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Old 04-23-2013, 06:35 PM
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Has anyone tried the "Zeovit" system? The products seem very expensive and was wondering if they are worth looking into. Are there any similar products?
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Old 04-23-2013, 06:46 PM
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Yes people use it. Yes it's worth looking into, www.zeovit.com
ProdiBio is a similar type of product.
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Old 04-23-2013, 06:53 PM
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I use some of the additives, but not the reactor...
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Old 04-23-2013, 06:54 PM
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I have used them all...

In regards to Zeovit, I used the complete system, was spending way too much money every month, and I had little to no results. I know of others with the same results, very little... I have however seen very beautiful tanks using it, and have determined along with others that larger tanks just don't seem to have the same results as smaller. FYI, my tank is over 180G with 100G sump.

I have used Prodibio, and have seen good results from it. And it way cheaper and easier, as it is biweekly dosing not daily. I myself got lazy though and over time ran out and just ever rebought. But I would suggest this over Zeo.

Currently I am running things very basic, KISS method (keep it simple Stup...), I recently added biopellets back in, as algae was developing, not major, but biopellets always help for that in the past.

So, you have a lot of choices, the above is just my experiences, good luck with whatever you choose to try.
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Old 04-23-2013, 06:58 PM
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Good to know! My tank is also pretty big and I think it will be too costly . Where do you get the prodibio? Is that the actual name or is it short formed?
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I am using it on my tank now have around 540 gallons. I was using it on and off on my last system 300 gallons or so, I estimate between using the more expensive salt and supplements 1000 a year. When I dosed religiously on the old tank it was amazing. But I got lazy. Search Dez or lobster boy amazing tanks using it. When I used it before I was dosing by the bottle amounts, now I am doing zeo start everyday morning and evening. Zeo back every few days as well as sponge power. I am going to slowly introduce one product at a time and see the results I get as I assume from before some prouducts didn't show amazing results.
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I always thought Prodibio was the more expensive option for larger tanks. I know for my tank I worked it out to around 2 full kits a month which is around $120 or so. I think I spend about half that on zeo for a similar line up of additives plus the reactor media.

In terms of which is better, peoples opinions will differ but in general comparing reviews will suggest zeovit is more demanding, contains higher risk but offers the best results. Prodibio is less demand, less risk but lower results. Which is right for you depends on the goal, if it doesn't relate to SPS coloration I wouldn't use either and stick with bio-pellets & gfo if anything at all.

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Has anyone tried the "Zeovit" system? The products seem very expensive and was wondering if they are worth looking into. Are there any similar products?
Zeovit works great. I am constantly blown away by how nice well maintained zeovit tanks are. There are a lot of examples of them on Canreef and on the web. Heck, just visit the official zeovit forum and you'll see tonnes of nice zeoVit tanks.

Is the price of zeoVit worth it? That's a very subjective question. Kinda like asking someone if a Ferrari is worth it? It'll get you from A to B, but then so will a Pinto.
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Thanks everyone for their inputs! I greatly appreciate getting the many feed backs. Im still undecided right now
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