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11-05-2007, 02:05 PM
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I've been contemplating this, too! Kicking my phosban to the curb and going with Zeovit in my Two Little Fishies reactor.
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11-05-2007, 02:11 PM
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Wouldn't the large water changes sort of negate the use of zeovit? Every water change you do not only greatly dilutes the zeovit additive concentration, but also disrupts the system unless you're really careful to make sure the levels of various zeovit additives "match" the water you removed.
Just wondering. 
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11-05-2007, 02:20 PM
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If your going to use a phosban reactor for the zeolith. How do you stir it daily?
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11-05-2007, 02:21 PM
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11-05-2007, 02:24 PM
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haha ok. maybe i should just drink my coffee.
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11-05-2007, 02:26 PM
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hehe its a legit question as the phosban reactors don't have that handle pump action thing to stir the zeovit "manually". I just used to turn it upside down and shake the crap out of it until I saw detritus and stuff float down. Then I'd right it and turn the pump back on
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11-05-2007, 02:37 PM
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You really shouldn't be doing large water changes with Zeo. Your best bet is to run SOME kind of skimmer.
Food for thought: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1209702
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11-05-2007, 02:44 PM
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although I liked running rowaphos/phosban, I did not like the two little fishies phosban reactor. I was allways paranoid a hose would pop off and have water all over the basement floor. HOB filter's are nice and clean since there are no hoses. There's no sump so I have to keep my equipment minimalistic. So instead I'm going to buy a box of rubber gloves and daily throw on a glove to mix up the zeolites by hand in the HOB filter. There'll only be a cup of zeolites so i could just wiggle my fingers in there and that'd get the job done i think
 As for the water changes affecting the trace concentrations, I don't know if that's such a big deal because the salt mix is putting the trace back in. The zeovit guide says that the water changes are in order to replenish trace elements, and not really to export nutrients. If needed, I could just increase my daily dosing of the 4 core supplements. I only need like a drop of each anyways. I'm going in to Gold's today to see if they have the little starter bottles in stock. If the entire thing doesn't work, I'm only out 70 bucks or so. Not bad considering some of the other expenditures out there.
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