Thoughts on zeovit

[kien]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

Just wondering how far people here go with the zeovit system, and for those who don't do it at all, how they maintain ULN systems.

Tried zeoVit a couple of years ago (a handful of bottles). Only lasted a few weeks before I concluded that the added chore just wasn't for me. I realize that many people don't find it much of a chore at all, but for me it was. Biopellets and water changes for me.

[Aquattro]

I use it as best as I can remember to do all the dosing, I'm happy with my tank. Maybe I don't need it, maybe I do. I have better colors than I've ever had, but this is a different system and I do a lot more water changes than previous systems. I'll keep using it, just because..

[Coleus]

Hmmm, I am running everything but don't know if Zeovit really helps or not. I do waterchange weekly, GFO, ROX carbon, Bio pellets, for zeovit, I dose: Coral Snow + B-balance + K-balance potassium + amino acid. I just want to achieve the colors that John, lobsterboy, has but seems like i just can't. Nice blue acro in his tank, light blue in my tank. Nice Pink pocci in his tank, light pink in my tank.

I hate this hobby.

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by Coleus

Nice blue acro in his tank, light blue in my tank. Nice Pink pocci in his tank, light pink in my tank.

I hate this hobby.

Tank envy... I'm pretty sure there's an entry in the psychology handbook for that somewhere.

[badAZZlars]

My tank remains ULNS by doing frequest water changes, gfo, and a bit clump of chaeto in my refugium. I am going to be starting a couple of zeo supplements in the coming weeks (coral vitalizer, xtra special) as I am hoping to increase groth rates and get some better colors out of my sps frags. Overall my tank is progressing really well but i'm hoping that these additions will make it even better.

[lorenz0]

Tried it, missed shaking the rocks a couple of times/not dosing. Did more harm than good

I like the concept but there are better solutions

[KevinK]

I have bin thinking about the Zeo as well,

my phosphate is undetectable with hanna, and are gust locking for some more pop, as some of my blue colors arnt as blue as I knew thy where, and pink and green could use a cick as well

locking at all the zeo out there I did a kind of study about 6 months ago, to determine how much I need and what

I used all the reef central tank of the month tanks that used Zeo (I think it where about 18 tanks)

I wrote down how big there system was, what thy dosed and how much,

this gave me a hole data field of how many drops thy used per gallon, how much of all where higher than the average, and how many where lower.

I have to find it, but if you lock at it I remember that it is interesting to se what everyone sticks to, and what thy leave.

overall I got my numbers based on the 18 average tanks (what thy used and how much) and for my system it came down to lots of $$ a year.

I still don't know if I want to invest in a 1 year try (I think you have to run it at least for a few months before you se the real effect)

it would be interesting, as I think you can only read so much, and everyone dose there own amount, but with the average of so many tanks I think it is the perfect lead.

[spawn]

Originally Posted by badAZZlars

My tank remains ULNS by doing frequest water changes, gfo, and a bit clump of chaeto in my refugium. I am going to be starting a couple of zeo supplements in the coming weeks (coral vitalizer, xtra special) as I am hoping to increase groth rates and get some better colors out of my sps frags. Overall my tank is progressing really well but i'm hoping that these additions will make it even better.

Hey Mike xtra special is actually considered to be used when trying to get your colors a little darker.

[StretchHex]

I've been running my Full zeo tank for 8 months now. Hasn't been perfect but it's still a new tank and I realize it takes time to get ULNS. This is my first time keeping sps in this new setup and I've been pleased with the colors. One thing I'll say is I can take a brown frag and get it to it's true color in less than a week sometimes.

Some misconceptions I see:
It's too expensive!- the basic 4 is cheap compared to all the other additive. Stones can last up to two months and cost of those is cheap. Bak isn't dosed every day and in small amounts, bottle might last someone a year. Start3 is twice a day but it's so little I say you could get a year out of a bottle. I don't even dose food7 right now.

As for the other bottles it's just like any other company selling additives, zeovit just happens to be top notch. You don't have to run them, you can feed more and get good results. The Zeovit system isn't everything they sell it really consists of the basic 4 which isn't that costly. I know changing GFO could get expensive. That said I wouldn't to it on a huge system, if you could drop alot of coin trying out all those bottles.

As for alot of time spent. Two times a day around 1 min of work, I think other things take more time.

I recommend to anyone who wants to start a zeovit system to read the guide off the site.

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by kien

Tried zeoVit a couple of years ago (a handful of bottles). Only lasted a few weeks before I concluded that the added chore just wasn't for me. I realize that many people don't find it much of a chore at all, but for me it was. Biopellets and water changes for me.

I have to say, that if that's enough for you, it's probably going to be enough for me...