Dez' Tank Journal

[Madreefer]

Your tank looks awesome! May I ask what Zeo products your using and the dosage?

[ALang]

WOW! Dez, that's such a huge differance in one year. Wouldn't have believe it without the pics! Here's me trying and killing those SPS for years. I have been trying my hands on LPS, and recently bought a few sticks of frags to try...again. So I will step up on my water changes. Again, wow. Lenny.

[mark]

A year, amazing!

[Dez]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Your tank looks awesome! May I ask what Zeo products your using and the dosage?

Thanks for the comments. I only use the following:

7 drops coral vitalizer daily
7 drops sponge power daily
last few months 4 drops amino acids corals daily

0.3 mL Start 2 twice a week
10 drops bak twice a week
3 drops zeo food twice a week

I have played around with iron (zeo) 6 drops once a week - this really gets the greens brighter

I would like to try pocci glo - just waiting for Marine Aquaria to get some in.

I have also played around with Pohl's Xtra - haven't noticed anything different.

It's expensive but I'm still on the original bottles of everything but Bak (2nd bottle). That's pretty good considering I have about 340 gallon water volume. So if something expensive lasts a year, I'm happy with that.

[Dez]

Originally Posted by ALang

WOW! Dez, that's such a huge differance in one year. Wouldn't have believe it without the pics! Here's me trying and killing those SPS for years. I have been trying my hands on LPS, and recently bought a few sticks of frags to try...again. So I will step up on my water changes. Again, wow. Lenny.

From past experience it is difficult to convert a softy tank to accept sps with lots of growth for the sps. I don't know how others have done it. I think the key is low nutrients and keeping the balance Alk/Calcium/Mg.

On my previous tanks I have never been as diligent with water changes, so I think this has something to do with it.

[Dez]

Originally Posted by mark

A year, amazing!

Thanks Mark, how are the frags that you got from me doing - doubled in size by now?

[whatcaneyedo]

Originally Posted by Dez

Oops, totally missed this post. The skimmer extension is awesome. The skimmate seems worse. My wife has recently started to complain about the stench from the fish room and the tank has been up for a year already, and it's only recently she's complaining about the smell. I agree with her. I need to get some sort of carbon soon for my external skimmate collector cause it really does smell.

So which would you recommend? The 12", 16" or both?

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by Dez

I have also played around with Pohl's Xtra - haven't noticed anything different.

I use the same as you. But when I use Pohls's Xtra or B-Balance I get a small patch of cyano. I'm not sure which one of the 2 is causing it. Do you get the same? Went off of Zeo for the last month and will be starting up again on monday. Just seeing if I will notice a difference in color or growth.

[Dez]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

So which would you recommend? The 12", 16" or both?

I've only tried the 16" extension and I'm happy with it. Maybe one day I'll daisy chain them both.

[Dez]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

I use the same as you. But when I use Pohls's Xtra or B-Balance I get a small patch of cyano. I'm not sure which one of the 2 is causing it. Do you get the same? Went off of Zeo for the last month and will be starting up again on monday. Just seeing if I will notice a difference in color or growth.

I have never had cyano in this tank ever. I did try B balance once, but didn't notice anything different so never bought it again.