[Myka]

Originally Posted by doch

Sorry... I meant to say that I'm dosing about 1/3 of the recommended dosage of all of the products I use. I've been using the supplements (k,b, phols, coral vit, eisen, kalimidofluor, coral snow, amino acids, and maybe a couple others) for quite some time with no ill effects, but since the upgrade I started with full zeo (zeolites, bak, food, and start) . I'm not on the zeo forums, but I have lurked around there for a while and done some reading. This is what has taought me that I've done the start up wrong. The replies to questions that I've read have been suggesting to dose bak and food daily, directly into the reactor pump. I didn't do this. I dosed about 1/3 of the suggested dose twice a week for the whole time. Also, I didn't run my reactor on a 3 hours on, 3 hours off schedule... full time. Like I say, I'll be switching the sump semi soon, and at that time I'll follow the proper set up protocol. For now, GFO, and time.

Thanks for all the replies guys/gals.

Oh, I see. I'm surprised you haven't run into any algae troubles yet using all those additives without the full system. It took me a good year to figure out the Zeovit system...it is not easy to do imo. Albeit I never had the reactor working proper either. Once I finally got a reactor ready for it I gave up on the system because I was working out of province and the tank maintenance company didn't know enough about the Zeovit to adjust dosing when it needed it.

That reminds me...I should hook up that reactor again. I found it preferred to dose the basic 4 at full dose.