Zeovit reef tanks of the world
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In case anyone else has this question. Thomas Pohl said 6.2 for an internal reactor PH to melt the media properly.
just a quick question on flow rate. I have 50 net gallons of water in my system I'm using .5L of zeolites in a aquamaxx 1L zeoreactor. I have it dialed all the way down to it lowest flow setting and I'm at approximately 90 gph. My question is, is that to much flow? should I be down closer to 50 gph? I'm 14 days into the new system cycle and haven't seen any problems (algae or otherwise) yet.
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Zeovit recommenced 100g per liter of zeolite however its not detrimental if you go more. Its about observation on your tank. U can always reduce the zeolite rock.
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I have a thread explaining how to dose zeovit. It might give u more inside info.
zeovit and how I dose it
Well I have a lot of inquire lately regarding zeovit and there is not much info on the forum on this topic so I decide to do a brief write up explaining my experience with zeo. First and foremost Im not affiliate with zeo therefore anything I say are just base on my experience with the system...
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It's kind of cool that BRS re introduce the zeovit back into their 180g tank. I'm excited to see if their results will entice more following on the method.
TexAgReefer
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The way they talked about it definitely influenced me to use the system on my new tank!
I don’t even remember the last time I saw a true zeo tank, with the pastel light coloration and all. Such a shame, I love that look.
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I believe to get that look u need to use all t5. Nowadays led has too much blue
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I’m going Zeo method, but I doubt I will use the zeospur for that classic pastel coloration. I’m doing it for the coral health/growth. Plus it’s a proven system that keeps you tuned into your tank. I feel like with all of the names corals and specific coloring people are trying to achieve, the pastel colors won’t compliment that.
Yea t5 makes it bolder it any tank using zeospur can achieve the pastel look, I don’t think leds have anything to do with it unless your scared to turn on your white channels. And if that’s the case that’s their loss.
We will never know if people don’t try, I think you would be suprised what some of their products can do with just a tiny bit of the zeospur. But I do see what your saying. If you stay away from the tenuis with the minute color variations you would probably have taken care of that thought though.
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The spectrum of t5 and led is different. The old zeovit tank in the 90 are running on t5 and the combination of bulb are not all blue plus. The color of Sps is definitely effected by the spectrum. Nowadays the heavy blue spectrum bring out much more colors. I use zeospur2 and it does make the Coral look lighter but if you use radion with heavy blue then it doesn't matter.
Another note the corals in the old zeovit tank were different than now more table kind and lighter color to begin with.
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Oh and back in the 90 NO PHOTOSHOP HAHAHA
I would say you can defiantly get pastel colors using led and zeospur. You just gotta be willing to use the white channel and have ultra low nutrients, which most led users are not interested in. Shoot you can get pastel colors with led and NO zeospur. The pastel look will still be there with led but if you use mostly all blue the lighter colors are going to reflect the blue back at us and not appear as pastel, is that what your trying to say?
I have not seen heavy blue tanks bring out more colors. I have seen filters on cameras and phones bring out “more” colors but mostly blue led just changes how the colors appear to us, doesn’t really change the actual corals color. Or am I way off? I would say white light is what brings out more color. Every yellow coral I have seen in someone’s blue tank ends up being a mostly green coral. It’s so bad these days that when someone says they have a yellow coral I just assume it’s green. Ime white light is the way to get true blue, yellow and orange hues.
I am curious if any reefers across the pond are running full zeo with led fixture channels at 100%. I would expect so, but in the us it’s probably rare.
Corals are the same as when zeo was popular but maybe some better color variants which is expected as the hobby progresses and farmers learn what interests us. There are still tons of tables coming in but people’s interests are what has changed. What do you mean they were a lighter color to begin with?
Sorry I sound like I am trying to argue but I am just trying to spark conversation is all
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No argument here just observation. Led is not easy to adjust but WWC has really good with led their tank is gorgeous.I would say you can defiantly get pastel colors using led and zeospur. You just gotta be willing to use the white channel and have ultra low nutrients, which most led users are not interested in. Shoot you can get pastel colors with led and NO zeospur. The pastel look will still be there with led but if you use mostly all blue the lighter colors are going to reflect the blue back at us and not appear as pastel, is that what your trying to say?
I have not seen heavy blue tanks bring out more colors. I have seen filters on cameras and phones bring out “more” colors but mostly blue led just changes how the colors appear to us, doesn’t really change the actual corals color. Or am I way off? I would say white light is what brings out more color. Every yellow coral I have seen in someone’s blue tank ends up being a mostly green coral. It’s so bad these days that when someone says they have a yellow coral I just assume it’s green. Ime white light is the way to get true blue, yellow and orange hues.
I am curious if any reefers across the pond are running full zeo with led fixture channels at 100%. I would expect so, but in the us it’s probably rare.
Corals are the same as when zeo was popular but maybe some better color variants which is expected as the hobby progresses and farmers learn what interests us. There are still tons of tables coming in but people’s interests are what has changed. What do you mean they were a lighter color to begin with?
Sorry I sound like I am trying to argue but I am just trying to spark conversation is all
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For those of you who want to start zeovit if u have any questions please don’t hesitate to pm me. I will try my best to answer your questions. I know in the beginning it’s confusing and intimidating because of so many things to dose but its not too bad when you start to understand the roll and effects of each additive
PR_nano
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Picked the Starter Package and a bottle of Sponge Power during the BRS sale. I been reading a lot on Zeo, created a spreadsheets to track dosing but have to deal with dino or diatoms first. If everything goes well in a month or two might start dosing. Tank is a small IM20 gallon.
Anthony, thank you for being so available to us, i know i have messaged you plenty of time and i appreciate the quick answers and advice.
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