lduncan
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In general terms yes. Now with the zeoguide, and all the posts on the zeovit forum, it's pretty transparent that that is what it's doing. The mechanisms behind how it achieves the bleaching and feeding is up for debate. As you know, I have my own ideas on how it does it.
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Such a simple concept that you could not explain to me. You had no idea of the details of what you were talking about. You were just stating something which someone else had told you, with no understanding of why it's that way. What if that person had been wrong? If it had been so simple, you could have explained it to me from the get go, but you couldn't, and probably still can't. Layton
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I should also add, I didn't want what it was doing to happen in my tank.
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Looking good. What's the rock in the sump for?
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Call me a fast learner Didn't take long for me to figure out what it was doing to achieve the results it does.
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Ok, it's a pH test kit. Don't worry about the reading, and I wouldn't bother buying another pH test kit. Layton
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It was long enough for me to see how it was going about what it did. Plus there are all those observations of others which all point to the general process behind what it does to achieve the results it does. Layton
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Baked baking soda could raise pH like that. Don't bother baking it. Or if you want a more balanced addative, use a mixture of around 6 parts baking soda to 1 part baked baking soda, and that should have a pH close to 8.3 from the get go, and doesn't have to go through the offgasing process (which is what causes the temporary dip in pH when just using baking soda) Layton
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Usually baking soda would temporarily lower pH, before reaching equilibrium at around 8.2-8.3. How are you measuring pH? 8.8 seems unusual.
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yip
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Yes that is correct, baking soda is the only thing there which will affect pH (not always up though). Why do you want to lower pH? What is it sitting at? Layton
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PVC cement. Most are just a solvent which evaporates once it's done it's job, some have dyes added which will remain afterwards. But don't worry too much, they are all reasonably safe. Flush it with water after it's dry, if you're that worried.
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I have done in the past, for a short period of time. I saw changes in corals which made me think twice about what it was doing, that put me off. My position on it is that yes it works. BUT I don't like HOW it works. I wouldn't use it again. As far as methodologies go, it doesn't rate highly in my books. Layton
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Aluminium Sulfate: Increased bacterial activity, from dosing special "foods" (read nitrogen sources and trace metals), leads to increased breakdown of those organic molecules which cause yellowing. Then there's the carbon which you're also meant to use with zeovit, removing yellowing compounds. Layton
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Aluminium sulfate, bacterial activity ...
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To be honest, I'm pretty realistic about the survival chances of this coral. But in the back of my head I wonder if the reason why people have little success with them is actually unrelated to food, and is something entirely different. Layton
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A recent addition here too: Layton
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Currently that's how it works. Who knows after the latest review. They had suggested that all imports (and the allowed list) be specified down to the species level, rather than just genus as it is now - that could be a problem, as there is no import history of these temperate fish. Like Tim said, there are probably better ways of getting this livestock than importing it from Tasmania. Layton
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Yip, I got annoyed with not being able to edit. Quick email to Cees with some forum modification ideas, and he was good enough to look into it further, and we now have edit back! With modification tracking for admins. Layton
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You're worried about a chiller in this weather? :lol:
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And you could put a decimal point in between the 3 and 7 for Christchurch's temperatures at the moment!
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How's the reef looking Steve? Last time you posted, you said you had re-aquascaped? Layton
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That's amazing Steve. I know when most people picture cold water tanks (or at least when i did), they think of the livestock being varying shades of brown, possibly a bit of silver. But that cold-water tank could rival many warm water reefs. Some practical stuff there about the acrylic too. Many people would have never considered that. Layton
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A refractometer is a better option.