreak of green hair algae (which I just picked up a purple tang to help with that today) and my one piece of coral is browning out.

When I started over you gave me a dosing schedule for the basic 4 but I don't know if I conveyed that I was starting over from scratch.

Here is what you told me for my 40 gallon tank:

1 drop zeobak on Mon, Weds, Fri
1 drop zeofood on Mon, Weds, Fri
3 drops of zeostart1 everyday

Do you still agree with this schedule? I am assuming my coral is browning out because of the large amount of hair algae which tells me my Po4's are still high with the tank being new and all.

Thanks.

[Aged Salt]

Hi Brad, do you know the N03's/P04's levels? Your TDS of your product water?Are you dosing any zeo-supplements, ie. AAHC or C-V, etc.? Thnx. Bob

[Brad Villeggiante]

Hey Bob,

No I don't know the levels, don't have a hanna meter and it's too low for the Salifert tests. No nitrates or nitrites according to Salifert. Don't know the TDS of the water I get, haven't tested it yet since I moved. I will test it tonight (I get my water from Whole Foods).

I am dosing zeosupplements

1 drop of aminos Mon and Fri
1 drop of potassium Mon and Fri
1 drop of Iodine Mon and Fri
2 drops of CV everyday
I ordered more Macroelements but I haven't recieved it yet
1.6 ML of zeospur2 every 2 weeks.

[Brad Villeggiante]

Bob,

I should also mention that my alk is low right now at 4.65 DKH. As of yesterday I have started dosing 5ml of alk from B-ionic a day to try to bring it back up. Calcium and magnessium are at the appropriate levels.

[Brad Villeggiante]

Just tested my water and it is at 23ppm. Isn't that a little high?

[jwaltman21]

Brad:

Not Bob here by any stretch of the imagination but I do know he recomends that your TDS readings of your product water should be less than 5.

- Jamie

[Aged Salt]

Hi Brad, Jamie's correct. With TDS-laden product water it will look like a freshwater plant aquarium :axe: You'll need to find a purer source for your water. Bob

[G.Alexander]

Brad, I am not sure if you already have corals in the tank, if not, I would Stop using those products until you introduce the first SPS:

1 drop of aminos Mon and Fri
2 drops of CV everyday

Just the basics (ZeoVit – Carbon – ZeoBac – ZeoFood – ZeoStart2)

Those products should be dosed later if you work on the colouration:

1 drop of potassium Mon and Fri
1 drop of Iodine Mon and Fri
I ordered more Macroelements but I haven't recieved it yet
1.6 ML of zeospur2 every 2 weeks

G.Alexander

[Brad Villeggiante]

Yeah, I have one coral in the tank. I am going to go back to my original water source which used to test at 3ppm even though the water store is 30 minutes away. I tested the water at my local Whole Foods tonight and it tested at 37ppm. I was shocked it was so high.