history of lunar's reef

[syedjilani]

Amazing, incredible, A+++++++, and beautiful tank.
Well done Krzysztof (Lunar)
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Sorry
thumb must be up
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[syedjilani]

I was also using Zeovit, but after six months of using, I completely stopped, I realized that my corals getting darker in color. I do not know is this normal effect of Zeovit, or did I done something wrong. Below is my dosing schedule for my 115 USG tank.

Daily dose:
Randy two parts
Calcium chloride - 120ml
Sodium bicarbonate - 120ml

ZeoSupr2 - 4 drops daily
ZeoStart2 – 4 drops daily
Coral vitalize – 4 drops daily
Amino Acid – 4 drops daily
Pholxtra – 8 drops daily
After three month of using Zeovit I split the dose, half in the morning and half in the evening.

Weekly dose:
Magnesium Chloride 5ml
Magnesium Sulfate 5ml

ReefBooster – 1 vial
Biodigest – ½ vial


Biweekly:
Stronti + - 1 vial
Iodi + - 1 vial

Aquarium parameters:
Alkalinity: 9.9
Calcium: 380 mg
pH: 8-8.3
Magnesium: 1180 mg
Temperature: 26 C
Po4 (Phosphate): 0,02 mg
No3 (Nitrate): 0 mg
Salinity: 35 PSU
Density: 1.026


Any suggestion! It will help to understand Zeovit more.
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2980/truegarfbonsaicoral.jpghttp://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2980/truegarfbonsaicoral.jpg

 

[zaheda]

Lovely tank you have. What flow do you have in your tank. Also what size return pump you using?

 

[syedjilani]

Thanks, guys.



Denadai, do you mean acropora hyacinthus, don't you? Kallium/jod in small doses and xtra improve the colour, but surely you know that. I read your threat on RC and I see you add and Koral color, so you needn't use anything else. Don't be so impatient and give some more time to your corals, they are that young. They improved a lot in comparison to their previous appearance. You can also replace one T5 with a tube that gives warmer lighting, e.g. KZ fiji purple or ATI actinic.

Krzysztof

what do you mean by Kallium/jod. i tried to find out this product. but not able. Can you please tall about this product. is it Zeovit???

 

[lunar]

Guys, that's great to hear such nice comments, thank you a lot.

 

[lunar]

Just saw this tank post. Wow. Gorgeous. Just curious, what were the reasons you switched from ecosystem to zeovit?

Leng Sy is a friend of mine, I could always give him some feedback. (for the record, I don't use ecosystem, I use IO NNR - previously vodka)

Frankly speaking, there was no real reason to give up ecosystem and I was happy with that method. My nature must be tricky and hungry for changes. I wanted to try a method that was considered to be difficult and which I wasn't familiar with.

 

[lunar]

Very nice! I relise that with Zeo less is more but I'm very surprised with your relatively low doses in comparesion to your water volume. I run a 200l net and have the near same dosing amount of zeo elements. Do you find the KZ skimmer playing a role in your dosing because it is not as agressive in stripping elements from the system?

The skimmer has nothing in common with my low doses. I think that such doses are sufficient for my tank. I always prefer adding less than more, considering the fact that my corals react to that very well.

 

[lunar]

what do you mean by Kallium/jod. i tried to find out this product. but not able. Can you please tall about this product. is it Zeovit???

Yes, this KZ product
Description of the producer:
Potassium Iodide fluoride concentrate.
Addition leads to improved blue colors in SPS.
Contains inorganic iodide as well as bromine, potassium and fluorine. Well suited for all kinds of corals

 

[lunar]

Lovely tank you have. What flow do you have in your tank. Also what size return pump you using?

Red Dragon 8000 l/h as a return pump, two Turbelle Stream 6105 and two Iwaki MD 55 (in loop - I don't know whether I translated it well, hope you understand)

 

[lunar]

I was also using Zeovit, but after six months of using, I completely stopped, I realized that my corals getting darker in color. I do not know is this normal effect of Zeovit, or did I done something wrong. Below is my dosing schedule for my 115 USG tank.

Daily dose:
Randy two parts
Calcium chloride - 120ml
Sodium bicarbonate - 120ml

ZeoSupr2 - 4 drops daily
ZeoStart2 "“ 4 drops daily
Coral vitalize "“ 4 drops daily
Amino Acid "“ 4 drops daily
Pholxtra "“ 8 drops daily
After three month of using Zeovit I split the dose, half in the morning and half in the evening.

Weekly dose:
Magnesium Chloride 5ml
Magnesium Sulfate 5ml

ReefBooster "“ 1 vial
Biodigest "“ ½ vial


Biweekly:
Stronti + - 1 vial
Iodi + - 1 vial

Aquarium parameters:
Alkalinity: 9.9
Calcium: 380 mg
pH: 8-8.3
Magnesium: 1180 mg
Temperature: 26 C
Po4 (Phosphate): 0,02 mg
No3 (Nitrate): 0 mg
Salinity: 35 PSU
Density: 1.026


Any suggestion! It will help to understand Zeovit more.
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2980/truegarfbonsaicoral.jpghttp://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2980/truegarfbonsaicoral.jpg

With regard to your doses, it's hard to say something for me, because I don't follow rules of zeo originators. I would be afraid to add such large quantities, but I only take my private view. Amino Acid "“ 4 drops daily - maybe this is,among others, responsible for darkening your corals.
First of all be watchful when you use powders for Randy two parts, they must be really of high purity. In my opinion magnesium sulphate isn't a good idea, it's considered needless now.
You could increase mg level a little and I don't like your ratio Ca:alk (too low Ca, too high alk).

Best regards,
Krzysztof

 

[reefsahoy]

nice tank lunar. i think you need a bigger tank . what are you going to do with all those frags in the front now that you've ran out of space? If you don't know what to do with them just ship them to my home or better yet i'll come pick them up!lol

 

[reefsic]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: T O T M :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[lunar]

nice tank lunar. i think you need a bigger tank . what are you going to do with all those frags in the front now that you've ran out of space? If you don't know what to do with them just ship them to my home or better yet i'll come pick them up!lol

It would be better you came to Warsaw in Poland. It's only about nine hours of flight.

 

[lunar]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: T O T M :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Thanks, it's nice of you.

 

[lunar]

Krzysztof. Topic should be the LEGEND of lunar's reef.
One question, if not Zeovit, what will you use in your next tank?

In the next tank? ..... rather in the current one. I changed the method a month ago. I use NP reducing biopellets now :dance:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1694529&page=38

 

[snaza]

Hi Lunar,

Do you have to dose zeobac with the biopellets? The biopellets replace the need for the zeovit basic 4. Will you continue to dose amino acids and coral vitalizer etc?

thanks

Aaron

 

[lunar]

snaza, presently I use only aminoacid, kaliumiodid-fluor, eisen in small doses, because I have them left after the zeovit method. In my opinion I don't need the basic 4, so I gave it up. I'm going to add bacteria sometimes, but not necessarily zeobac.

Krzysztof

 

[Denadai]

Hi Luna,

Are you using BP in a reactor ? How much is the flow through the reactor ?

best regards

 

[dvanacker]

In the next tank? ..... rather in the current one. I changed the method a month ago. I use NP reducing biopellets now :dance:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1694529&page=38

Oh man...lunar has gone to biopellets....I gotta get me some !!:bigeyes:

(your tank is so beautiful)

 

[martinphillip03]

LUnar, I am thinking of adding the Biopellets to my tank. Any updates or observations?

Marty