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welcome to the marine world, If the tank has been going for 10 days i would not even bother about adding anything as it is still going through its cycle which could take 6-8 weeks. The ph does not matter until you have some livestock in it, Can you give us details of your tank?? like size, what filtaration etc

Day two test results as at 7/1/2005 for the reef tank. Nitrate 2ppm PO4 .17ppm. Tank to be tested again in a week to see how the mud systems effects the nitrate and po4. It will take about 2-3 months for the algae to grow so that it can remove PO4 3 types placed in the sump. photo below of the algae. does anyone have a idea what type the second one is.????? This stuff grows fast already. i can see it rooting to the sand bed.

Steve (jetski tank)before zeovit june o4. two months with zeovit dec 04 with zeovit

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Photos of my tank over the past 3 years. I still have most of my fish and coral, however the tank has slowly changed to a hard coral tank. mainly due to the availablity of hard coral during the last 2 years. Tank has improved every year , so will be interesting what MM will do for it. feb 2002 two months in operation may 2003 jan 2004 jan 2005

can we see NZ tanks with zeovit before and after.

My skimmer will still be connected but not running. why would there be a big bio spike??. i will still have a sand bed and my rock in my tank. if the algae dies i will remove it and start again.

MM is not cheap because the freight is really expensive. i think it retails for about $170 for a 10lb bag, not cheap for a large tank.

It is good that everyone is aiming for zero phostphates, however some logic you have to laugh at, Collection saltwater from a polluted beach like takapuna which has high organics, phostphates, bactaria. then using it on a tank thus adding all the rubbish, then using ro for top up so you dont add any phostphates and then removing the waste with zeovit. Why use RO if you adding pollutants anyway??

As far as i know MM is made up and vitimins etc added.

Why use filter wool. i never have as it takes out all of the small particles and small life forms,

The ecosystem sump is specially designed to optimize the filtering and water enrichment functions of the MM mud. There are four chambers and within the 2nd chamber that houses the mm bed, specific inner deimensions allow for the necessary vortex cycling that allows water to be repeatedly flowing over the MM bed so that toxins will be effeiciently filtered out. furthermore the release of essential trace elements and minerals are released into water, thereby enriching the water column and improving the water quality that returns to your tank.

sump lights to be 24/7 4 bags of mud used. Once algae grows will reduce skimming to 12 hours a day. andd if i got totally skimless i will convert top sump into another mud system.

Now i doubt you would lose so many coral due to low alk & cal. maybe over time but not within a month. low kh &cal will not crash you tank. i have had my cal down to 300 ppm for a month. not a problem, but the coral did not grow. I put in down to zeovit as i had the same problem 2 yrs ago and so did a friend of mine. you have to really follow the instructions to the letter. Also putting acid in you tank cant be that good either. Hair algae does not mean you high phostphate. i aways had hair algae in my sump but never in my tank.. but today after 12 hours i finally changed sumps and removed the hair algae for good, i hope. Having zero phostphates is not the be end all. with MM it also take out other organics that the skimmer cant take out. Then way waste your money on Zeovit, what did it do for your tank? if anything. here are some updated pics of the new sump and the 3 types of algae. be good to see which algae grows the best. before after

skimmer does not remove phostphate/nitrate. As mentioned i am going to remove the skimmer once all the calurpa is growing. Yes calurpa does grow without MM, but if you read the article about MM, test have shown that it is not as good. research done by Mike Paletta

Fay, nice anemoe, Anemoes only split with very good water quality It that a rose anemoe??

Most phosphate removers are very dense. rowaphos can be fluidised but the salifert cant as it breaks up. The MM is very natural as the algae will use up all the nitrate & phosphate I am paining to get the algae growing well then I am going to remove my skimmer and run skimless if possible.

I have finally had the time to start the miracle mud system running with a protein skimmer. I am sick of trying to get my PO4/ Nitrates to zero. My tank still reads .020ppm Po4 and 2ppm Nitrate. Using 2L of salifert phosphate remover which has helped, however using it in a canister filter is not that great as you have force the water through it and using the canister filter the water just goes around it. Read so much about it and the tanks that use it look great. Also less maintenance in the long run. here are some pics of the sump being completed with the chambers and slots. Tomorrow i will connect to tank and add mud and algae. more pics to come. info on mud system http://www.ecosystemaquarium.com/html/whyDoesItWork.html

yes, that is on the cards. hopefully this year once we organise the construction of the new house. I was thinking solar heating, natural sun light. maybe 3000-4000L. Just got the new 7095 controller. It looks nice, but for the price and features the 7094 is all you need. I think the wave box is due out in about a month, waiting for your tank AW.

Thanks dan. Wish i could keep my hands out and let things grow. More pics have been added. all taken today 3/1/2005

IF you do that then you won't get a pure/clean source of roifers.

http://www.biosynthesis.co.uk/rotifers1.htm

I dont think this is roiters, but Infusoria (microscopic aquatic protozoans)

Sorry about the fish. (Amylooddinium ocellatum) is a real pain as fish die real quick. As they say prevention is better than cure as i would suggest that curing fish is not that succesfull. I try to treat fishthat are sick but not many have made it, maybe 2 in 50 have been cured. I find most of the time it is very hard to tell what they have. I wish it was as easy as treating for white spot.

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?t=4698 Re Reef tank. since we can't post any posts on the saltwater tanks forum, please post replys on this thread.