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Originally Posted by christyf5
Use a chopstick, lots of detritus really needs to be powered out of crevices and I don't think gentle currents will really stir it up.
As for the water changes, its not just the trace elements that need to be replenished. With zeovit, I do believe they actually want you to reduce your water change frequency/volume. Because you're adding all of the bacterial population, food for them and then whatever else (sorry I can't remember exactly what else you're supplementing with), you'd be disrupting those populations and their food source every time you did a water change.
I just can't see zeovit really benefitting you in this case and it would probably be a waste of money as you wouldn't see the results you were looking for.
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thanks for the chopsticks idea. I'm going to forge ahead and see if it works. I think there's about a 50% chance. As for it being a waste of money I'd be getting just the little bottles so it's not much of an initial purchase.
We'll see.
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Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef
Christy, why don't you think it would benefit him? Because it's such a smaller tank volume than those who generally use Zeovit? I'm on the steep Zeovit learning curve as well, so....just curious! What about a 55G? Does anyone think there's a realistic minimum tank volume to make Zeovit worthwhile?
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it's not the size of the tank that makes it questionable, it's the fact most nano's usually lack a protein skimmer and have larger water changes. Your 55 gallon would probably work if you have efficient skimming and follow the prescribed maintenance.
I'm planning on trying something that isn't proven so I know results won't be guaranteed because it won't be a "standard" zeovit system.