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Is that the best you can do? As has been previously explained to you on numerous occasions, that test was done years ago on a different zeolite than is used today. And even then the iron released was not shown to translate into any kind of significantly higher iron content in the water. Your iron theory is a theory, not a fact.

Well I don't know what's in your Tunze zeolite Reef, but diatoms are silicate limited. And Layton I'd still like to see you answer those 2 questions. Could save a lot of hyperventilating

I see. Just I'd like to stick one up Telecom. Present company (Brian) excluded of course

Well, Ummm... Actually, you did. 1. Where has it ever been demonstrated the water in a zeovit tank contains more iron? 2. Where are these many zeovit tanks you have seen that have colourful corals, cyano and lots of high nutrient algae all over the rocks?

Feed the houseplants, yes probably excellent plant food, but what about the salt?

According to what Layton said a while back, testing for iron is very difficult / expensive. In fact it has never been done on a zeovit tank, meaning Laytons iron theory is still a theory not a fact. One thing that puzzles me, is why do some zeovit users dose iron to their tanks? If Laytons iron theory was true this would not be needed.

I am considering moving to Woosh. What's your opinion? (Currently DSL with Orcon)

While Habib claims that in a home experiment zeovit rock leached iron, it has never been shown that the water in a zeovit tank has more iron in it than any other tank. How do you explain that Layton?

Could be wrong but I thought Chimera asked for evidence. A bunch of your own statements layton, is not evidence.

Hmmm... Maybe they don't have wireless wans i rate 1/10 and wireless lans 3/10. for home use, single pc on 802.11g (54mb/sec) :lol:

Where are these many zeovit tanks with colourful corals, cyano, and algae all over the rocks? I'd like to see them.

. Could this have been inspired by a visit to Chimeras house?

ROTFL! Actually that's a pretty good explanation :lol: :lol: :lol: The coral isn't the only one hyperventilating :lol:

What's wrong with aquabees?

Sounds good Craig, simplicity, safety. Haven't seen it for a while, but maybe a year or so ago when I looked at Nicks tank, he had really nice turbulent flow, just with a stream at each end, and of course the sump return.

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Rocketman if it's a heteractus malu or similar, that will dig into the sand, you can put it where you want and it will likely stay there. Just dig a hole for it and place it in. Only thing a malu will like 6 inch deep of sand, if you don't have that make the hole against a rock or glass so it can tunnel along or under. If you put it out in the open in shallow sand it will slowly work it's way along till it finds a rock or similar to get its foot under, so it feels "anchored".

As a general rule - closed coral = open coral =

Dunno what you guys been doing, but I've been getting reasonably good water at Takapuna all through the last few months. Just have to pick the moment.

I've got all 3 of those skimmers running at the moment. The Remora Pro is the least productive. You'll read a lot of rave reviews about Remora Pro on the net because they were a breakthrough in their day, but cannot compete with needlewheel skimmers.

That's a useful link reef! If I ever get those nudis I'll know what to do now.

Coming along Chimera! Good results thus far! No TN also which is the main thing, shows you're doing it right. Some nice PE also. Have you seen that increase since starting zeovit?

Fay the reading I've done some people have had good success by putting the effected coral in a bucket of water and blasting vigorously with a turkey baster. Repeat several times, and would pay to keep the coral in a tank with no other montipora until you are sure it is free. The other thing is the nudi egg clusters, which are normally not on live tissue, but on exposed skeleton. They are little cream coloured dobs, can be scraped off with a knife.

Yes same batch of water all tested at zero. The colorimeter is calibrated to zero each time it gets used. But I'm not a scientist & have realised I did make a procedural mistake, in that I used different containers. All were rinsed with RO and appeared spotless, but what I should have done was soak them for a few days in water & then test the water, just to be certain. So the test was not 100% scientifically accurate. If I can get another carbon sample I will first ascertain by soaking and testing that the containers could not contribute any contamination.

As usual it's not a great shot but just wanted to show off my new purple stag, just went in the tank yesterday i had to do a total reshuufle to get him in a good spot, but it's an awesome coral.