1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter
75g tank (36"x30"x16") and 30 gal sump = 105g (US)
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter
Around 80g (US)
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique
Kalk Reactor (no CaCO3)
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)
RedSea RSK 300 (rated for 75g - 225g)
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels
PO4 - 0.25 ppm, NO3 - 12 ppm
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels
Ca - 450 ppm, Alk - 11.4 dKH, Mg - 1350 ppm
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.)
Skimmer, Live Rock, and Siporax (no sand, Bare Bottom)
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.)
Currently just LEDs: three Radion x15s, peak at 40% (top shelf has a par of ~250), temp is set at 14k
12. What corals do you keep
Mixed reef (SPS and softies). majority being SPS
13. Tissue color (light or dark)
Light
14. How long has the tank been running
5 years
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system
This tank has been a problem child from day one, it has stump me even when I got into reefing 20 years ago without this much problems. So...I am just trying to find the right formula in the bottle to make the baby happy. Zeovit is next thing on my check off list to see if it works. This tank always has cyano. If I stay stubbornly on top of things, I can beat it back to 50%, but if relax and something slightly happens it comes back full blown.
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.)
Just kalk and LaCl (for phosphates). This tank has never have had had nitrate problems. Nitrates just now are starting to raise since I started LaCl. Phosphates has always been the constant battle.
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.)
Oh that's a hard one to guessimate. I am guessing 60-70 lb. Most 5 years old, some about 1 year old.
18. Any present problems
Just cyano and phosphates
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.)
Tissue loss underneath seems to be common in this tank.
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.)
Alk - Hanna checker (dKH)
Ca - Salifert
Mg - Salifert
NO3 - Nyos
PO4 - Hanna checker ULR
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.)
Just started
ZEOstart 3 - 3mL everyday
Coral Snow - 3mL everyday
Sponge Power - 3 drops everyday
Coral Vitalizer 3 drops Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
ZEObak - 3 drops Sundays and Wednesdays
I bought ZEOfood Plus, but after the purchase (waiting for it to be delivered) I was told do not even start it until after I get my nutrients down to ULV. I am following that advice.
I just received CyanoClean today, I will start that up tonight - dosing 6 drops every day.
I thought about getting Flatworm Stop to help the other ZV additive (I forget which one it was, maybe it was Coral Boost, but I haven't started that too) but I read that some one mentioned he was advised not to dose FS until 3 months into the start of Zeovit system, so I held off from purchasing that.
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.)
Salinity 35ppm
Temp 78F
23. Which salt brand do you use
Continuum Aquatics Halcyon - Marine Reef Salt
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My general questions are:
Knowing what I dose (above in #21) do any of them need to be dosed separately during different times of the day with time in between each other or can they all be dosed at same time in one sitting?
Which additives should be refrigerated? I think I read so far the ZEObak and CyanoClean
Do any of these additives work better by shutting off your skimmer for few hours after you just had dosed them?
Should I order and start dosing Coral Boost and Flatworm Stop?
And...of course, I would deeply appreciate any advice you have on what I should be doing on anything, not just on what I have asked.
Many thanks in advance.
Bill
75g tank (36"x30"x16") and 30 gal sump = 105g (US)
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter
Around 80g (US)
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique
Kalk Reactor (no CaCO3)
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)
RedSea RSK 300 (rated for 75g - 225g)
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels
PO4 - 0.25 ppm, NO3 - 12 ppm
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels
Ca - 450 ppm, Alk - 11.4 dKH, Mg - 1350 ppm
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.)
Skimmer, Live Rock, and Siporax (no sand, Bare Bottom)
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.)
Currently just LEDs: three Radion x15s, peak at 40% (top shelf has a par of ~250), temp is set at 14k
12. What corals do you keep
Mixed reef (SPS and softies). majority being SPS
13. Tissue color (light or dark)
Light
14. How long has the tank been running
5 years
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system
This tank has been a problem child from day one, it has stump me even when I got into reefing 20 years ago without this much problems. So...I am just trying to find the right formula in the bottle to make the baby happy. Zeovit is next thing on my check off list to see if it works. This tank always has cyano. If I stay stubbornly on top of things, I can beat it back to 50%, but if relax and something slightly happens it comes back full blown.
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.)
Just kalk and LaCl (for phosphates). This tank has never have had had nitrate problems. Nitrates just now are starting to raise since I started LaCl. Phosphates has always been the constant battle.
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.)
Oh that's a hard one to guessimate. I am guessing 60-70 lb. Most 5 years old, some about 1 year old.
18. Any present problems
Just cyano and phosphates
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.)
Tissue loss underneath seems to be common in this tank.
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.)
Alk - Hanna checker (dKH)
Ca - Salifert
Mg - Salifert
NO3 - Nyos
PO4 - Hanna checker ULR
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.)
Just started
ZEOstart 3 - 3mL everyday
Coral Snow - 3mL everyday
Sponge Power - 3 drops everyday
Coral Vitalizer 3 drops Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
ZEObak - 3 drops Sundays and Wednesdays
I bought ZEOfood Plus, but after the purchase (waiting for it to be delivered) I was told do not even start it until after I get my nutrients down to ULV. I am following that advice.
I just received CyanoClean today, I will start that up tonight - dosing 6 drops every day.
I thought about getting Flatworm Stop to help the other ZV additive (I forget which one it was, maybe it was Coral Boost, but I haven't started that too) but I read that some one mentioned he was advised not to dose FS until 3 months into the start of Zeovit system, so I held off from purchasing that.
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.)
Salinity 35ppm
Temp 78F
23. Which salt brand do you use
Continuum Aquatics Halcyon - Marine Reef Salt
********
My general questions are:
Knowing what I dose (above in #21) do any of them need to be dosed separately during different times of the day with time in between each other or can they all be dosed at same time in one sitting?
Which additives should be refrigerated? I think I read so far the ZEObak and CyanoClean
Do any of these additives work better by shutting off your skimmer for few hours after you just had dosed them?
Should I order and start dosing Coral Boost and Flatworm Stop?
And...of course, I would deeply appreciate any advice you have on what I should be doing on anything, not just on what I have asked.
Many thanks in advance.
Bill
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