Hi,
I am starting a new thread to help with running my system on Zeovit.
I am now 3 months in to full zeovit after a switch over on a tank that was a year old at the time. I am Acropora dominant with a few LPS (Goniopora and Acan/lobo/Duncan).
Tank details below.
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.) - 290 Litres
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - 230 litres
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique - Balling Light
4. Are you using a PO4 reactor - no, never have
5. Are you using Ozone - no, never have
6. Are you using UV - no, never have
7. What skimmer are you using - Deltec 600i (rated for 200 litres -600 litres)
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels - Po4 0.00, no3 2.5 (was previously 0)
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels - 7.8, 430, 1275
10. What filtration method do you use - Filter socks and skimmer
11. Type of light - T5 8x39w ATI Sunpower Dimmable
12. What corals do you keep - Acropora with some LPS (Goniopora, Lobophylia, Micromussa, Euphyllia)
13. Tissue color - mid.
14. How long has the tank been running - 15 months
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system - involved method, keep in tune with tank.
16. Any supplemental dosing - Sponge Power, zeobak, biomate, zeofood plus, coral vitalizer, Iodine
17. Live rock - started with dry rock (marco rock), roughly 15kg
18. Any present problems - a little cyano on sand. Brown buildup on rocks over the course of the day. Small amount of algae
19. Problem description - ony above. Corals are looking well and encrusting, good PE on most corals. SOme have poor PE
20. What test kit do you use Salifert for all other than p04 (Hanna ULR)
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals: zeobak & biomate 2 drops 2x a week, sponge power 1 drop 3x a week
22. Other water parameters and water stability - 35ppt, 26 degrees C
23. Which salt brand do you use - Tropic Marin Pro Reef
The rise in Nitrates has been over the past 2 weeks, zeolites are currently 6 weeks old, could this be the reason. Phosphate is undetectable.
I am currently running 3/4 the recommended quantity of zeolites and dosing 0.2ml Zeostart, split over two daily doses.
After 3 months I must say I am not very impressed. growth has not improved much and PE is less than previous. I think part of the reason is a few changes (temp swing from heatwave, treatment for bryopsis which meant no skimmer for 3 weeks, fragging of corals leading to alkalinity changes).
However I would like to get the tank back on track and would like some help.
I will be changing the zeolites this weekend (6 weeks). Should I keep the current amount of 375ml or increase? Flow rate is 130l/hr.
Should I increase zeostart dosing? Current dose is 0.2ml a da, which is just under 50% recommended dose.
At the moment I only dose Sponge power, Zeobak and biomate. As stated above, po4 is 0 and nitrate is 2.5.
I am starting a new thread to help with running my system on Zeovit.
I am now 3 months in to full zeovit after a switch over on a tank that was a year old at the time. I am Acropora dominant with a few LPS (Goniopora and Acan/lobo/Duncan).
Tank details below.
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.) - 290 Litres
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - 230 litres
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique - Balling Light
4. Are you using a PO4 reactor - no, never have
5. Are you using Ozone - no, never have
6. Are you using UV - no, never have
7. What skimmer are you using - Deltec 600i (rated for 200 litres -600 litres)
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels - Po4 0.00, no3 2.5 (was previously 0)
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels - 7.8, 430, 1275
10. What filtration method do you use - Filter socks and skimmer
11. Type of light - T5 8x39w ATI Sunpower Dimmable
12. What corals do you keep - Acropora with some LPS (Goniopora, Lobophylia, Micromussa, Euphyllia)
13. Tissue color - mid.
14. How long has the tank been running - 15 months
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system - involved method, keep in tune with tank.
16. Any supplemental dosing - Sponge Power, zeobak, biomate, zeofood plus, coral vitalizer, Iodine
17. Live rock - started with dry rock (marco rock), roughly 15kg
18. Any present problems - a little cyano on sand. Brown buildup on rocks over the course of the day. Small amount of algae
19. Problem description - ony above. Corals are looking well and encrusting, good PE on most corals. SOme have poor PE
20. What test kit do you use Salifert for all other than p04 (Hanna ULR)
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals: zeobak & biomate 2 drops 2x a week, sponge power 1 drop 3x a week
22. Other water parameters and water stability - 35ppt, 26 degrees C
23. Which salt brand do you use - Tropic Marin Pro Reef
The rise in Nitrates has been over the past 2 weeks, zeolites are currently 6 weeks old, could this be the reason. Phosphate is undetectable.
I am currently running 3/4 the recommended quantity of zeolites and dosing 0.2ml Zeostart, split over two daily doses.
After 3 months I must say I am not very impressed. growth has not improved much and PE is less than previous. I think part of the reason is a few changes (temp swing from heatwave, treatment for bryopsis which meant no skimmer for 3 weeks, fragging of corals leading to alkalinity changes).
However I would like to get the tank back on track and would like some help.
I will be changing the zeolites this weekend (6 weeks). Should I keep the current amount of 375ml or increase? Flow rate is 130l/hr.
Should I increase zeostart dosing? Current dose is 0.2ml a da, which is just under 50% recommended dose.
At the moment I only dose Sponge power, Zeobak and biomate. As stated above, po4 is 0 and nitrate is 2.5.
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