now you're even sounding like the descriptions on the zeo bottles :mrgreen:

Reactor is a one time cost so I didn't consider that (plus fish street came out with some great reactors that have good review and are around $100 which is almost equal to two boxes of prodibio; probably the amount that has to be used because you see any difference).

Time is a variable that cannot be judged. Plus, from the looks of it, you only need about 5 minutes every day at max (dosing gets lower to weekly dosing once everything gets under control) which is not a big deal to me. I spend way too long staring at the tank :P

I guess if you run or want to run an ULNS then it would pay. For me I like just cracking a couple of vials a month for my mostly LPS system.

Charles

I spend about 45 seconds every other day, so not a huge investment in time. Takes longer to wipe algae off the front glass.

True that! You run a full system right Brad?

Yes, although often the "lazy" version :) I can't compare it to not using it as I started the tank with it. I get good results, so I guess I'm happy with it. :)

Thats basically the idea. Don't want to start it all the middle of the tank being matured. Better to start early :smile:

And your "lazy" version doesn't have much impact right? Like missing a week worth of dosing and stuffs?

Honestly, I've left it 2 months without doing much other than stirring the media. Then I followed by three months of not missing a dose. Didn't see much difference -lol
I think the zeorocks have a lot to do with keeping the PO4 and NO3 down.

I'm gonna be following this thread. I've considered getting a zeo reactor with the rocks in the past but just been too lazy to do the research. I stopped when I got to the part where it says not to run if running a refugium. But yet my refugium is not for growing any algae but strictly pods.

Yah....zeolite are probably the most important part for keeping those down.