ZEOvit/200G Build Journal - 34G Solana

[Pan]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

So all in all, I have been pretty happy with ZEO so far. I think it has done a lot for the corals.

I have to say though, the cyano that has come with it, is making me not even want to look at the tank anymore

Its ridiculous. Starting to grow on rocks too now, not just the sand bed. I had heard of this happening when starting ZEO but I was told as long as you go slow, your fine. Well I went very slow, waiting until levels were right, dosing less than what I was recommended, ect. but still have a crazy amount of cyano.

And some of the brown stringy stuff. Can't remember the names. I had been lucky enough over the years not to have to deal with bacterial issues like this.

Any ideas?

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ZeoZyme?

[Jason McK]

What is your current ZeoStart dosage? and what is your Net water volume?
are you adding amino acid and/or coral vitalizer

J

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Jason McK

What is your current ZeoStart dosage? and what is your Net water volume?
are you adding amino acid and/or coral vitalizer

J

Net water volume is 140G

ZEO start is .5 ml twice a day. But I am doing more like .4 twice a day.

I am not adding AA or Coral vitalizer. Just the three basics.

[Jason McK]

try just doing 0.5 once a day or 0.25 twice a day

J

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Jason McK

try just doing 0.5 once a day or 0.25 twice a day

J

Ok, sounds good.

By the way, I am also cycling the reactor 3 on, 3 off like advised. Don't know if thats relevant in any way.

[zazzoo]

its strange my tank was doing good till I wanted to lower my nitrates..
i tried this stuff called nitrate destroyer ... for about a week didnt notice much ... then the second week i noticed cyano bacteria and some stringy slim brown stuff ... on the sand and some of the rocks..... kinda like what you described too ... but instead of zeo im using nitrate destroyer ......
http://www.tailoredaquatics.com/index.html?a=0&d=63
i wonder how long its gonna be before the brown leaves my tank

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

^^ Yeah I was quite happy with my tank before ZEO and still happy but not happy about the cyano. It REALLY drives me nuts.

I still don't know if its the ZEO making my corals look nicer or if they would have looked this nice anyways. Before ZEO, the tank was starting to look pretty good on its own. So its hard to say what is going on exactly but I am pretty sure the cyano is from the ZEO because I have never had it before this.

[Jason McK]

It's all about promoting the bacteria you want to grow.

ZeoStart, ZeoFood, Coral Vitalizer, Amino Acids and a couple more products act as food for both corals and the bacteria. Cyano is a bacteria so you will be feeding it as well.

J

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Jason McK

It's all about promoting the bacteria you want to grow.

ZeoStart, ZeoFood, Coral Vitalizer, Amino Acids and a couple more products act as food for both corals and the bacteria. Cyano is a bacteria so you will be feeding it as well.

J

Ok, so this is then something that I will always be feeding? Does that not mean it will be pretty hard to rid the tank of it?

Im not so sure that a trade off I can make.

[zazzoo]

yeah i dont know if it really is a trade off... but everyone i know or read that started zeo or something simular is doing very well... strange ....

http://www.tailoredaquatics.com/index.html?a=0&d=63 <------ i wonder if this stuff does the same thing ?