Hi,
I am 4 months into starting a Zeovit tank using the 14 day method recommended on this forum. I am looking to see if I am on the right path. I have coral in the system (mostly frags and small starter colonies). Here is my tanks information.
Zeovit Tank Survey
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter - 225 US gallons
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter - est. 200 US gallons
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique - CaCO2 reactor
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 - Only when needed for fish parasites, turned off for 3 hours after dosing.
7. What skimmer are you using (type, rated water volume) - Bashsea Twisted Skimmer 8-24 rated for 250 US gallons. This is beckman (air injected) type skimmer
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels - 0.00 to 0.03 ppm
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels Ca 490, Alk 7.6, Mg 1500. I originally had TLF Magnesium reactor media in the CcCO2 reactor, but have since removed and did a 50 gallon water change to lower Ca and Mg.
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.) - 3 Filter Socks, 2 Brightwell XPORT-BIO Biological Dimpled Bricks in sump
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.) - Aquatic Life T5 / LED hybrid with 2 ATI Blue Plus, 1 Actinic, ATI Coral Plus, 5 - Ecotech XR 15 G4 Pros using modified AB+ schedule.
12. What corals do you keep - This is an SPS dominant tank.
13. Tissue color (light or dark) - Light
14. How long has the tank been running - 4 months
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system - I saw a tank here in SoCal that inspired me. He uses Zeovit and the colors are very vibrant.
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.)
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.) - 80 pounds Marco Rock Dry Rock, 50 pounds Live Rock bought from a local reefer. Live rock from ocean is not available here.
18. Any present problems - Just light color tissue but fluorescence under blues are good.
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.) - So far so good, none of these issues
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.) - Hana for Ca, PO4, KH, Red Sea Pro for NO3. I also have an Alkatronic which automatically measures KH every 4 hours. ICP Analysis ever 30 days.
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.
Every Day: ZeoStart 3 using doser diluted to 19 ml of RO to 1 ml ZeoStart 3 - 14 ml - this is well below the recommended but it is keeping NO3 and PO4 at near 0 as tested.
Every Odd Day: CV 8 drops, Extra Special 8 ml, Sponge Power 8 drops, Acroglow 8 drops
Every Even Day: Flatworm Stop 8 ml, Coral booster 8 ml, B-balance 4 ml
Every 3 days: Zeobak 8 drops, AAHC 8 drops
Zeovit Stones 1.5 liters in an Avast Marine Vibe Zeovit 2L Reactor, Seachem Matrix Carbon (in bag) in Zeovit Reactor
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.) Keep Salinity at 1.026, temperature at 78 - 80
23. Which salt brand do you use - Tropic Marin Pro Reef.
Thank you for your opinions.
Tom
I am 4 months into starting a Zeovit tank using the 14 day method recommended on this forum. I am looking to see if I am on the right path. I have coral in the system (mostly frags and small starter colonies). Here is my tanks information.
Zeovit Tank Survey
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter - 225 US gallons
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter - est. 200 US gallons
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique - CaCO2 reactor
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 - Only when needed for fish parasites, turned off for 3 hours after dosing.
7. What skimmer are you using (type, rated water volume) - Bashsea Twisted Skimmer 8-24 rated for 250 US gallons. This is beckman (air injected) type skimmer
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels - 0.00 to 0.03 ppm
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels Ca 490, Alk 7.6, Mg 1500. I originally had TLF Magnesium reactor media in the CcCO2 reactor, but have since removed and did a 50 gallon water change to lower Ca and Mg.
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.) - 3 Filter Socks, 2 Brightwell XPORT-BIO Biological Dimpled Bricks in sump
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.) - Aquatic Life T5 / LED hybrid with 2 ATI Blue Plus, 1 Actinic, ATI Coral Plus, 5 - Ecotech XR 15 G4 Pros using modified AB+ schedule.
12. What corals do you keep - This is an SPS dominant tank.
13. Tissue color (light or dark) - Light
14. How long has the tank been running - 4 months
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system - I saw a tank here in SoCal that inspired me. He uses Zeovit and the colors are very vibrant.
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.)
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.) - 80 pounds Marco Rock Dry Rock, 50 pounds Live Rock bought from a local reefer. Live rock from ocean is not available here.
18. Any present problems - Just light color tissue but fluorescence under blues are good.
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.) - So far so good, none of these issues
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.) - Hana for Ca, PO4, KH, Red Sea Pro for NO3. I also have an Alkatronic which automatically measures KH every 4 hours. ICP Analysis ever 30 days.
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.
Every Day: ZeoStart 3 using doser diluted to 19 ml of RO to 1 ml ZeoStart 3 - 14 ml - this is well below the recommended but it is keeping NO3 and PO4 at near 0 as tested.
Every Odd Day: CV 8 drops, Extra Special 8 ml, Sponge Power 8 drops, Acroglow 8 drops
Every Even Day: Flatworm Stop 8 ml, Coral booster 8 ml, B-balance 4 ml
Every 3 days: Zeobak 8 drops, AAHC 8 drops
Zeovit Stones 1.5 liters in an Avast Marine Vibe Zeovit 2L Reactor, Seachem Matrix Carbon (in bag) in Zeovit Reactor
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.) Keep Salinity at 1.026, temperature at 78 - 80
23. Which salt brand do you use - Tropic Marin Pro Reef.
Thank you for your opinions.
Tom
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