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Hello all! This is my first time posting on this forum so I will try to make sure I include all of the appropriate information. I just recently converted my 40 gallon Innovative Marine All-In-One reef tank to start using some zeovit products back in the beginning of February 2020. I like the concept behind the system and I appreciate the desire to run a reef tank like the ocean. This tank is 1.5 years old and it is a mixed reef with a focus on SPS corals. My question here is what I can do to maximize the growth of my corals because for the most part they have been pretty slow growing. They are very healthy, colorful and have great polyp extension but they pretty much just sit there. I have some corals that are hardly bigger than when I got them even after several months. If anyone has any suggestions or comments on my regiment/products or how I can get the most growth please feel free to let me know! Thank you I’m advance!
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter - Approximately 40 gallons
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter - Approximately 35 gallons
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique - 2 part dosing with ESV B-ionic (currently 20 mL of each per day)
4. Are you using a PO4 reactor (how long, how long ago, etc.) - No
5. Are you using Ozone - No
6. Are you using UV - No
7. What skimmer are you using (type, rated water volume) - Tunze Comline DOC 9004 DC skimmer (rated for 40 gallons)
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels - NO3- 3ppm (salifert) PO4- 0.027ppm (Hanna ULR Phosphorus Checker)
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels - Ca- 420 ppm (salifert) Alk- 7.0 (Hanna Alk Checker) Mg- 1350 ppm (salifert)
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.) - 2-3 inch sand bed, protein skimmer, rock, Brightwell Aquatics Xport bio cubes and Xport NO3 cubes
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.) - ATI 6x24w fixture (3 ATI blue plus and 3 ATI coral plus) everything is new as January 2020
12. What corals do you keep - Mainly SPS (acropora and montipora) but a few zoanthids and a few LPS
13. Tissue color (light or dark) - I’d say medium but for zeovit I guess it’s dark 😝
14. How long has the tank been running - 1.5 years
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system - I want to have a reef tank that runs like the ocean. I would also like to increase the growth rate of my coral and fill my little reef tank 🤣
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.) - Just started adding 1 drop Lugols per day. I also adjust magnesium or potassium as needed
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.) - 25 ish pounds of Caribsea Life Rock (1.5 years old) I wish I went with true live rock but I didn’t.
18. Any present problems - Not necessarily a problem, Coral are healthy, but my growth is pretty slow.
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.) - Corals are healthy and growing but it seems very slow compared to past experiences with an acropora dominated tank. I have frags that are still frag sized months to a year after receiving them.
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.) - Salifert for all but Phosphorus which is Hanna
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.) - Zeobak 1 drop every 3 days, ZeoStart3 4 drops per day (2 in the morning and 2 in the evening), Zeofood7 2 drops every other day, Pohl’s Xtra 1 mL per day, Pohl’s Coral Vitalizer 1 drop per day, Sponge Power 1 drop per day, Amino Acid High Concentrate 1 drop per day, Coral snow 1 mL per day
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.) 35 ppt, 78F-81.5F, 400ppm Potassium
23. Which salt brand do you use - Brightwell NeoMarine
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter - Approximately 40 gallons
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter - Approximately 35 gallons
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique - 2 part dosing with ESV B-ionic (currently 20 mL of each per day)
4. Are you using a PO4 reactor (how long, how long ago, etc.) - No
5. Are you using Ozone - No
6. Are you using UV - No
7. What skimmer are you using (type, rated water volume) - Tunze Comline DOC 9004 DC skimmer (rated for 40 gallons)
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels - NO3- 3ppm (salifert) PO4- 0.027ppm (Hanna ULR Phosphorus Checker)
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels - Ca- 420 ppm (salifert) Alk- 7.0 (Hanna Alk Checker) Mg- 1350 ppm (salifert)
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.) - 2-3 inch sand bed, protein skimmer, rock, Brightwell Aquatics Xport bio cubes and Xport NO3 cubes
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.) - ATI 6x24w fixture (3 ATI blue plus and 3 ATI coral plus) everything is new as January 2020
12. What corals do you keep - Mainly SPS (acropora and montipora) but a few zoanthids and a few LPS
13. Tissue color (light or dark) - I’d say medium but for zeovit I guess it’s dark 😝
14. How long has the tank been running - 1.5 years
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system - I want to have a reef tank that runs like the ocean. I would also like to increase the growth rate of my coral and fill my little reef tank 🤣
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.) - Just started adding 1 drop Lugols per day. I also adjust magnesium or potassium as needed
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.) - 25 ish pounds of Caribsea Life Rock (1.5 years old) I wish I went with true live rock but I didn’t.
18. Any present problems - Not necessarily a problem, Coral are healthy, but my growth is pretty slow.
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.) - Corals are healthy and growing but it seems very slow compared to past experiences with an acropora dominated tank. I have frags that are still frag sized months to a year after receiving them.
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.) - Salifert for all but Phosphorus which is Hanna
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.) - Zeobak 1 drop every 3 days, ZeoStart3 4 drops per day (2 in the morning and 2 in the evening), Zeofood7 2 drops every other day, Pohl’s Xtra 1 mL per day, Pohl’s Coral Vitalizer 1 drop per day, Sponge Power 1 drop per day, Amino Acid High Concentrate 1 drop per day, Coral snow 1 mL per day
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.) 35 ppt, 78F-81.5F, 400ppm Potassium
23. Which salt brand do you use - Brightwell NeoMarine
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