Funkateer_1 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 5/15/2015 8/26/14 8/26/2014 10/22/2013 The Precurser Tank... using VGV method. No SumpThe precursor tank to that one....The HOB fuge suffered a flood due to a sea urchin and fried my electronics. While I suffered no losses, I used it as an opportunity to break the tank down and redo it.Everything soaking in muriatic acid...The build... 12/23/12... The cycle Link to comment
fretfreak13 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Subscribed. I think I saw you over on Zeovit.com too. =) Link to comment
Funkateer_1 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 1/28/13 Corals In, first algae issues. I did daily doses of biomate, coral snow, and zeobak. I introduced an abalone and sea hare it slowly went away. 2/4/13 ]3/5/13 Red PlanetPossible Acan echinata?Rainbow Eye Micro FaviaPavonaSunset MilleSocal Mummy Eye. Its a test chalice to see how well it keeps it's color in Zeovit. Subscribed. I think I saw you over on Zeovit.com too. =) Yup, I just dumped all the pics from there to here! Dosing Regiment...- Zeostart 3: .2mL twice a day or .4 daily.- Zeobak: 2 drops twice a week- Coral Vitalizer: 3-6 drops daily- Sponge Power: 2 drops daily- Pohl's Xtra: 2mL daily- Coral Snow: 2mLdaily- Zeofood: 2 drops twice a week- Zeospur: .5mL used very sparingly- Aminos: 2 drops daily- Biomate: 2 drops twice a week-CaCl2: 40mL Daily-MgCl2: 50mL Daily-KCl: 20mL Daily-NaHCO3: 30mL Daily These are dosed daily via a vertex dosing pump, DC model. Link to comment
TristanC Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Geez talk about dosing!! Looking great! Link to comment
fretfreak13 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Looks great! Love your little cowfish. =) Link to comment
BoCoMo Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Nice to see another zeoviter If you need bulk Calc/Alk/Mag let me know because I can hook you up! Tank is looking good! Link to comment
NanoTopia Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Dosing Regiment... - Zeostart 3: .2mL twice a day or .4 daily. - Zeobak: 2 drops twice a week - Coral Vitalizer: 3-6 drops daily - Sponge Power: 2 drops daily - Pohl's Xtra: 2mL daily - Coral Snow: 2mLdaily - Zeofood: 2 drops twice a week - Zeospur: .5mL used very sparingly - Aminos: 2 drops daily - Biomate: 2 drops twice a week -CaCl2: 40mL Daily -MgCl2: 50mL Daily -KCl: 20mL Daily -NaHCO3: 30mL Daily These are dosed daily via a vertex dosing pump, DC model. You have a lot of food going in daily, are you experiencing any algae issues? I would drop ZeoFood7 since your dosing AAHC, SP, and CV. 2mL of Xtra/day seems like a lot as well, I would only dose this 2mL twice a week. What are you using to test for K ? What is your K ppm ? I think you will find less is more with Zeovit, at least it is for most people. Every tank is different though, if it is working and you have no issues in the tank stick with what you are doing. Have you used the Zeospur yet, if so what did 0.5mL do in your tank? Sorry about all the questions, just my nature to question, LOL, Christine Link to comment
Funkateer_1 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 You have a lot of food going in daily, are you experiencing any algae issues? Not a whole lot of algae, I have the tank pretty well stocked and I get the green fuzzies on the glass but not much on the rocks. It does show up sometimes but I have an abalone that eats it pretty quick. I would drop ZeoFood7 since your dosing AAHC, SP, and CV. I only dose it twice a week, and honestly I've seen no real benefit to it at all. 2mL of Xtra/day seems like a lot as well, I would only dose this 2mL twice a week. The bottle said daily, so I went with it. I'm really curious what is in that stuff. People on the forums swear by it but honestly I haven't seen much benefit to using it. I've gone a week without it to see what happened and nothing changed at all in the tank. What are you using to test for K ? What is your K ppm ? 390 as of last week. I use salifert kits and make my own Potassium solution at roughly 500,000ppm with brightwell KCl, I think you will find less is more with Zeovit, at least it is for most people. Every tank is different though, if it is working and you have no issues in the tank stick with what you are doing. Everything is happy and keeping amazing colors except for a couple frags. Last week, I dipped them in bayer insecticide and saw about 20 acro eating flatworms. I put them on a frag rack, introduced a radiant wrasse, and started using flatworm stop daily. I dipped them yesterday and no worms. Im gonna dip them again in a week to make sure. I also run an overly aggressive skimmer. Its a bubble magus NAC7 with an atman needle wheel pump. I know it hammers the water and probably exports a lot of the zeo products. I extended the venturi for my skimmer to outside the tank let in fresh air and put in a ball valve to reduce air intake. I think it made a difference. Have you used the Zeospur yet, if so what did 0.5mL do in your tank? I did the recommended 2mL dose on the bottle and bleached a few acros. Once the tank got some stability I put in some .5mL doses once every few weeks and got great results. My acros turned pastel colors, polyp extension was phenomenal, and growth was noticeable all around. But that stuff is really really really powerful. Sorry about all the questions, just my nature to question, LOL, Christine Here are some more pictures from a few days ago. Link to comment
