Ed Reef's '295-gallon Peninsular ZEOVit SPS tank'

[Ed Reef]

WATER PARAMETER UPDATES….

WATER PARAMETER UPDATES….

Did a 10% WC and this week’s water parameters updates:

➢ Temperature â€"œ 26.9 degree C (light on)
➢ Salinity â€"œ 1.026
➢ Ph â€"œ 8.22 (Light on)
➢ NO3 â€"œ 2 (Salifert â€"œ up from last week)
➢ PO4 â€"œ 0.00 (Salifert â€"œ no trace)
➢ PO4 â€"œ 0.045 (D&D PO4 â€"œ drop from last week 0.06)
➢ dKH â€"œ 8.5 (API test kit â€"œ same as last week)
➢ dKH â€"œ 9 (Elos test kit â€"œ same as last week)
➢ Ca â€"œ 440 (Salifert test kit â€"œ same as last week)
➢ Ca â€"œ 440 (Elos test kit â€"œ down last week 460)
➢ Mg â€"œ off the charts (Salifert test kit - above last week 1440)
➢ Mg â€"œ 1650 (Elos test kit â€"œ up from last week 1450)
➢ Potassium â€"œ380 (stable)


I’m please to see my PO4 starting to drop ever since I installed my mini PO4 reactor for my Ca Rx effluent output. Not bad consider I only have it running for one day.


However, my NO3 increase slightly from last week, which could be cause by my clam dying as my skimmer was going nuts during that few days.


The only reading that’s not been stable is my Mg?? I think this could be cause by my salt mix as each time I am towards the end of my bucket it usually gives me high Mg reading and each new open bucket of TMPro give me lower Mg reading?? I tried to roll the bucket each time but don’t seem to work very well for me


Anyone out there having this problem with TMPro?? I really really need to find an alternative salt as this is driving me NUTS

 

[i2ik]

Nicely Done Ed! I might have to check out my CA output also... been having some cyano lately due to the lost of a few corals a few months ago.. water change have not eradicated it for me yet.

 

[Ed Reef]

Thanks Richard. Yeah, I was actually surprise with the high level of PO4 coming out of the effluent. Didn't think much about it before until I was struggling to get my PO4 level down that I decided to check it.

I used Zeobak mix with Corals Snow to eradicate my Cyano. Cyano is usually cause by high nutrient in the water and a combination of this 2 will help bind the cyano together and then your skimmer can take care of the rest!!

 

[GSMguy]

you going to try the zeozyme Ed? It is supposed to clean sandbed.

I don't think 2ppm nitrate is going to kill clams, something else is bothering it IME

 

[Ed Reef]

Hehehe...No Nick, what I mean is my No3 increase over last week could be cause by my clam dying and not cause my clam to die

 

[GSMguy]

oh ok now I get it

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13761731#post13761731 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GSMguy
oh ok now I get it

U must be reading too many threads at the same time

 

[ReefEnabler]

Im always reading too many threads


Ed how about a new FTS???? You've added so many pretty SPS since the last one, cant help but imagine how it all looks now

 

[GSMguy]

what about the ZEOzyme Ed?

im going to order it when it gets here to the US, i hope it does what it advertises, like PCS and Bak do.

 

[mpoletti]

Ed, Have you ever tried mixing a couple different salts? I have been mixing salts for awhile. I don't know if it works, but I think the salts help balance each other out.

 

[GSMguy]

interesting Mark, i have some Red Sea Coral pro and seachem reef would they mix well?
what about you Mark did you order the Enzymes yet? i saw on the other board you were going for it.

Ed are you going to try lowering the Alk with acid like was suggested on the other board?

 

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13762281#post13762281 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GSMguy
interesting Mark, i have some Red Sea Coral pro and seachem reef would they mix well?
what about you Mark did you order the Enzymes yet? i saw on the other board you were going for it.

I don't think there is any recipe for mixing salts. One brand might be better in some trace elements while another may make up the difference. I have been mixing 3-4 salts for awhile.

I did not order the zyme. I have been carbon dosing for almost three weeks and I added to bioptim and biodigest about 10 days ago. Its a lot simpler and I will wait a couple months to see if I can determine if it is beneficial or not.

 

[GSMguy]

Thanks, what are you using for a Carbon Source? Im on full ZEO and Prodibio now, i think im just crazy....

i dont think the ZYME has anything to do with carbon dosing though, seems like its a totally separate biological process. any P04/N03 reduction would be a bonus, what its supposed to do is digest the excess mulm crap, and its most useful purpose would be to clean shallow sandbeds. this is If it works...

 

[Leonardo_]

Hello Ed, good job with the effluent PO4 reactor. Don't you think the amount of media used will be exhaused in a short time with the amount of PO4 in the effluent? (I use a coffeecup full in my Effluent Reactor)

Leonardo

 

[GSMguy]

Ed, ATB makes a media reactor that is perfect for this application a friend of mine got one and is using it for the same thing.

 

[AgentSPS]

Ed and Leonardo-

I like the idea of the effluent reactor but curious if you have issues with CA precipitation? When I used to have a 75 gal, I tried a PO4 reactor out and was having major issues with CA precipitation. I would literally have sheets of calcium forming on the walls of my sump. Not sure what the chemistry is behind it but just speaking from experience.

 

[Leonardo_]

On page 28 of this thread I described the method that I use to prevent precipitation when using PO4 absorber for the effluent, and it works very well IME

I think the high pH inside the PO4 media because of ionexchange caused the precipitation in your example.

Leonardo

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13762067#post13762067 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReefEnabler
Im always reading too many threads


Ed how about a new FTS???? You've added so many pretty SPS since the last one, cant help but imagine how it all looks now

Soon Ryan once I sort out the PO4 issue as it has brown out my corals quite a bit

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13762104#post13762104 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GSMguy
what about the ZEOzyme Ed?

im going to order it when it gets here to the US, i hope it does what it advertises, like PCS and Bak do.

No Zeozyme for me yet. Would like to see more reviews from end-user first before trying. Anyway, now my tank is a little high on nutrient as the cyano keep coming back time after time so until I get both my PO4 and NO3 down will not change anything yet. :rolleye1:

 

[Ed Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13762221#post13762221 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mpoletti
Ed, Have you ever tried mixing a couple different salts? I have been mixing salts for awhile. I don't know if it works, but I think the salts help balance each other out.

Well, I try not to mix salt as it's going to be difficult (not to mention time consuming for me) to get and measure the exact mix balance