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Old 04-13-2008, 10:12 PM
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You NEED Zeo products to have colorful SPS - it's a fact.
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Old 04-13-2008, 10:18 PM
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You NEED Zeo products to have colorful SPS - it's a fact.
While I respectfully disagree with your statement, do you have any photos of your own system? Do you even have and SPS system on Zeo at this time?
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Old 04-13-2008, 11:05 PM
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Zeovit are for people who haven't master the art of maintaining a stable system naturally. There is a chemical and biological balance that needs to be meet and kept as constant as possible to achieve the colorful stony corals. IMO, most hobbiests lack the true understand of a the biological filtration process and how ph, alkalinity, magnesium affect one another. Once you master how to manipulate these factors and keep them as a constant level, you will see your coral grow with a smile. By no means I've mastered it, but by keeping these levels constant, my corals can give zeoheads a run for their money. My secret weapon was getting my Ca reactor effluent as stable as possible and running the biggest skimmer that can fit into my sump.
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Old 04-13-2008, 11:09 PM
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I disagree, as I don't think that is a fair assesment. Even with zeo you still need to have an understanding of NSW and the ability to keep in line Ca/Alk/PH. You cannot just buy a reactor and a bunch of bottles of zeo goodies and expect to have a "show tank"
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Old 04-13-2008, 11:01 PM
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You NEED Zeo products to have colorful SPS - it's a fact.
LOL!! I hear ya
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Old 04-14-2008, 05:12 AM
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You NEED Zeo products to have colorful SPS - it's a fact.
I've Never used zeo

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Old 04-14-2008, 05:23 AM
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You NEED Zeo products to have colorful SPS - it's a fact.
Hmm...I have to respectfully disagree with this statement as well. It is certainly NOT a fact. "It's a fact" may be just an expression people throw around a bit casually.
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Old 04-14-2008, 05:35 AM
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There are two aspects to Zeo that would probably stop me from ever getting fully involved.

The first is that they won't tell me what is in their little bottles. "Add 1 drop of this per 25 gallons per day"...What am I putting in there? OK, it is their secret to keep...but it just doesn't feel right to me. (Note that I am currently adding sponge power and one other one....so it's not like I won't do it...just that it doesn't quite sit right with me)

The second is that it feels a bit like following someone else's instructions. Do exactly this...do exactly that...achieve exactly the same thing as everyone else. My tank is too much an expression of my individuality to just follow an instruction manual.

The system seems to produce the results as promised...but that in itself doesn't provide me reason to use it.
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Old 04-14-2008, 06:40 AM
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i'm starting this wednesday
gonna just start off with K-balance for growth and color and get some coral snow and see how it works out
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edited for bitter and disgruntled content.....

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