What's your take on zeovit?

Stinktooth · #1 10-13-2013, 06:10 AM

On a 70g system you should dose 1 vial of bio digest and 2 vials of bioptim. 1 vial of bio digest is good till 250g. All in all it costs you less than a pack of darts a month to run it.

mrhasan · #2 10-13-2013, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Stinktooth

On a 70g system you should dose 1 vial of bio digest and 2 vials of bioptim. 1 vial of bio digest is good till 250g. All in all it costs you less than a pack of darts a month to run it.

Nop. The batch I bought had 1 vials of biodigest (and 1 vial of biotim) for every 50 gallon. Like I was saying, prodibio is confused about their own dosing recommendation

Yah it costs less than a pack of darts but zeo costs about $1 less than that (according to the calculation I posted above). With prodibio, it would be like...hmm....how much should I dose with the new batch....(and have to look at the back).

Stinktooth · #3 10-13-2013, 06:44 AM

I bet you got the nano reef kit. I also double checked the boxes. Bio digest 1 vial for 30 to 250g and bioptim 2 vial for 50 to 100g.

mrhasan · #4 10-13-2013, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Stinktooth

I bet you got the nano reef kit. I also double checked the boxes. Bio digest 1 vial for 30 to 250g and bioptim 2 vial for 50 to 100g.

Nop

The one you are talking about is their 1st batch kit and the recent one....in between, they changed to 1 vial per 50 gallon. You can check with Aqua Digital on that. There's a post in his forum about this changes.

Stinktooth · #5 10-13-2013, 06:57 AM

I only care about what it says on the box when I use it. Dose twice a month and I'm done. Zeovit imo takes up a lot of time and money.

mrhasan · #6 10-13-2013, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Stinktooth

I only care about what it says on the box when I use it. Dose twice a month and I'm done. Zeovit imo takes up a lot of time and money.

Yes the instruction at the back of the box keeps on changing. If I had the box, I would have taken a snap and posted it here to prove. And if you look at my calculation I did few posts back, you will see that zeo is cheaper on the long run. Upfront cost looks high but those things last for a year and gets distributed over time. With prodibio, you are basically establishing the ULNS and will have to rely on supplements (like the zeovit foods) to maintain the corals, so in the end, the cost gets higher with prodibio no matter what. Would love to see if someone can disprove it

And I thought hobbyist believe "you get what you paid for". Wonder why someone wouldn't go to zeovit, which is a proven system (the dosing schedule is steep thats for sure but when it comes to cost, why not?)

The Codfather · #7 10-13-2013, 03:37 PM

I started zeo almost a month ago. The results I am getting are noticeable, I could see results after about 10 days. Now my tank has been running for about 18 months, so I'm just dropping the levels. I'm only adding zeo back and start, with 3L of zeovit and carbon.
I also joined the zeovit forum, very very helpful. They get back to you fairly quickly, and after several pm's I was on my way down the rabbit hole.
My algae problem is almost completely gone. I tried prodibio before for several months without these results. Just my opinion and thoughts are that you have to find a system that works for you. For me, that's zeo.
Bob