150gal Zeo

[johnteatro]

hey everyone, so its been more than a few months since i have been on RC last. I did have a thread here before, but it seems to be lost.

so long story short, i am running zeovit for a full year now, and here are the pics

so here is my 125, a year ago

and here are some updated pics, older and newer.

I removed alot of coral from the left hand side of the tank, to make some more room as the green stags were getting quite large.

I still moved forward to get the look that i wanted, its a funny pic as its from the side. but gives an idea.

and final the close up pics.

 

[johnteatro]

Spicfera under the actinics

 

[plyle02]

Beautiful zeo tank!!!
Your corals and colors are amazing, great work...
Mind sharing your dosing regiment?
GL

 

[Nanook]

Looks fantastic! Nice work

 

[johnteatro]

thanks guys.

I do play with my dosing abit, but for the most part its petty consistant.

Tank size:125gallon
sump: 33 gallon
return pump: Rainbow lifeguard quiet one 4000HH, rated at 980gph, actual 550gph
Tunze DOC 9005 skimmer
Vortex zeo reactor: 1.25 lb of zeolites changed every month, now leaving 10% of old zeolites mixed with fresh zeolites
Two little fishes phosban reactor, running zeovit carbon, 1cup changed every 2 weeks.

Current:
x2 Tunze 6065 steams, 1717gph
x1 tunze 1100 gph nano stream
x1 seio porpeller 1000 gph
x1 Vortech gen1, 3000gph <-- died last night, more on that in up coming post
x1 Vortech mp40 set on reef crest mode

Lighting: changed every 3months
Nova extreme PRO T5, 12 blubs
2, 39wt Corallight 10k
2, 39wt Fiji purple KZ
2, 39wt actinic plus
6, 39wt New Generations KZ

2 double blub hagen 39wt t5 fixtures, using 4 pure actinic

5% water changed, every two weeks

Tank Parms:
temp: 78-80f
ca-420-dosing 6.1 tsp CA morning
kh-6.5-7.5-dosing 6 tsp carbonate night with top up water
k+ 390-400
mg-1400

ZEO dosing schedule: all done at night after lights out

Everyday:
5 drop coral vitalizer
3 drop sponge power
1ml phols xtra
2 drop amino acid SPS
3 drop Stylo glow
0.4ml Zeostart twice daily (morning and evening)
1ml K-balance, very rare occassions.

Every other day dosing:

5 drop zeobak
5 drop zeofood
5ml B-balance twice weekly monday and thursday
5 drops Jodi komplex, tuesday and saturday
2 drop KZ iron done on saturday

Once a month
10ml Zeospur Macro elements

 

[fox2589]

like the hidden tunze!tanks looks great-drew

 

[johnteatro]

yeah it was a sore thumb for awhile, but now its getting closed in by coral growth so its not so noticeable now.

 

[johnteatro]

some macros of my stylo, poccis

 

[Doahh]

Beautiful tank. Hope mine can become that good one day.

 

[reefsahoy]

your tank is nice but you change your bulbs every 3 months? wow!

 

[diciple]

awsome!!

 

[cobra2326]

How do you like the nova extreme pro fixture? 12 bulbs is a lot... what are your tank dimensions (LxWxH)?

 

[johnteatro]

your tank is nice but you change your bulbs every 3 months? wow!

yup, every 3

awsome!!

thanks

How do you like the nova extreme pro fixture? 12 bulbs is a lot... what are your tank dimensions (LxWxH)?

72x 19x 22 , thats my tank dim. i really like the nova extreme, I have added 2 hagen glo fixtures, in the past month. I still had some spare room to fit the fixtures, so why not.

 

[johnteatro]

some new top down pics. the first 3 are showing some coral warfare, there is an exposed branch on the blue stag, the tuburania going around the formossa, and the chalice lossing a battle to the M.confusa.

setosa, getting encrusted of the plug.

 

[johnteatro]

two more. :jester:

 

[v1...rotate]

Great pictures. Coral Warfare always fascinates me. Glad to see Zeo is treating your tank well!

 

[johnteatro]

thanks, the past year has been great using zeo. :beachbum:

 

[soulsigma]

Nice tank and refreshing to hear from someone who found a system which works for them and sticks with it for the long haul.:fish2:

 

[johnteatro]

very nice tank

Nice tank and refreshing to hear from someone who found a system which works for them and sticks with it for the long haul.:fish2:

Thanks reefers. :bounce1:

 

[maharsreef]

Very Nice! I've been on Zeovit for a couple of months and very happy with the results. Cant wait to see how mine will look in year. If it looks half as good as yours, I will be very happy.