New qua, new start

[jacky]

thanks. 350pot (if I understand correctly, Potassium lets us slowly increase to 380~g and hold steady) Kh slowly increases to 7. From the pictures you posted, I can't see anything obviously unusual about the coral's appearance. Please also post the reactor flow rate, and the actual amount of zeolite material.

[esco]

636 lt per hour and 1.8 lt zeovit, 4 times auto shake in a day. And last 2 days for 3 h off / 3 h on. After that I will go full day on. right ? With new media?

[jacky]

thanks. The 1.8 liter amount of material is a little less than the recommended flow rate, but that's not a problem. Usually, we pull the reactor rod 2 times a day (morning and night) to rotate the material so that the sludge exits, maybe reduce to 2 times and see how it changes. The old zeolite stays in the filter for 4 weeks until you replace it for the first time. This is the first replacement interval, other intervals can be extended to 6-8 weeks.


If the corals are all healthy (I don't know if the corals are healthy yet, it doesn't look particularly unusual in the picture), switch to continuous flow after some material changes. After changing the material, Zeo Bac x10 days.

Ensure that the potassium concentration level is stable at 380~g

[esco]

I have green brown film on the side of plexiglass. is this because os zeostart?

[jacky]

Biofilms can basically be established and formed with Zeo base products, usually white in color. A brown/green sign it could also be a sign of nutrition along with it. Your system is efficiently switching over, bacteria are growing, and extra nutrients are being "removed". Don't worry if it gets in the way, clean it with a magnetic brush and replace it with new water every week. Also please keep Zeo basics, all current nutritional products are not necessary.

[esco]

my icp test results. Like a joke. all diffirent with my results. My test kits are all new.

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[jacky]

I can't have a service like ICP, if it were me, I would use a friend or a nearby business to help check the salinity level (advanced / calibrated precision equipment) if the salinity is correct (this is the premise), for other basic water parameters are measured.

Your ICP test results, for me, it is high Ca, low potassium like this

[G.Alexander]

Would recommend you to do a couple of water changes first to get the balance back using a good salt. Lets do three water changes within the next 10 days, each 15%, than check parameters again and adjust especially Ca and K+ to the recommended levels. At the moment stop dosing your Ca supplement and monitor the level regular to see if it does slowly decreases.

G.Alexander

[esco]

I started to change water yesterday.
for adding iodine, I have Potassium Iodide Fluoride Concentrate. Is it ok to increase iodine level or should I buy Iodide Complex Concentrate? test says iodine lvl is 0.

[jacky]

Iodine, usually it is not fixed, basically in the normal system, we have 2 times a week, currently, it is not necessary, let's go through a few water changes first, let's do three water changes in the next 10 days, Change the water 15% every time, using high-quality salt to restore balance. I personally use ZEOvit Potassium Iodide Fluoride (it has trace amounts of potassium) and of course both are great products.

[G.Alexander]

I would also not recommend to dose iodine depending to a test result. Iodine is not really stabile in saltwater therefore testing water which is older might be difficult.

My recommendation is also dosing this element depending to the look of the corals, for example it does improve blue coloration and does increase polyp expansion for several kind of corals.

Dosing it 2 x weekly works well for most systems.

You can use both products, the complex does additional contain organic iodine but the results are pretty similar.

G.Alexander

[esco]

Do you think I can use zeofood in the second month?
It says "For 1 week each month: 6 drops / 100 L / day." for me 48 drops in a day x 7 daYS and no zeostart in these days. Is ıt true? it looks like too much.

[jacky]

Yes, Zeo food 1 drop/100 liters 2 times a week. Basically, I would recommend that you get the Xtra and Zeo AA which are good, and also Zeo CV, BioMate and CoralSnow if you can.

Zeo Start - 0.1ml/100L twice a day (morning and evening)

[G.Alexander]

Would recommend you to wait until PO4 and NO3 are both solid low before dosing ZeoFood. Are your corals doing better again ?

G.Alexander

[esco]

I add some pottasium and all sps happy now.
ı have 0.06 fosfat and 0 nitrate

I have some questions
1. 6 drops per 100lt per day during the first week of zeovit media change. (And no zeostart in this week)1 drop x 2 times a week for 100lt in the following weeks. Right?
2.When we dose the zeofood 1drop/100lt after first week, we dose the zeostart too, right?
3.I have cv, biomate, snow and xtra. If overdose anyone, what happens?