Tell us about your Tank
01-23-2005, 07:09 AM
Tell us about your tank.
Please give us answers to the following questions in order to get more accurate dosing recommendations.
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter
220 us gallons
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.) - US gallons / UK gallons / liter
180 is gallons
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique.
Yes 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. No
7. What skimmer are you using (type, rated water volume)
Skimz. 500 gallon
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels. 1.1ppm and 40ppm
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels. Ca 459. Alk 7.11 and Mg 1400
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.) No
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.). Giessemen Aurora 60 inch light
12. What corals do you keep. LPS, SPS and leathers
13. Tissue color (light or dark) Medium to dark
14. How long has the tank been running. Two years
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system. Have reactor and like the colors. It seemed interesting to do
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.). No
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.)
18. Any present problems Little cyano and brown diatoms
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.). Cyano and brown diatoms
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.) KH guardian, Red Sea for Mg and Hannah for Ca. Pretty new test kits
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, 1.2 liters ZEObak, 6 drops 2x weekly ZEOfood 14 drops 3x weekly , ZEOstart 1.6 ml daily , that’s it, etc.)
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.)1.025 check with Milwaukee tester
23. Which salt brand do you use. Reef crystals
I know there are a lot of questions. Please be as detailed (and honest) as possible and feel free to elaborate on anything else you think may be important.
Water volume
710 liters
Giesemann Aurora light fixture 5 ft. 1300mm.
6 inch, Aquarium
Tell us about your Tank
I know there are a lot of questions. Please be as detailed (and honest) as possible and feel free to elaborate on anything else you think may be important.
engineering calcium reactor
Apex classic
dKH 6.9-7.11
NO3 40ppm
PO4 1.1ppm
4 liter zeovit reactor
1 liter of zeovit zeolites
BRS premium ROX 0.8 carbon
COR 20 return pump
Ca 459
Mg 1400
Thanks in advance for your time and assistance!
Im currently following the recommended schedule for zeovit dosing
I have followed schedule for a month and 10 days.
zeobac 6drops 2x a weekly and every day for 10 days after zeolite exchange
zeo start3, 1.6ml daily except for week of zeofood.
zeofood7 14 drops 3x weekly and 36 drops daily for one week after zeolite change
I put reactor in timer 3hr on and off for first month 200 liters per hour and after exchange increased flow to 300 liters per hour.
Skimz 500e protein skimmer
No ozone
no UV
Klir 7 filter roller
salinity 1.025
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