Hi reefers,
I have been reading about Zeovit and it seems they have a number of great products, mixed with some questionable and over priced ones.
Therefore, I have been thinking on ways to benefit of the good ones.
The element I would like to discuss is the Zeolite reactor.
Some shake it periodically, to let the mulm be consumed by the skimmer and corals, some others run it ON/OFF every 3 hours.
My assumptions:
- A ULNS with carbon dosing.
- OFF periods, in the reactor, would promote a better environment for anaerobic bacteria and ON periods promote aerobic bacteria.
- Bacteria variety is beneficial, as it can potentially cover a wide diet of coral food. (assuming some corals might feed on one strain and not on some other).
- In theory, Zeolites as a bacteria media, are an overpriced and innefctive solution (cloggs quickly), which could be replaced by anything porous like LR or Marine Pure.
Questions:
1. Do you see anything wrong with the assumptions above?
2. Would it make sense to run a ON/OFF reactor, with porous media that doesn't get clogged so easily, like Marine Pure, in order to promote more bacteria strains?
3. Is there any research on coral feeding on bacteria mulm and the benefits of different strains?
4. Assuming regular carbon dosing, without a reactor, already does the job of keeping nutrients low, would this this idea be overkill?
I have been reading about Zeovit and it seems they have a number of great products, mixed with some questionable and over priced ones.
Therefore, I have been thinking on ways to benefit of the good ones.
The element I would like to discuss is the Zeolite reactor.
Some shake it periodically, to let the mulm be consumed by the skimmer and corals, some others run it ON/OFF every 3 hours.
My assumptions:
- A ULNS with carbon dosing.
- OFF periods, in the reactor, would promote a better environment for anaerobic bacteria and ON periods promote aerobic bacteria.
- Bacteria variety is beneficial, as it can potentially cover a wide diet of coral food. (assuming some corals might feed on one strain and not on some other).
- In theory, Zeolites as a bacteria media, are an overpriced and innefctive solution (cloggs quickly), which could be replaced by anything porous like LR or Marine Pure.
Questions:
1. Do you see anything wrong with the assumptions above?
2. Would it make sense to run a ON/OFF reactor, with porous media that doesn't get clogged so easily, like Marine Pure, in order to promote more bacteria strains?
3. Is there any research on coral feeding on bacteria mulm and the benefits of different strains?
4. Assuming regular carbon dosing, without a reactor, already does the job of keeping nutrients low, would this this idea be overkill?
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