No there is no need for either. I would suspect both would be detrimental to the ZEOvit bacteria

J

Not sure Jesse, Give Mike a call @ Hidden Reef. I believe your looking at around $350.00
That includes the reactor and the 4 basic additives
J

Well, we don't do retail , so I can't advertise prices ,but what I have seen in the stores ,depending to the store, for that size tank :wink: ,it could be between 320$ to 380$ ,that is including the reactor as well .

Jason you beat me to it.

Hey, here is a link to Zeovit PDF manual from their site
http://www.korallen-zucht.de/fileadm...ng_English.pdf

That link talks about needing to do water changes weekly ... I do my water changes on a monthly basis. I know weekly would be better but monthly is what I can do (I change out about 25%). That going to be a problem do you think?

Is there any reason why you couldn't use a refugium with this method?

there would not be enough nutrients for the Macro Algae to survive

My Nitrates are 0.00

Jason

Tony
Many people in europe ,dose additives ,or use the balling method (for maintaining ALK & CA,...) instaed od CA reactor .that is thereason why more than anything for weekly water change to maintain right balance of elements ,not to export nutrients ,your nutrients will be very low any way ,however based on all the research that I have seen & people I talked to the more you change more frequently the better.
Anthony Calfo @ Macna was saying he does do 90% water changes ,untill the fins of the fish is out of water (those are his words),however I find that a bit too aggresive (JMHO) & maybe damaging to your biotope somehow ,because of too sudden of a change in all the parameters.

Thanks Jason..

My new system is going to be >300g so a weekly 90% water change isn't all that very attractive to me :)