ZEOvitANZ Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Chimera, you had better stop using zeovit now, its about this time that "all "your corals will die. I have finally seen the light - i will at this stage stop trying to kill everyone elses coral tanks. The reason I set out on this quest in the first place ( to kill everyones tanks ) is so I can have the best aquarium in NZ :evil: Brendan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 good point brendan. ever since i started using zeovit, i actually feel quite sick myself... even my legs are starting to RTN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chimera Posted September 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 I've turned the calcium reactor off today in order to try and bring kh down. This will obviously mean lower Ca but this will fix itself in time. As mentioned before, I've also turned off the pump that mixes in the kalk for topup. So, will take a reading later and see where it's at. I'll be needing to do a water change this weekend too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Have you had wasp test your po4 with a colour meter. as it would be good to see what your po4 really is. as i doubt it is zero. how old is the test kit.? To get kh down you could add some calcium. 10 kh is high, even magnesium of 1500mg is high , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 10 kh is high, even magnesium of 1500mg is high , agree with the kh as mine is around 6 -6.5. and i never managed to get a mag of 1500 even with lots of mag chips im can not get it above 1280 to 1300 max. my cal sits around 380 and that for a long time, if i increase it with cloride it just settles back to that. but what the heck i stopped being concerned. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Agree with Reef and cookie. I'd like to know where you PH is during all of this too. Not sure I would have turned of the CA reactor. As for Kalkwasser, when I was using Zeovit it was reccomended that you don't use Kalk anyway. Any visible changes yet? Notice anything different? One of the first things I noticed was that I didn't have to clean my glass as often. Every 2-3 days became every 5-7 days then every 10 or so days. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Have you had wasp test your po4 with a colour meter. as it would be good to see what your po4 really is. as i doubt it is zero. how old is the test kit? test kit is reasonably old. salifert. guesstimate about 18 months. didnt know wasp has a colorometer. i would be interested to see what the actual reading is too. i know it cant be truly 0 hence why i say undetectable. wasp - if you've got a colorometer and 10 minutes, let me know and i'll come over with some water!!! I'd like to know where you PH is during all of this too fluctuates between 8.0 and 8.25 (pinpoint) at anytime of the day. Not sure I would have turned of the CA reactor. read the www.zeovit.com forum As for Kalkwasser, when I was using Zeovit it was reccomended that you don't use Kalk anyway. aye. hence why i've stopped the pump - permanantely. cant be arsed throwing away 100 litres of top up water for the sake of scrubbing out kalk on the bottom of the drum! Any visible changes yet? Notice anything different? yes, colours shifting down the tips - ever so slowly but noticeable. after i added the 10k light to the centre, i noticed slight hair algae growth on the rocks directly under it (none under the 14k's) probably just adjusting to it. that is slowly disappearing (although it did disappear much quicker when i had the same problem then used rowaphos) just waiting for my skimmer to take out those excess nutrients (i want to upgrade to an AP702 but can't afford right now - plus the wife would throttle me if I did!!! if any 2nd hand ap702's or better come up let me know!) time will tell. im in no hurry. and i also think a WC will help considerably, haven't done a water change in about a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Yes I have a hanna, Reef was kind enough to sell me his old one. Just give me a call 479-5446 to bring some water around, not today though, family funeral. Make sure the water is in a spotlessly clean container, it's amazing how the tiniest bit of crud can totally screw up the phosphate content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Thanks mate, I'm working in New Market all day today and tomorrow so perhaps the weekend or next week? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 fluctuates between 8.0 and 8.25 (pinpoint) at anytime of the day. Thats interesting. Mine drops to about 8.02 during the night, as soon as the halides come on it moves up to about 8.28 and holds until the lights go off again. I wouldn't think it would be going up/down during lights on? Or is it because your dosing kalk during the day? Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Mine drops to about 8.02 during the night, as soon as the halides come on it moves up to about 8.28 and holds until the lights go off again. I wouldn't think it would be going up/down during lights on? At ANY time of the day (ie: day and night!) Almost identical to yours, typically 8.0 during night, 8.25 during day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 At ANY time of the day (ie: day and night!) To most of us Day means Day. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&q=define%3Aday&meta= To me, a day is 24 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 hehehehe. Put it in context, we were talking about PH changing between day and night. "I go to work during the day and sleep at night" "vampires can't come out during the day" "not enough light at night need to do it during the day. Context. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Did some tests tonight. Alk came in at about 8.5KH, perhaps slightly lower (I think im going colour blind). Slowly dropping from about 10 when I tested just over a week ago which is good. Will test again Saturday and start the Calcium reactor back up when it's under 8. Calcium is still sitting at 450. Tested pH at midnight (halides go off at 9pm) came in at 8.28 (pinpoint) Refugium lights stay on 24x7. The pink poc has probably taken the largest transformation under zeovit so far. It's gone from a dark pinky brown to a lighter much brighter pink. Still has much more potential but happy so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Ca 420, Mg 1500, Akl 10 now you calcium is 450ppm, how did it go up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 reverse/24 lighting is an excellent way to hold the PH up. If it stays above 8 overnight your on the right track. Pics? Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 now you calcium is 450ppm, how did it go up Sorry, a typo on the first posting. Was supposed to be 450 so no change. Pic's on the weekend bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Hows the pics coming on. looking forward to a update, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 photo updates?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 . hopefully should be able to take pic's weekly and keep a progressive update to see how well the colouration comes out photo updates, its been a month ,how is it going?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 I just want to do a water change today then I'll take some pic's tomorrow. there are some visible changes, most only slight but definately noticeable. most corals are lighter (rather than 'coloured') however the poc is a much nicer pink (rather than brownish/pink), the milli is starting to get some good growth and greener tips (it is only a frag but easy to see) another acro (not sure type) is getting nice blue colouring about 1/5 of the way down from the tips. Will get some photo's up soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 Its raining in Port Waikato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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