ZEOvit/200G Build Journal - 34G Solana

[BlueAbyss]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

...To make matters worse, the Hydra's very breath was lethal. Even smelling its footprints was enough to kill an ordinary mortal. Fortunately, Heracles was no ordinary mortal. He sought out the monster in its lair and brought it out into the open with flaming arrows. But now the fight went in the Hydra's favor.It twined its many heads around the hero and tried to trip him up. It called on an ally, a huge crab that also lived in the swamp. The crab bit Heracles in the heel and further impeded his attack. Heracles was on the verge of failure when he remembered his nephew, Iolaus, the son of his twin brother Iphicles......

Did anyone try catching that crab with a trap? Someone should market it.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by BlueAbyss

Did anyone try catching that crab with a trap? Someone should market it.

LOL...I bet that crab is just a myth We will have to wait and see if its one of the myths that are to be dispelled.

On another note, I got my Lumenbright reflectors today and they are pretty sweet! Much larger than I though, which is a good thing. They are also very deep (also good) so I see why you can keep them relatively high off the water and still get great PAR. Apparently they do not spill much light into the room.

Its nice to finally have some quality reflectors!

I will take some pics of them after I unwrap them tonight. I will be building a small hanging "rack" for them out of aluminum. I had planned to just hang them individually but I think for leveling purposes, having them on the same rack would be good. Just going to be a very simple rectangle to bolt them to. Not welded or anything...just screwed. Most likely it will be all painted black.

[digital-audiophile]

Have you tried that new zeozyme? I've been thinking about giving it a shot to help with my Green film algae.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by digital-audiophile

Have you tried that new zeozyme? I've been thinking about giving it a shot to help with my Green film algae.

No I haven't. I did look at it but thought it was kind of expensive.

I really want to make sure I draw the line somewhere and don't just buy a new additive every time I have an algae outbreak or cyano. Having said that, I may have bought it if the coral snow had not helped with my cyano.

The cyano did come back though after a few days of no coral snow dosing.

I actually missed dosing the full ZEO line for almost 3 days

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Heres one of the reflectors. Pictures don't pick up how reflective they are but you get the idea.

[spoot]

Ooo, shiney, so I guess you scrapped the idea of DIY reflectors eh?

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by spoot

Ooo, shiney, so I guess you scrapped the idea of DIY reflectors eh?

Ya...I guess. I really wanted to do that but in the end I guess this was just easier.

I bought two XM 20K bulbs today and even with my old reflectors and crappy light set up, they are great. Really like the color and you certainly don't need any actinics. They seem WAY brighter than I thought 20K would be.

I would have loved to have been able to get PAR readings before and after changing the bulbs. Would have been interesting to see the difference between year old 14K and brand new 20K. The new ones of course look 10 times brighter even though they are so much bluer.


Hahaha...I also just realized I forgot to dose ZEO again today. I am on quite the roll here. I did it all yesterday but have missed 3 of the past 4 days I really hate messing with the tank on a daily basis. I prefer just to watch it. Thats the funny thing...I must have spent like 2-3 hours today just sitting and watching the fish but it never occurred to me to dose the ZEO.