Funkateer_1 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 I think I wanna collect big fiji acros. Link to comment
NanoTopia Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Most Zeo users do not dose as the bottle recommends except with the ZeoBak, and a couple other additives. If you visit the Zeovit forum you can see how people dose their additives with amazing results. 2mL of Xtra Special twice a week is better. This is only a suggestion of how I might dose the following additives if it were my tank, in brackets). - Coral Vitalizer: 3-6 drops daily (3 drops 3 times a week)- Sponge Power: 2 drops daily (this is fine)- Pohl's Xtra: 2mL daily (2 mL twice a week)- Coral Snow: 2mLdaily (2mL daily is fine but you really only need to do this after water changes or twice a week)- Zeofood: 2 drops twice a week (discontinue)- Zeospur: .5mL used very sparingly (discontinue for now)- Aminos: 2 drops daily (2 drops twice a week)- Biomate: 2 drops twice a week (this is fine) With AEFW's present on corals: Flatworm Stop (2mL daily) Coral Booster (2mL daily mixed with Flatworm Stop first then dose) The needle wheel skimmers are hard on the elements in your tank, I use one too so I recommend turning off your skimmer for 2 hours following your dosing of Zeovit, I would also recommend skimming dry with a needle wheel skimmer. 390ppm of K is where you want to be, if you can keep that stable it is very good. If you are finding AEFW on one coral you likely have them on others. Sorry to hear this news, they virtually wiped out my tank a while back. Dip the all acros you can, especially the smooth skin acros, but all acros are better. Dip twice a week for six weeks (you can use Coral RX or Revive as directed on the bottle). You may also want to try Zeovit Flatworm Stop with Coral Booster, mix them together first then add to display tank. Do you see egg masses or bite marks? You need to physically remove eggs as no dip known will kill them. I would stop dosing Zeospur, if your tank has AEFW, this will be the additive that will push them over the edge. Only dose if the tank is stable and free of any issues. Yes I know it is powerful stuff. How much zeolite media are you using and what is your flow through the reactor? This is very important for zee tanks. Christine Link to comment
longchao Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 What are you using to test for K ? What is your K ppm ? Link to comment
Funkateer_1 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 Most Zeo users do not dose as the bottle recommends except with the ZeoBak, and a couple other additives. If you visit the Zeovit forum you can see how people dose their additives with amazing results. 2mL of Xtra Special twice a week is better. This is only a suggestion of how I might dose the following additives if it were my tank, in brackets). - Coral Vitalizer: 3-6 drops daily (3 drops 3 times a week) - Sponge Power: 2 drops daily (this is fine) - Pohl's Xtra: 2mL daily (2 mL twice a week) - Coral Snow: 2mLdaily (2mL daily is fine but you really only need to do this after water changes or twice a week) - Zeofood: 2 drops twice a week (discontinue) - Zeospur: .5mL used very sparingly (discontinue for now) - Aminos: 2 drops daily (2 drops twice a week) - Biomate: 2 drops twice a week (this is fine) Im going to cut pohls down to weekly and see how it responds. Im gonna be out of town all week and while I am my brother in law is just going to do start 3 and shake the stones. With AEFW's present on corals: Flatworm Stop (2mL daily) Coral Booster (2mL daily mixed with Flatworm Stop first then dose) The needle wheel skimmers are hard on the elements in your tank, I use one too so I recommend turning off your skimmer for 2 hours following your dosing of Zeovit, I would also recommend skimming dry with a needle wheel skimmer. 390ppm of K is where you want to be, if you can keep that stable it is very good. I usually do this. Sometimes I leave my skimmer off half the day too. If you are finding AEFW on one coral you likely have them on others. Sorry to hear this news, they virtually wiped out my tank a while back. Dip the all acros you can, especially the smooth skin acros, but all acros are better. Dip twice a week for six weeks (you can use Coral RX or Revive as directed on the bottle). You may also want to try Zeovit Flatworm Stop with Coral Booster, mix them together first then add to display tank. Do you see egg masses or bite marks? You need to physically remove eggs as no dip known will kill them. I saw mild bite marks and poor polyp extension on the few specific pieces. When I dipped them I found flatworms, visible to the naked eye. I do not use revive or