My home SPS reef [175G/800l]
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BigJohnny
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Thanks ! It seems to be working for you so I will try your method.
Thanks, I just try to do my best.
You are welcome. I hope it will work for you too. I'm generally very careful with giving advices about the others tanks, products and methods because every tank can is different and something that works good for me is not necessarily going to work for the others.
Thank you
I suppose that's a. granulosa. I personally call this acropora "buffalo horns" because of the shape of the frag
I haven't got any issues while switching so it's hard for me to give any tips. Maybe this is because I was moving from a similar bacteria based system (zeovit) so I was just switching one KZ product to similar Aqauforest one - eg. KZ stones to AF stones, FM GAC to AF GAC, ZS3 to Np pro, etc. The only important thing that comes to my mind is that in case if your system is not so called ULNS at the moment you should take things really slow. For example if you hadn't used GAC in your system before - take a half a dose at start. Exact thing with zeo stones etc. Starting only with the salt for a month or two before introducing any other products looks safe in my opinion. I often see that reefers like to use the whole method and products at once instead of slow introducing one after another - and this is not related to any specific vendor.
Yes, most of the products I use at the moment are from Aquaforest (salt,GAC,carbon, zeo stones, foods, bacteria etc).
I'm using 2l of zeo stones (instead of 3l of KZ the I used to have) for my 1400l tank in a KZ reactor - I just wanted rather be safe than sorry while switching from KZ stones.Both my No3 (salifert) and Po4 (hanna) are not detectable so I don't see a point in increasing the volume of stones at the moment
Best regards
Pawel
Tokyoyankee
New member
Beautiful tank. Big fan of your thread and aquaforest products. From. My understanding, you're able to run zero mix in a standard reactor like a TLF reactor correct?
No, you should use zeo dedicated filter which will allow you shaking the media in it. I belief that Paweł is using KZ zeo filter.
tripdad
Frustrated Stick Gardener
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5685/23750566681_d093083cf0_b.jpg
Nice colors on all of your corals, I like the contrast in this one from today. Well done!
Nice colors on all of your corals, I like the contrast in this one from today. Well done!
MichaelW
New member
The kz reactor has the zeomix but what are you running in the other or is that you calcium reactor? Not dosing component 1+ , 2+, 3+? Awesome colors and pictures. I have the AIO pellets I was thinking about running soon.... But these aquaforest tanks look amazing. Did you change Just to try, or was there something you didn't like about AIO
Behind the KZ filter there is a calcium reactor with knopp media. I used to have AIO - it was ok, really good results - but the AIO are in my opinion only the way of reducing NO3 + Po4 - not a complete system with coral food, supplements etc.
Later on I wanted to try something different so I moved to Zeovit - still good results and a complete system with foods etc..
Finally when I moved to a bigger tank I found that it's a little too expensive for me so I've found a way to cut some corners (not sure if it's the right expression - what I mean is to save some extra money) and I moved to Aquaforest system - great results (just my opinion of course) and a loooot cheaper + I have all products available at my LFS 500m away from my kids school - I can step by at the shop before of after picking them up after classes and get whatever I need at the moment without shipping costs
Later on I wanted to try something different so I moved to Zeovit - still good results and a complete system with foods etc..
Finally when I moved to a bigger tank I found that it's a little too expensive for me so I've found a way to cut some corners (not sure if it's the right expression - what I mean is to save some extra money) and I moved to Aquaforest system - great results (just my opinion of course) and a loooot cheaper + I have all products available at my LFS 500m away from my kids school - I can step by at the shop before of after picking them up after classes and get whatever I need at the moment without shipping costs
glaukos
New member
Ahhhh,i envy you so much for being able to keep and abro colored like that pawel:beer:
Welldone,amazing!
I was going to ask you if you found AF products/method,cheaper compared to zeovit but you already mentioned it,regarding a bigger tank.
Would you say it's relatively cheaper for smaller tanks too?(Zeovit compared to AF.)
Welldone,amazing!
I was going to ask you if you found AF products/method,cheaper compared to zeovit but you already mentioned it,regarding a bigger tank.
Would you say it's relatively cheaper for smaller tanks too?(Zeovit compared to AF.)
The bigger the tank is the more you will save but even in smaller tanks it's a lot cheaper IMO. Here in Poland 20kg of RBS costs 290 pln while 22kg of AF Reef is for 177 pln.
Sure, no problem at all.
You can find most of my photos here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90529978@N06/
Pawel
