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[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by Jason McK

I have found adjusting your Start2 dosage will greatly improve you film algae build up.

Sorry - increasing Start2 or decreasing?

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FWIW, here's my routine. I was doing more but I've cut back on non-essentials because I started having a few weird issues go on in the tank.

(100g of water in this particular system)

Morning:
- Dose 0.25-0.30 ("0.3 ish" minus whatever for the little air bubble in the syringe) Start2, direct into reactor
- Pump reactor 15 times
- Was dosing Coral Snow but stopped a few weeks ago.

Evening:
- Dose another 0.25-0.30 Start2 (direct into reactor)
- Dose 4 drops Zeobak (direct into reactor)
- Dose 4 drops Zeofood (direct into reactor)
- Pump reactor 15 times
- Was dosing 4 drops Sponge Power, 4 drops Coral Vitalizer, 4 drops SPS amino acids, 4 drops LPS amino acids, into display tank. Stopped about a month ago though, cyano started taking over.

I guess it's true what they say about older tanks though because it's weird but I started getting film algae worse after starting Zeo than I did before. Decided that since this is an older tank (6 years), that I shouldn't be so focused on tweaking with it though, instead will just continue on with basic 4 for now, and will resume focus on more Zeovit once again when I have a new setup running.

[digital-audiophile]

Tony,

When you say directly into the reactor, do you mean you take the lid off and put the drops right onto the zeolites? Or are you dosing in the water at the point of the pump on the reactor?

[Delphinus]

Sorry - "directly into the reactor pump intake" would be a "more better" accurate way of saying it. . I can't take credit for this idea, I'll assume it's an Albertism idea. Saw it at Gold Aquariums anyhow, that's where I got the idea. Put a standpipe on the pump intake with a T below the waterline, but the standpipe part comes out of the waterline. So water enters the reactor from the submerged end, but anything you drop into the standpipe has nowhere to go but inside the reactor.

[digital-audiophile]

Cool! I never even thought of that... I just drop my basic three on the waterline above the reactor pump, but this would work a lot better.

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Sorry - "directly into the reactor pump intake" would be a "more better" accurate way of saying it.

Yup, I'm gonna try to get it incorporated into reactors as a standard feature right soon here.

[Jason McK]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Sorry - increasing Start2 or decreasing?

....

FWIW, here's my routine. I was doing more but I've cut back on non-essentials because I started having a few weird issues go on in the tank.

(100g of water in this particular system)

Morning:
- Dose 0.25-0.30 ("0.3 ish" minus whatever for the little air bubble in the syringe) Start2, direct into reactor
- Pump reactor 15 times
- Was dosing Coral Snow but stopped a few weeks ago.

Evening:
- Dose another 0.25-0.30 Start2 (direct into reactor)
- Dose 4 drops Zeobak (direct into reactor)
- Dose 4 drops Zeofood (direct into reactor)
- Pump reactor 15 times
- Was dosing 4 drops Sponge Power, 4 drops Coral Vitalizer, 4 drops SPS amino acids, 4 drops LPS amino acids, into display tank. Stopped about a month ago though, cyano started taking over.

I guess it's true what they say about older tanks though because it's weird but I started getting film algae worse after starting Zeo than I did before. Decided that since this is an older tank (6 years), that I shouldn't be so focused on tweaking with it though, instead will just continue on with basic 4 for now, and will resume focus on more Zeovit once again when I have a new setup running.

Decreasing Start2 will help. I then have slowly raised it back up. I also break my daily dosage into 2 0.6ml in the morning and 0.6ml in the evening

How often are you dosing ZeoBac and ZeoFood?

J

[Tyson]

I have been useing Zeovit for the past year with great results, just took everything down and sold the live stock so i could move at the end of June and then i can start the new 120+ project, most likely with zeo.

[digital-audiophile]

I ended my cyano problems but green film algae is the bane of my existence. I have modified my basic four and additives so many times over the past few months since starting and I just cannot kick it. I use RO/DI w/ 0TDS, reefers best salt and the slew of zeo products and I just cannot get rid of it.

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by Jason McK

Decreasing Start2 will help. I then have slowly raised it back up. I also break my daily dosage into 2 0.6ml in the morning and 0.6ml in the evening

How often are you dosing ZeoBac and ZeoFood?

Once per day, at night, 4 drops each. The guide says I should be using a full ml of start2 for my volume, but I've cut that back to about 0.6-0.7 per day, but broken in 2 - 0.3ish morning, 0.3ish evening. Is it safe to cut it back further? 0.3ml is already a very miniscule amount, going smaller is possible but more like doing drops, I would think..

@Albert - neat.

[Jason McK]

No I think you at the lower limit.

How often are you needing to clean the glass?

J