Reef Discussion

[slin1977]

NSW for me

Why didn't you like sponge power and coral vitalizer??

Think I was too generous in dosing them at the time causing too much biofilm on glass.
I will pair up Amino Acid with Sponge power next time round.

I've gone without feeding any corals for 8 months with no ill effect .

 

[slin1977]

Yeah i'll get 2 bags of stones and 2 bags of carbon.

Might do the same too. Maybe 3 stones.
See how much funds I have to play with when you ready to order.

 

[gtrxu1]

Guys what are your thoughts on the 3hr on 3hr off way of introducing the stones into an established tank?
Seems painful.

 

[slin1977]

Guys what are your thoughts on the 3hr on 3hr off way of introducing the stones into an established tank?
Seems painful.

As long as the stones are covered with water you can.

 

[OSCAR85]

Guys what are your thoughts on the 3hr on 3hr off way of introducing the stones into an established tank?
Seems painful.

its just a precaution for not shocking the system. Alternitavley you can have continuous flow at a slower rate. This is what Wrangy Cosby and myself did. If there are any ill effects then you could do 3 hr on then off.

 

[Wrangy]

Guys what are your thoughts on the 3hr on 3hr off way of introducing the stones into an established tank?
Seems painful.

As Oscar has mentioned, we went with lower flows :) I ran at 150lph for the first set of stones and then after the change I went to 250lph like recommended rather than the 3 on 3 off pain lol I had no ill effects from it either :)

I'll start a group buy thread once I hear back from KZ :)

 

[gtrxu1]

Cool thanks, i'll see if my water level keeps the stones covered or not.

 

[slin1977]

Cool thanks, i'll see if my water level keeps the stones covered or not.

I Think bacteria colonies the stones, that's why they should be kept wet

 

[Grimz]

No problems! Better safe than sorry so I appreciate the extra caution! lol

Awesome, I'll send them an email and see if we can get a discount too!
@OSCAR85 @Cosby @Grimz (in case you're interested)

Im super keen for this :D I'll need a run down on what I'll need, I'm going to be doing the 14-day cycle using Zeo :)

Thanks for letting me know, appreciate it btw!

 

[Wrangy]

Im super keen for this :D I'll need a run down on what I'll need, I'm going to be doing the 14-day cycle using Zeo :)

Thanks for letting me know, appreciate it btw!

No problems! I'll give a run down of it all in the morning for you :)

 

[Grimz]

No problems! I'll give a run down of it all in the morning for you :)

Your a champion Wrangy, appreciate it mate :)

 

[Wrangy]

Okay @Grimz you'll need these to start your journey off with zeo and keep it running but here's the process for the 14 day cycle written by KZ:
http://www.korallen-zucht.de/pages-en/service/initial-cycle-just-14-days.html

You'll need the following to run the basic zeo system, the rest comes later once zeo has settled and you start to tweak colours:
ZEOlite (the stones)
Carbon (I use zeo and you may as well too if we're buying there)
ZEObak
ZEOstart

You don't have to worry about food as that's a nutrient import and is only required much later on down the track! It's pretty much up to you have much of each you buy though, check out the ZEOvit guide and work out what you'll need and then buy accordingly! The stuff lasts a fair while!

 

[Grimz]

Okay @Grimz you'll need these to start your journey off with zeo and keep it running but here's the process for the 14 day cycle written by KZ:
http://www.korallen-zucht.de/pages-en/service/initial-cycle-just-14-days.html

You'll need the following to run the basic zeo system, the rest comes later once zeo has settled and you start to tweak colours:
ZEOlite (the stones)
Carbon (I use zeo and you may as well too if we're buying there)
ZEObak
ZEOstart

You don't have to worry about food as that's a nutrient import and is only required much later on down the track! It's pretty much up to you have much of each you buy though, check out the ZEOvit guide and work out what you'll need and then buy accordingly! The stuff lasts a fair while!

Thanks for the info Wrangy :) When are we thinking on placing orders? I'll most likely grab 2-3 bags of Zeolite and Carbon, I'll need to look into what bottle sizes I'll need for bak and start :)

Thanks again, really appreciate it!

 

[Wrangy]

Thanks for the info Wrangy :) When are we thinking on placing orders? I'll most likely grab 2-3 bags of Zeolite and Carbon, I'll need to look into what bottle sizes I'll need for bak and start :)

Thanks again, really appreciate it!

I'll probably do up the group buy thread today and we'll order within the next week or so :) I'd love to see if we can get a discount before we order :)

 

[Grimz]

I'll probably do up the group buy thread today and we'll order within the next week or so :) I'd love to see if we can get a discount before we order :)

Sounds good to me! Just let me know when your all ready to start taking orders :)

 

[cnidaria_chris]

who is the gb going through?

 

[Wrangy]

who is the gb going through?

I'm organising it and it's through Korallen-Zucht in Germany, so it's coming straight from the guys that make it

 

[cnidaria_chris]

thats risky as doing it that way no garanteee that it dose not get radiated

 

[Wrangy]

thats risky as doing it that way no garanteee that it dose not get radiated

It's only zeobak that will be affected as it's the one with the bacterial population in it but I don't think anyone is ordering it as of yet?

 

[gtrxu1]

I think Chris has a valid point, without an import permit it is risky. Its not a problem with minerals so salts, stones, carbon etc should all be ok. Any of the bacteria's or foods that contain any kind of biological material could potentially be blocked by customs.