sammy33
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An update on my neozeo results. 
I seemed to have had a peak of PO4 in the swap to neozeo over from prodibio. The Prodibio dosing was keeping my PO4 at .01 ppm with my reef. A few weeks into neozeo I started to get some nasty bryopsis patches. This patch of bryopsis was the first in almost a year. I think my PO4 and NO3 were peaking a bit with the Prodibio to NeoZeo swap. PO4 rose to .03 ppm. This is the not so pretty result (from about a month ago after weening off Prodibio).
9-15-08
I have a Merck/Rowa low range P04 test and a Martini photometer to keep track of PO4 so I decided to up the MB7 and RBF dose and add more neozeo media to my canister (to try to drive PO4 down). I was still ramping up to the full measure of zeo stones according to the brightwell manual but realized maybe that was not the way to go because I had been using prodibio before and already had established a fairly low nutrient state in my tank.
After adding more zeo stones the last few weeks and going to a full dose of the bacs and carbon I started to see my phosphate drop down to .01. The algae started fading.
10-8-08
The algae turns to a light green and then finally a grey or white.
10-24-08
Last PO4 test with the Merck kit showed .008. Most of the bryopsis patch has turned to a gray color with just a husk and is melting away. So I am pleased with the reduction in algae.
In the last pic you can also see a sprig of leftover macro algae (dictyota?) that is also turning gray/brown and dying off (after many months of fighting it off).
It has been almost six weeks since dosing any prodibio products and I think the basic parts of this brightwell system perform fairly well in terms reducting nutrients. It is like Zeovit and Ultralith and even other probiotic methods and requires some real hands on tweaking to get things rolling.
The initial algae blooms or biofilm blooms reported by others (and that I have experienced as shown above) seem to be an adjustment phase for these type systems. For me the blooms have responded to the weekly water change and basic reef maintenance outlined and recommended in this and the other probiotic system manuals. I have had good results with slightly boosting the bac/carbon dosing and skim, skim, skim and when that's done skim some more - dump the collection cup and repeat... :rollface:
I seemed to have had a peak of PO4 in the swap to neozeo over from prodibio. The Prodibio dosing was keeping my PO4 at .01 ppm with my reef. A few weeks into neozeo I started to get some nasty bryopsis patches. This patch of bryopsis was the first in almost a year. I think my PO4 and NO3 were peaking a bit with the Prodibio to NeoZeo swap. PO4 rose to .03 ppm. This is the not so pretty result (from about a month ago after weening off Prodibio).
9-15-08
I have a Merck/Rowa low range P04 test and a Martini photometer to keep track of PO4 so I decided to up the MB7 and RBF dose and add more neozeo media to my canister (to try to drive PO4 down). I was still ramping up to the full measure of zeo stones according to the brightwell manual but realized maybe that was not the way to go because I had been using prodibio before and already had established a fairly low nutrient state in my tank.
After adding more zeo stones the last few weeks and going to a full dose of the bacs and carbon I started to see my phosphate drop down to .01. The algae started fading.
10-8-08
The algae turns to a light green and then finally a grey or white.
10-24-08
Last PO4 test with the Merck kit showed .008. Most of the bryopsis patch has turned to a gray color with just a husk and is melting away. So I am pleased with the reduction in algae.
In the last pic you can also see a sprig of leftover macro algae (dictyota?) that is also turning gray/brown and dying off (after many months of fighting it off).
It has been almost six weeks since dosing any prodibio products and I think the basic parts of this brightwell system perform fairly well in terms reducting nutrients. It is like Zeovit and Ultralith and even other probiotic methods and requires some real hands on tweaking to get things rolling.
The initial algae blooms or biofilm blooms reported by others (and that I have experienced as shown above) seem to be an adjustment phase for these type systems. For me the blooms have responded to the weekly water change and basic reef maintenance outlined and recommended in this and the other probiotic system manuals. I have had good results with slightly boosting the bac/carbon dosing and skim, skim, skim and when that's done skim some more - dump the collection cup and repeat... :rollface:
