Too aggressive with Zeolites - the result

[lobsterboy]

i might have missed this, but have you tried the amino acid for LPS. they sugguest you use this when starting your zeo system as it allows for some xtra foods to be the water coloum.

[naesco]

Still missing something, Myka.
If the beautify coral pictures were taken before you started the zeo thing, why did you decide to try the zeo route. Was it just a matter of trying something new?
It appears there have been some successes but a lot of failures too and I understand the zeo are very expensive. Is that true?

[Myka]

And the plot thickens...

~ End of July buy new Salifert calcium test kit, and notice new kit is reading just about 100 ppm higher than the old kit. Old kit was expired, so I assume the new one is closer to accurate. At this point, calcium is reading 520 ppm on the new kit.

~ Mid-August have calcium lowered to 420 ppm with new kit.

~ Yesterday I get my water tested at the LFS with an Elos kit. This is an older Elos kit with only 50 ppm increments. The color change is slight at 300 ppm, and very clear at 350 ppm, so it is likely around 325 ppm with the Elos kit. My Salifert calcium kit reads 420 ppm using the same water.

~ Today I remember that my old Salifert kit read 100 ppm lower than my new one. So...I'm starting to think my new Salifert kit really is reading 100 ppm higher than my actual calcium reading which means my calcium may be as low as 320 ppm since mid-August.

I am going to email the batch number into Salifert and find out if there are any complaints.

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Naesco, I started using a few of the Zeo additives last March (CV and SP). I saw really amazing results. I recently started collecting many SPS and the colors are good, but not great, so I figured why not try out the complete Zeo system? Zeo is expensive to startup, cheap to maintain. So far, the only "additive" I have had any trouble with is the Zeolites. The rest as really quite impressive. The Zeolites are impressive too...but in a different way right now!!

Lobsterboy, I haven't tried the AALPS. Mostly because I'm feeling a budget cramp with Christmas coming on and having to pay someone to look after my dog and tank for 2 weeks. I will go today, and pick up a bottle. *sigh*

Mr Wilson, I was waiting for a definite response from the Zeoheads to confirm that removing the Zeolites won't further increase stress on the corals, but I'm going to go ahead and remove the Zeolites right now.

[lobsterboy]

thats cool, the bottle will go along way with helping those corals out.

they are just hungry,

and what about removing half of the zeolites now and then half later...? its just a thought if you havent done it already.

[lobsterboy]

i guess i am out of the loop abit, i just checked the date on your post.

anyways, so what happened? hows things doing?

[Jason McK]

Myka,
The Zeoheads will tell you to slowly remove the zeolith over time. When I quite Zeovit after 3 years I just yanked the Zeolites out and never looked back. Can't say I saw any adverse effects to my corals

Good luck, Sorry to here of your troubles

J

[fencer]

So you are not using any part of zeo?