25gal Starfire - Page 12

lorenz0 · #**111** 02-10-2011, 10:23 PM

Oh and I keep forgetting to write my T5>MH review in here

Well I am a T5 junkie that was interested in MH in the past. In october I picked up a 150watt de and changed out the stock 10k bulb for a pheonix 14k bulb. Big reason I believe T5's blow MH out of the water:

Color - After moving the same corals from my 60 over to the cube I notice that the light is not creating enough "pop" which means that I would need to look into some supplimentals down the road (looking into retro fitting some UVL 18" actinics)

MH fixtures need supplimental. End of story, without a little help from our good old T5 friends they would just be a "meh" bulb. Now LED's... these are sparking interest in my eye

fishytime · #**112** 02-12-2011, 04:28 AM

ya LED is interesting.......Im still on the fence about it though...need more proof in the pudding

......cant remember if you have or not...is that fancy coral in the cube yet?

lorenz0 · #**113** 02-18-2011, 06:44 AM

Nope the fancy coral has not made it into the cube yet. A few people who bought frags off of me had some issues and I offered to get them new frags once the colony has healed up. Probably won't be for a while till I get my own into the cube, but I have some new plans.

Well my LPS craze is starting to die off. I plan to sell off some of my ultra acans so I can focus on my true passion, sps. Picked up an ATO off another member and all I need to do now is pick up a pump and tank, this should fix my issue with the salinity change which has effected the sps in the tank now to the point where one is browning out and another has what seems to be burn marks on it (this is the convexa). So back to the diagnostic board.

I also added in a bag of chemi-pure elite to the mix. More issues. After one week of running this stuff I now have brown film algae growing all over my sand and on the glass to the point that its driving me nuts. two thumbs down for you chemi-pure.

But here is the big news. After years of debating I have decided to take the dive. As some of you know I debated about running biopellets for the past few weeks but have now come to a horriable conclusion of what to do in my tank, zeovit. I have always wanted to try it and after seeing lobsterboys results in person and lerking the zeovit forums I think its time. Once the tank is a bit more stable with the addition of the ATO I will be adding a reactor and jumping on the "I have to leave the bar early to shake my zeolite stones" club.

oh and to make this thread interesting, a sweet old pic my dad took in aussie land

silentcivilian · #**114** 02-18-2011, 12:46 PM

Loook at that shot.. your dad could have won you photo of the month

lorenz0 · #**115** 02-18-2011, 09:17 PM

Brought the new toy home today, also there is more zeo stuff in my fridge than food HA

So here is my plan. This weekend I have to leave town to go to edmonton (wish I could meet up with a couple of people but my time is tight) so getting fully started will have to wait.

So when I come home sunday the skimmer is getting a vinegar bath due to slime build up, I am going to hunt down a timer for the reactor. I also need to find a scale to measure the amount ot stones that will be in the reactor. But here is my schedule:

first month:

0.4L zeolite rocks (run on timer 3 hours on, 3 hours off)
1 drop zeoBac for the first 10 days than 1 drop every 2nd day
1 drop zeoStart3 x2 a day (morning and night)
1 drop zeoFood for the first 10 day than 1 drop every 2nd day, same time as zeoBac
1mL Coral snow per day
1mL Pohl xtra every second day
1 drop ammino acid per day
1 drop coral vitalizer per day

Later on I am going to add in PS and SP. Also debating about B-balance or Zeozym down the road.

andestang · #**116** 02-19-2011, 04:43 PM

Looking good so far. As for your zeo regiment I would hold off on the zeofood for the first 10 days or so. This will lessen the likely hood of a algae bloom. I rarely use it anymore and mostly just use the xtra. I would even go as far as suggesting just using the the bac, zeostart and spongepower (don't see it on your list) for the first 10 days or so. But that's just from my experience. Good luck !

spawn · #**117** 02-19-2011, 05:10 PM

Hey Laurier, nice addition. How's that skimmer working out for you now, after a little break-in time? I've run chemi-pure since about the 2nd month on mine without any brown slime issues. I did switch to brightwell carbon once, but notice a change in the water clarity, now I run the chemi pure & occasionally both.Keeps it nice and clear so far. Also I added 1 of those actinic led strips that they have at ocean city, they make it look awesome after the main lighting goes out, it's like a fish rave.

Flash · #**118** 02-19-2011, 07:36 PM

Sub sauce, parm cheese and Captains.... we could be friends! lmao!!

MMAX · #**119** 02-20-2011, 11:58 AM

first month:

0.4L zeolite rocks (run on timer 3 hours on, 3 hours off)
1 drop zeoBac for the first 10 days than 1 drop every 2nd day
1 drop zeoStart3 x2 a day (morning and night)
1 drop zeoFood for the first 10 day than 1 drop every 2nd day, same time as zeoBac
1mL Coral snow per day
1mL Pohl xtra every second day
1 drop ammino acid per day
1 drop coral vitalizer per day

Later on I am going to add in PS and SP. Also debating about B-balance or Zeozym down the road.[/quote]

Is this what's recommended to start for additives? I'm already running the rocks and have noticed a difference, looking into a dosing schedule.

lorenz0 · #**120** 02-20-2011, 03:51 PM

Well off today to look like a drug dealer, need to go buy a scale to measure my stones. Since the bag I purchased was in Kg I had to figure out how much to run since all my calculations were in L.

So zeolites have a density of 0.85g/cm3 and the conversion for cm3=mL is 1cm3=1mL

So I am going to run 500g of zeolite in this system

umm school is paying off

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Originally Posted by andestang

Looking good so far. As for your zeo regiment I would hold off on the zeofood for the first 10 days or so. This will lessen the likely hood of a algae bloom. I rarely use it anymore and mostly just use the xtra. I would even go as far as suggesting just using the the bac, zeostart and spongepower (don't see it on your list) for the first 10 days or so. But that's just from my experience. Good luck !

Thats exactly why I haven't picked it up yet. I probably won't add zeoFood for at least 2 weeks and I do want to add spongepower, just need to wait till next paycheck. Went over my bi-monthly budget lol. When I swing by your place with your frag I will have to chat with you about your regiments

Quote:

Originally Posted by bean

Sub sauce, parm cheese and Captains.... we could be friends! lmao!!

HA HA its the three essentials of life

Quote:

Originally Posted by MMAX

Is this what's recommended to start for additives? I'm already running the rocks and have noticed a difference, looking into a dosing schedule.

If your just running the basics (Zeolites, zeobac and zeostart) your ok. The list I have is the reccomended schedule from zeovit for a nano 40 and under. There are still lots of guys out there who have great success with the system who aren't running zeozym,b-balance... but CV,SP,PS,PX,CS and AA are all ones that are highly reccomended to run. K-balance is another one.