Hi Zeovit users..
i have been trying the Zeovit for roughly 6 weeks now. And the thing i am seeing until now, is coral growth in corals i thought where dead prior to Zeovit. But as time has went on. I now see a paleness in corals suddenly. I recently tried to add LPS Amino Acids (because of my LPS looking not so good) and also Sponge power where added to my dosing routine. After that, i saw the dip in colors and now i i'm not sure how to act. I have been running the reactor with Zeolites continously, but now i just saw another post where G.Alexander suggested to run it on a 3-hour timer ? is that the way to go and what flow should i go with? i have just dialed it down to 150L/hr according to the pump.
i really need som guidance here. I have just ordered the automatic elements K-balance, iondid and Amino acids hoping this might help also.
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.)
943L
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.)
623L
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique
Yes
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)
Nyos 220
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels
Po4: 0.04 *Hanna Checker HI774*
No3: 5 ppm *Salifert*
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels
Ca 450 *Salifert*
Mg 1500 *Salifert*
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.)
Nothing
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.)
2x GHL LX7206 - less then 6 months old. Running the AB+ look-a-like program, but wants to change to another more not so blue spectrum
12. What corals do you keep
LPS & SPS
13. Tissue color (light or dark)
light
14. How long has the tank been running
11 months
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system
because of the easiness of keeping SPS, and also the coloration and growth.
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.)
Spongepower: 7 drops every other day
Easy reefs SPS: fed at night according to instructions
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.)
70 kg Liverock 11 months old (some even 24+ months old)
18. Any present problems
SPS corals are dying on me. Slime is coming off corals, and montiporas are light grey pale.
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.)
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.)
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.)
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.)
SG: 1.025
Temp: 25.1 degrees celsius
23. Which salt brand do you use
Aquaforest Probio Reef salt. Switching to Tropic Marin Pro Reef next week though.
i have been trying the Zeovit for roughly 6 weeks now. And the thing i am seeing until now, is coral growth in corals i thought where dead prior to Zeovit. But as time has went on. I now see a paleness in corals suddenly. I recently tried to add LPS Amino Acids (because of my LPS looking not so good) and also Sponge power where added to my dosing routine. After that, i saw the dip in colors and now i i'm not sure how to act. I have been running the reactor with Zeolites continously, but now i just saw another post where G.Alexander suggested to run it on a 3-hour timer ? is that the way to go and what flow should i go with? i have just dialed it down to 150L/hr according to the pump.
i really need som guidance here. I have just ordered the automatic elements K-balance, iondid and Amino acids hoping this might help also.
1. Gross water volume of your complete system (incl. sump etc.)
943L
2. Net water volume (incl. sump etc.)
623L
3. Are you using a CaCO2 reactor or other technique
Yes
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)
Nyos 220
8. What are your actual PO4 and NO3 levels
Po4: 0.04 *Hanna Checker HI774*
No3: 5 ppm *Salifert*
9. What are your actual Ca, Alk and Mg levels
Ca 450 *Salifert*
Mg 1500 *Salifert*
10. What filtration method do you use (refugium, DSB, Miracle Mud, etc.)
Nothing
11. Type of light (Watt, color temp, how old, etc.)
2x GHL LX7206 - less then 6 months old. Running the AB+ look-a-like program, but wants to change to another more not so blue spectrum
12. What corals do you keep
LPS & SPS
13. Tissue color (light or dark)
light
14. How long has the tank been running
11 months
15. Why do you want to use the ZEOvit system
because of the easiness of keeping SPS, and also the coloration and growth.
16. Any supplemental dosing (type, amount, why, etc.)
Spongepower: 7 drops every other day
Easy reefs SPS: fed at night according to instructions
17. Live rock (how much, how old, etc.)
70 kg Liverock 11 months old (some even 24+ months old)
18. Any present problems
SPS corals are dying on me. Slime is coming off corals, and montiporas are light grey pale.
19. Problem description (tissue loss tips, tissue loss base, diatom bloom, algae, etc.)
20. What test kit do you use (how old, recently switched, etc.)
21. Present dosing, amounts and intervals (ZEOvit, ZEObak, ZEOfood, ZEOstart, ZEOspur2, etc.)
22. Other water parameters and water stability (salinity, temp, etc.)
SG: 1.025
Temp: 25.1 degrees celsius
23. Which salt brand do you use
Aquaforest Probio Reef salt. Switching to Tropic Marin Pro Reef next week though.
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