Zeo vit zeo-bak micro organism. input please

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Chris82

Can you explain why I wouldent need to run these products?
new to this and dont understand thanks

Like Werbo said, those three are "basic zeovit" and as far as I know from zeovit's forum, you need zeolite for those to work properly.

What you want is the products that are non-zeo tank friendly. For example, zeofood is an extremely high nutrient product and hence the mods from zeovit asked me not to dose till my system gets in like with zeo's nutrient level, although that's a basic food. So putting that in a non-ULNS might cause browning corals and algae. On the other hand, coral vitalizer has no nutrient in it and can be used in non-zeo tanks. Similarly, you can use amino acids. Just remember one thing with zeo, go 1/2 the recommended dose. These things are too damn concentrated. 2ml of coral snow can turn my 70 gallon tank milky white.

Originally Posted by Werbo

There are 2 parts to the zeovit system

Part 1 = Nutirient control. This is what zeobak, zeofood and the zeolites (in the zeo-reactor) does. Use of activated carbon also. Idea is to get you reef tank to near 0 nitrate and phosphate (or Ultra Low Nutrient System).

Once you have reached ULNS look at Part 2

Part 2 = Color tweaking your corals using coral vitalizer, pohls, aminos, ect.

There are also other zeo products that don't fall into either category. And some people use zeo products (such a coral snow for cyano/clear water) on their own.

Google Zeovit guide for the official pdf. Its a good read to give you a basic understanding.
Zeovit has there own forum also.