ojrules Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I'm just putting this here to encourage other reefers to take the same method i did.. It's a mthod using zeolite stones, bacteria, and bacteria food... (all products are from fauna marin) I use the bare basics: zeolite stones £15 , that i just leave in my canister filter 1 Bottle of bacteria £30 ... it will last you a very , very long time 1 bottle of "ultra bak" aka bacteria food £15.... that will last a good year and a half , tho not as long as the bacteria.. I dose every night, 1 drop of bacteria, 0.2 ml of bak food, straight into the tank... Measured digitally with a cool light thing i borrowed, the nitrate result was below 1.. thats all the machine measured to , so the actual value below 1 is likely to be incorrect.... This is when you consider that i had ( at its peak), about a year ago 100 nitrates, and i was doing a good 25% change every week or 2 .... Admitadly it wasnt the method that brought it down from 100, i had things that were producing these nitrates, namely bioballs etc, and a dying colony of zoanthids, but the method is deffinately good at keeping the levels very low, and once nitrates are down, phosphates will begin to drop.. I think this is abrilliant method especially for nano reefers, because you use so little of the supplements, that it is a very cheap method.. There are cheaper method like the "prodibio" mthod , and it gives the same results.... Also the bacteria release a mulm type thing, which apparenlty is greta food for corals, though to obtain this , the stones need to be moved around, aka opening your filter and swishing them around, or buying a rather expensive zeolite reactor... Though this is not necesary for obtainign very low nitrates.. I do have some good links, and once i find them i'l post them up here... Link to comment
ojrules Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 Fauna Marin Ultralith Guide V 1.0 http://www.faunamarin.de/downloads/U...08_eng_red.pdf Korallen-zucht Zeovit Guide V 1.02 http://www.korallen-zucht.de/files/dosing_english.pdf Link to comment
lisajulia Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I am just starting to get back into reading forums as i have been so busy with other things in my life, but i have seen several references to 'zeo' so i am off to check it out...i have had a 72gl for almost 6 years and even with water changes, sump etc etc, i never have 0 nitrates =( My 6gl cube is 3yo and nitrates are always 0...and when they creep up, a water change brings it back to 0...not so with my older 72gl...anyway..thanks for the info on the zeo! Link to comment
tike Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Couldn't get the first link to work. Link to comment
ojrules Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 hmm i'l have a peek around, and see if i can find another link that does work... Here we go had a peek around... A good introduction worth reading: http://www.ultimatereef.net/files/2007Q1/L...ntroduction.pdf Table of additaves: http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/showthread.php?t=210799 Dedicated forum section: http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=320 Link to comment
SeeDemTails Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Shouldnt a normal tank run with undectable nitrates to begin with? I dont use anything like that, just a skimmer and some good flow. I dont see how I could get any fasert growth or more color out of my sps! Link to comment
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