lduncan Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Is anyone still using Zeovit? Pies, do you have any recent pics of your tank? I've been reading some stuff on RC about it recently, some of the guys there are quite impressed by it. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Nope, I stoped using it when I moved the tank. I havn't cleaned the glass once since I moved, but I did post a pic recently, not much to look at. Its all setup temrarly in the garage. My corals looks heaps worse since I moved, but I am not sure that its related to the Zeovit or not. When I get the new tank sorted, I will start with Zeovit again, no doubt. But not for the first few months, i'll wait for things to settle somewhat. I am planing on running the tank for at least 3 months without fish in it (will be plumbed into the same tank water as the fish tanks though), just to let the cope-opd populations grow bigtime. Are you still using it? Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 No, i had a couple of acro's start receding at the base. So I stopped, and it stopped. I made sure my alk had dropped between 7-8 before starting using it as well, as this was know to cause proplems. So i don't know. Will be interested to see how it goes in your new tank. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Its interesting, I saw movement and colour in corals I had not seen any action in before hand. So based on this I thought it was/is a good product. I saw some corals grow after not moving or changing at all for over 9 months. However... Recently in my 'Frag Grow Out Tank', I have lots of corals an NO fish. The tank is LOADED with copepods, ampipods and little mysssids and dozens of other critters. And I mean loaded, ever square cm has dozens over it. Makes sense, nothing to predatate them. But the corals in this tank looks stunning, STUNNING. Also other corals I wasn't sure about have bounced back and look AWESOME. I belive its because of the large life in this tank, spawning and feeding the corals. By comparison, the main tank looks OK, but the corals are not doing anywhere near as well. Remember same water, same sump. So its either the lights (10k vs.14k) or the food for the corals. Hence my comments about not adding fish to the new big tank, I want to see how it goes without them (from the corals point of view). My point? Maybee zeovit isn't the only way to get stunnign corals, maybee we need a decent supply of food for the corals. Just my thoughts, no sure if I am right about it or not, buts its good to have a theory. Pies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Very interesting, i'm thinking of removing some fish from my tank at the moment. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Yeah you truely would be amazied at how much life is in there. Like I said I havn't been cleaning the glass as its absoulty LOADED. I'll try and take a pic or 2 tonight to show exactly what I mean. The corals in the tank, sps. lps, softies and mushrooms too are always polyped extened. They are also growing, flat out. The thing is I know how they looked in my tank, and they look so much different now, the acros that used to show awesome polyp expension at night, show it during the day, but at night its 10x more pronounced than before. The tank is lit, with a 250 14k halide and 2x blue actinics. It is fed with an ehiem 1262 through an SCWD and has a top loading TUNZE/IKS pump swirling the current arround. Water as per my tank as all being driven through the same sump. No fish, lots of snails, some starfish (brittle stars), lots of rock, 1cm sandbed (course grunge bed) and heaps of coral. Lighten the fish load is somethign I want to experiment with on the new tank. Perhapps adding the clownfish for some life but nothing else for some time (as long as I can hold out!). Pieman Pies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 what about adding a pair of cleaner shrimp, they produce lots of larvae quite regularly. Maybe too big? The snail must also help, i imagine they must spawn quite regularly? Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Yeah shrimp are a good idea, and would happily add them to the tank, so yes will throw them in. I have seen lots of snail eggs on the glass, but not seen any baby snails or 'spawn' yet. Brendon has had Tubos breed in his tank, said he came home and his tank was all 'milky', then a few weeks later, MEGA snails everywhere. Brendon gave me about 15 of them (thanks Brendon!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 nicks will fill you in on how good his tank is looking when he gets back from the uk, pies will let you know about mine in two weeks, but for the record i'm happy with my zeovit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 I think there are still a few hobbyist using it in new zealand.. So far all the tanks i have seen using it dont look any different from when they were not using it. Zeovit has been marketed very well so i quess when all the hype is over it will be just another product that removes Nitrate. People make so many changes too their tanks so it is hard to see if zeovit coloured up acropora or all the changes like making weekly water changes when in the past they only did it once a month. The key to success is zero nitrate , phostphate and a few fish. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 come over C 4 yrself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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