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After seeing how many Zeovit systems look compared to my reef tank (Red Sea Reefer 350, I thinking of switching my tank over to Zeovit. I have been having some issues with SPS corals as of late - should I wait until I get them straightened out, or would switching to Zeovit be a good way to straighten them out? Details below:
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter 350 Liters
(~ 92 US gallons)
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter 280 liters
(~ 74 US gallons)
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique
No
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)
Red Sea RSK-300, rated for 75-225 gallons
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels
0.1 ppm PO4, 8 PPM NO3
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels
CA: 594 ppm
Alk: 10.49 dKh
Mag: 1349
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.)
MarinePure Spheres
Refugium
ChemiPure Blue
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.)
AquaticLife 48" Hybrid T5 (2x ATI Blue Plus, 1x ATI Purple Plus, 1x ATI Actinic)
2x EcoTech Radion XR15 G4
2x EcoTech Radion Xr15 G5 Pro
I run a 10 hour photoperiod (on at noon, off at 10 PM)
12. What corals do you keep
All types.
13. Tissue color (light or dark)
Dark
14. How long has the tank been running
15 months, plus most of the rocks came out of a system that was running for 4 years
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system
I want a precise system that will ensure that my corals get enough nutrition to thrive and look beautiful without overfeeding and coating the tank in algae
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.)
No dosing at the moment
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.)
Two different types of rock:
About 70 pounds of Marco rocks. 40 pounds of it was in an earlier system and has been wet for close to 5 years now, 30 pounds were added when I started this tank 15 months ago
About 10 pounds of KP Aquatics live rock, been in the tank since October 2020.
18. Any present problems
Several.
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.)
Water parameters: My alkalinity has been steadily rising without any supplemental dosing. There've been signs of it slowing down in the last couple of days, but for several months now it has risen by about 0.1 dKh per day without any dosing; only water changes have kept it from going out of control. Calcium has also remained high despite a lack of dosing.
Algae Problems: Light bryopsis has been popping up on my rocks over the last few months. Not enough to form choke out corals or justify fluconozale treatment, but it has been slowly spreading
Dinos: Brown, slimy dinos have started appearing in the tank over the past few weeks. As with the bryopsis, not enough to choke out other life, but present and threatening to take off.
Coral Death: When adding SPS corals to the tank, they will gradually begin to lose first coloration and then tissue, usually beginning at the tips. This progresses to ever-spreading patches of bare skeleton before the coral ultimately dies. From start to finish, the process has usually taken 4-6 weeks. Even among those that survive, I've had people remark that they look 'dry and starved'. This only occurs with SPS-type corals.
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.)
Nitrate: Red Sea Algae Master Pro Kit (less than 1 year old)
Phosphate: Red Sea Algae Master Pro Kit (less than 1 year old), Hanna ULR Marine Checker
Alkalinity: Neptune Apex Trident, Hanna Alkalinity Checker (replaced reagent less than 2 months ago)
Calcium: Trident, Salifert (just opened 2-3 months ago)
Magnesium: Trident, Aquaforest (just opened)
Salinity: BRS Refractometer, Milwaukee Digital Refractometer
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.)
No dosing.
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.)
Salinity: 1.025 - 1.026
Temperature: Between 77 and 78 degrees
PH: Usually a 0.2 swing from day to night, the daily high has fluctuated between 8.1 and 8.3.
23. Which salt brand do you use
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter 350 Liters
(~ 92 US gallons)
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter 280 liters
(~ 74 US gallons)
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique
No
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)
Red Sea RSK-300, rated for 75-225 gallons
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels
0.1 ppm PO4, 8 PPM NO3
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels
CA: 594 ppm
Alk: 10.49 dKh
Mag: 1349
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.)
MarinePure Spheres
Refugium
ChemiPure Blue
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.)
AquaticLife 48" Hybrid T5 (2x ATI Blue Plus, 1x ATI Purple Plus, 1x ATI Actinic)
2x EcoTech Radion XR15 G4
2x EcoTech Radion Xr15 G5 Pro
I run a 10 hour photoperiod (on at noon, off at 10 PM)
12. What corals do you keep
All types.
13. Tissue color (light or dark)
Dark
14. How long has the tank been running
15 months, plus most of the rocks came out of a system that was running for 4 years
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system
I want a precise system that will ensure that my corals get enough nutrition to thrive and look beautiful without overfeeding and coating the tank in algae
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.)
No dosing at the moment
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.)
Two different types of rock:
About 70 pounds of Marco rocks. 40 pounds of it was in an earlier system and has been wet for close to 5 years now, 30 pounds were added when I started this tank 15 months ago
About 10 pounds of KP Aquatics live rock, been in the tank since October 2020.
18. Any present problems
Several.
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.)
Water parameters: My alkalinity has been steadily rising without any supplemental dosing. There've been signs of it slowing down in the last couple of days, but for several months now it has risen by about 0.1 dKh per day without any dosing; only water changes have kept it from going out of control. Calcium has also remained high despite a lack of dosing.
Algae Problems: Light bryopsis has been popping up on my rocks over the last few months. Not enough to form choke out corals or justify fluconozale treatment, but it has been slowly spreading
Dinos: Brown, slimy dinos have started appearing in the tank over the past few weeks. As with the bryopsis, not enough to choke out other life, but present and threatening to take off.
Coral Death: When adding SPS corals to the tank, they will gradually begin to lose first coloration and then tissue, usually beginning at the tips. This progresses to ever-spreading patches of bare skeleton before the coral ultimately dies. From start to finish, the process has usually taken 4-6 weeks. Even among those that survive, I've had people remark that they look 'dry and starved'. This only occurs with SPS-type corals.
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.)
Nitrate: Red Sea Algae Master Pro Kit (less than 1 year old)
Phosphate: Red Sea Algae Master Pro Kit (less than 1 year old), Hanna ULR Marine Checker
Alkalinity: Neptune Apex Trident, Hanna Alkalinity Checker (replaced reagent less than 2 months ago)
Calcium: Trident, Salifert (just opened 2-3 months ago)
Magnesium: Trident, Aquaforest (just opened)
Salinity: BRS Refractometer, Milwaukee Digital Refractometer
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.)
No dosing.
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.)
Salinity: 1.025 - 1.026
Temperature: Between 77 and 78 degrees
PH: Usually a 0.2 swing from day to night, the daily high has fluctuated between 8.1 and 8.3.
23. Which salt brand do you use
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