coral RX as I believe the iodine in those solutions can be very dangerous to SPS. I've dipped all the animals in Bayer insecticide. I've been in the aquarium for quite some time now, and nothing works better. I have dipped as many SPS as I can get off the rocks and so far no more worms. Hopefully the wrasse and flatworm stop will knock the eggs out. I would stop dosing Zeospur, if your tank has AEFW, this will be the additive that will push them over the edge. Only dose if the tank is stable and free of any issues. Yes I know it is powerful stuff. I haven't used it lately. How much zeolite media are you using and what is your flow through the reactor? This is very important for zee tanks. Im using maybe 400-500mL of zeolite media. My reactor is running about 30-50GPH. Shake it every few days. I found slower is better. Christine Link to comment
NanoTopia Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 No more questions All sounds good, and good luck with the AEFW's, there buggers let me tell ya. I didn't know there was Iodine in Revive, doesn't say it on the bottle, where did you read this (I lied, another question) ? Christine Link to comment
Funkateer_1 Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share Posted May 18, 2013 All sounds good, and good luck with the AEFW's, there buggers let me tell ya. I didn't know there was Iodine in Revive, doesn't say it on the bottle, where did you read this (I lied, another question)? Tested it with a salifert kit to settle a bet at work (I work at a large and reputable LFS in SD). Iodide and iodate levels were through the roof. This was about a year ago so I do not recall what the levels were at specifically. Here are a few new pics... New dosing regiment. Joe and green humulis showing great PE Bali Maricultured Red Dragon A. carduus AW cultured Purple Stegosaurus Acropora Pardon the mess, tank from a distance... Just installed a chiller yesterday which can be seen on the far right. Link to comment
NanoTopia Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I have been using Revive for years without issues on across or any other corals. I am mad a Julian for not labelling Revive correctly if what you say is true about the iodine. I think I will email him and ask him. Are you dosing Flatworm Exit or Zeovit Flatworm Stop? Mixed success with FWS personally, it will strengthen corals over time but it takes months. I have been dosing it for a year now, only twice a week as maintenance. You need to dip and check for egg masses regularly if you want to get rid of AEFW. Tank is looking good, colours are good so your doing something right, never mind me, LOL Christine Link to comment
Funkateer_1 Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share Posted May 18, 2013 I think I eradicated most if not all of the AEFW. I dipped everything I could pull off the rocks in bayer insecticide (4mL/1L of Saltwater). This is incredibly effective and found dozens of the little buggers this way. I repeated this about 5 times. I also introduced a radiant wrasse and he is all over my SPS nipping at stuff. Lastly, I am using FWS. Is it helping? Meh.... to early too tell. But KZ products haven't done me wrong yet. As for the revive, I would be interested to hear what Sprung says on the matter. This was just me testing the solution at a full 100%. In the past I have dipped Zoos in it and received less than stellar results and have killed softies with it following directions on the back. For a prophylactic coral dip I much rather use diluted Lugol's solution (1 drop/L) or Bayer if you're bug hunting. Link to comment
Funkateer_1 Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 LE Oculus Aquatics Purple Poison Shortcake Acro. Link to comment
Funkateer_1 Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 Some feeding shots from this morning... Link to comment
Funkateer_1 Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 New guy, small flounder. Had one in my old tank and their awesome fish. New acro Link to comment
fretfreak13 Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 That flounder is the cutest thing I've ever seen. O_O Link to comment
Funkateer_1 Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Raspberry Limeade AcroporaFlounder doing flounder stuff Link to comment
Arkayology Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 You don't see too many flounders around. How is it's behavior? Does it try to eat anything? Link to comment
Red_Blenny Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I saw a tiny Flounder at a LFS and my gf thought it was cute but I heard it wasn't reef safe/aggressive. How's the behavior? Link to comment
Funkateer_1 Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Doesn't harm a fly but I don't keep any hermits and snails in my tank. This particular species will probably get big, at least a foot I guess. Ill re-home him, and if I can't... http://allrecipes.com/recipe/crispy-fish-fillets/detail.aspx'>http://allrecipes.com/recipe/crispy-fish-fillets/detail.aspx lol jk ;D Link to comment
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