184g basement 8ft reef

[Bugger]

Who sold you the GHL dosers?

[Roskoreef]

Originally Posted by Bugger

Who sold you the GHL dosers?

Got them new at a LFS, wai's in calgary

[Ginu]

Originally Posted by Roskoreef

So far, this stuff is my go to..

Careful with that salt and zeovit... That salt is not something to use in a ULNS environment, its really high on most parameters, most importantly the alk which should be around 7 with zeo; also mg and calcium is a little high for zeo.

Best salt to.use with zeo are Red Sea Blue Bucket and the KZ salt

[Ginu]

This is from the Zeowebsite:

"Finally, in order to effectively use zeovit you need to run your system as close to natural seawater levels as possible. This mean an alkalinity of 6.5-7.5 dKh, Calcium 410-430 mg, Magnesium 1250-1300 mg, Salinity 33-35 ppt and Potassium (K+) 380-400 mg. Therefore the salt you choose is very important, you want something with a low alkalinity, high potassium and good Calcium levels."

H2Ocean parameters:

[Roskoreef]

Originally Posted by Ginu

This is from the Zeowebsite:

"Finally, in order to effectively use zeovit you need to run your system as close to natural seawater levels as possible. This mean an alkalinity of 6.5-7.5 dKh, Calcium 410-430 mg, Magnesium 1250-1300 mg, Salinity 33-35 ppt and Potassium (K+) 380-400 mg. Therefore the salt you choose is very important, you want something with a low alkalinity, high potassium and good Calcium levels."

H2Ocean parameters:

Good to know, I was doing daily water changes with this salt and i was wondering why my tank was only consuming 6 ml or so of calc and alk. I had switched the daily waterchange to my smaller tank and my large tank was dropping alk quick, like .5 DKH per day and i didnt notice till i was at 5.9 DKH. Ive been sowly bringing it up with more dosing, now at 30ml/day and raising .25 DKH or so each day.

Water change today, from 6.16 to 6.6 with 10G change. As long as i adjust my dosing and make sure i change similar amounts of water and check alk before water change i should be able to keep it steady for the rest of this salt. Although it may be more cost effective to dose more salt than chemicals or maybe steadier water parameters using the salt as a measured dose?...

[Roskoreef]

[reefwars]

Good luck on that one buddy best advice I can offer is set up an automatic feed that feeds it all day long dedicated foods

[reefwars]

Beautiful though my favorite gorgonian

[Roskoreef]

Im hoping zooplankton at night with all the other coral foods and phyto, should keep it happy, we'll see..

[Roskoreef]

pics...







tank is doing much better, low alk and mag was stunting growth. this stag has took off, not getting much taller but lots of branches.

last check:
Alk - 7 dkh
mag - 1310
calc - 480 ( hanna, pfft..)

havent checked phosphate or ammonia in a month, havent ever had a high reading since first cycle, not sure if i will anytime soon...