6 weeks into zeovit on my 300g.. pleased so far.

[mos90]

after a near crash dosing vinegar for a few months ago and the loss of 5 of my favorite sps's including a 7" aussie mint green table :sad2: . i decided to try zeovit for nutrient control.

i am using a 3l vertex reactor with 2.5 lites of zeolites. i am dosing 10 drops of zeo bak for the first 10 day after the stone change and 2 ml of zeostart 3 daily.

i did have some cyano but after a few weeks of dosing coral snow,biomate and zeozym every other day it is nearly gone, 98% id say and only a small amount of hair algae is left.

i am close to week 6 and ive noticed phos is reading 2-4ppm on my hanna meter ,without the use of gfo. nitrates were close to 5ppm not they are closer to 2pmm.

i have a fairly large bio load with about 36 fish and a total water volume of about 260 gallons. i use a reef octo 5000ext skimmer.

i lowered alk from 9 to 7.5 per instructions, removed gfo after 4 weeks and added 4 cups of brs lignite carbon run passively in the sump.

i will have to get some pictures with a good camera. my phone does not take good pictures, for some reason the colors are not even close.

i am happy to say that i have noticed some great growth and improved color in a short period.

 

[Blueline12]

Zeo works well. Just keep that Alk in check below 8 dkh.

 

[jcdeng]

your phosphate is at 2-4ppm now? so what was it before the Zeo?

 

[mos90]

No. I m sorry. 2-4 ppb so roughly .01ppm. Was always under .04 due to gfo.

 

[Arkayology]

Do you have any opinions as to how BRS lignite carbon works for zeovit?

 

[mos90]

it seems to be fine but that is all ive ever used on this system. i used to run rox08 but you need to use 1/2 dose imo.

i am using 4 cups(1 liter) changed out monthly. i would use the kz brand but its so expensive.

 

[ifarmer]

tagging along

 

[DrewBrees713]

Not trying to bash anyone but I really don't get you Zeoheads. There are like a hundred things you'd to have to dose each day. NOt to mention you have to change out Zeolith, aggressive WC, ect.

 

[rich850]

So what are you using to lower alk in your water for changes or are you using a salt mix with low alk? What's the cost of what you are using in addition to the reactor itself?

 

[mos90]

Not trying to bash anyone but I really don't get you Zeoheads. There are like a hundred things you'd to have to dose each day. NOt to mention you have to change out Zeolith, aggressive WC, ect.

actually is not that bad. i change zeolite every 6 weeks. autodose zeostart every day. then i only have to add others a few times a week. i shake the stones when i feed the fish at night.

i only change about 20 gallons a week in a 320 gallon system. takes 15 minutes.

i lowered alk by just decreasing my dosing amount.

 

[cugly]

Thats great to hear everything is doing great...lets see some pics..its the best method ived used so far and it easy and simple to follow and you can find great help on it...

 

[mos90]

well. im still at the end of first phase. i still have some algae but nutrients are dropping steady now. i got a little too aggressive with the flow threw the reactor and my birdsnest corals is stn at the tips and base. i had to slow the reactor flow down and go back to 3 hours on/off. but since ive started nitrates have gone from 5ppm to .5 pmm. phosphates have always been fairly steady under .05. my dry rock leaches phos bad. hopefully that ends soon.