I am brand new to Zeovit. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
I started my tank in 2016 and have had a difficult time keeping corals the entire time but I am determined to make it happen. Currently I have a few leathers, mushrooms, Xenia, and zoanthids that are doing ok but there is minimal growth. I have never had any success with any stony corals … which is the goal. They do fine for a little while … but then ultimately die out.
I just received an Avast Marine 4L Vibe Automatic Reactor but have not started it up … I want to get a plan together for using it before turning the switch on. I have ZeoStart, ZeoFood, and Zeobak … and of course the ZeoMedia … but have not used any of it yet.
My tank is 10 feet long x 2 feet x 2 feet. Which would be about 290 gallons minus rock. My sump is a re-purposed 120 gallon aquarium. No sand (bare bottom)
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter - I estimate that there is approximately 275 total gallons of water in the system (200 in display and 75 in the sump.)
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique - I am not using a Calcium Reactor … I am dosing 2 Part (Calcium, Alk, and Magnesium)
4. Are you using a PO4 reactor (how long, how long ago, etc.) - I am not using a Phosphate Reactor
5. Are you using Ozone - I am not using an Ozone Reactor
6. Are you using UV - I am not using a UV Sterilizer
7. What skimmer are you using (type, rated water volume) - I am using an external Reef Octopus 5000 skimmer. It has a Bubble Blaster 5000 Pinwheel Pump 480 GPH
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels - Just tested using Hanna Colorimeters Phosphate is .03 Nitrate is 4.4
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels - Calcium 480 (Red Sea Test); Alk 8.5 (Hanna Colorimeter); Magnesium 1480 (Red Sea Test)
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.) - I have a refugium in my sump with Chaeto. I am using a BRS Carbon/GFO Reactor
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.) - 8 - 48” ATI T5 Fluorescents ; 4 - RADION 15’S
12. What corals do you keep - Currently there are a few soft corals in the tank … leathers, Xenia, zoanthids, and mushrooms. They are doing ok but the growth is minimal.
13. Tissue color (light or dark) - Dark
14. How long has the tank been running - Since 2016
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system - I have had success in making the tank look great fish wise but I can’s seem to get corals to thrive. There is minimal soft coral growth and many attempts with stony corals have ultimately been failures.
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.) - No
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.) - The rock in the system was added at startup in 2016. Good Coraline growth on it now … a nice purple color. No sand - bare bottom
18. Any present problems - I had a diatom / hair algae issue for the first time last summer. Significant water changes got it under control.
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.) - I just can't keep stony corals ... soft coral growth is minimal
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.) - All reagents are brand new
Hanna
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.) - none. Just getting started
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.) - Salinity 1.026; Temperature 79.8. Very Stable in these areas
23. Which salt brand do you use - Red Sea Coral Pro
I started my tank in 2016 and have had a difficult time keeping corals the entire time but I am determined to make it happen. Currently I have a few leathers, mushrooms, Xenia, and zoanthids that are doing ok but there is minimal growth. I have never had any success with any stony corals … which is the goal. They do fine for a little while … but then ultimately die out.
I just received an Avast Marine 4L Vibe Automatic Reactor but have not started it up … I want to get a plan together for using it before turning the switch on. I have ZeoStart, ZeoFood, and Zeobak … and of course the ZeoMedia … but have not used any of it yet.
- Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter
My tank is 10 feet long x 2 feet x 2 feet. Which would be about 290 gallons minus rock. My sump is a re-purposed 120 gallon aquarium. No sand (bare bottom)
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter - I estimate that there is approximately 275 total gallons of water in the system (200 in display and 75 in the sump.)
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique - I am not using a Calcium Reactor … I am dosing 2 Part (Calcium, Alk, and Magnesium)
4. Are you using a PO4 reactor (how long, how long ago, etc.) - I am not using a Phosphate Reactor
5. Are you using Ozone - I am not using an Ozone Reactor
6. Are you using UV - I am not using a UV Sterilizer
7. What skimmer are you using (type, rated water volume) - I am using an external Reef Octopus 5000 skimmer. It has a Bubble Blaster 5000 Pinwheel Pump 480 GPH
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels - Just tested using Hanna Colorimeters Phosphate is .03 Nitrate is 4.4
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels - Calcium 480 (Red Sea Test); Alk 8.5 (Hanna Colorimeter); Magnesium 1480 (Red Sea Test)
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.) - I have a refugium in my sump with Chaeto. I am using a BRS Carbon/GFO Reactor
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.) - 8 - 48” ATI T5 Fluorescents ; 4 - RADION 15’S
12. What corals do you keep - Currently there are a few soft corals in the tank … leathers, Xenia, zoanthids, and mushrooms. They are doing ok but the growth is minimal.
13. Tissue color (light or dark) - Dark
14. How long has the tank been running - Since 2016
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system - I have had success in making the tank look great fish wise but I can’s seem to get corals to thrive. There is minimal soft coral growth and many attempts with stony corals have ultimately been failures.
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.) - No
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.) - The rock in the system was added at startup in 2016. Good Coraline growth on it now … a nice purple color. No sand - bare bottom
18. Any present problems - I had a diatom / hair algae issue for the first time last summer. Significant water changes got it under control.
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.) - I just can't keep stony corals ... soft coral growth is minimal
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.) - All reagents are brand new
Hanna
- Alkalinity
- Marine pH
- Nitrate
- Phosphate
- Magnesium
- Calcium
- Nitrate Pro
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.) - none. Just getting started
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.) - Salinity 1.026; Temperature 79.8. Very Stable in these areas
23. Which salt brand do you use - Red Sea Coral Pro
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