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Old 05-31-2011, 02:02 AM
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I've been on the system since day one. I'm slowly weaning the tank off of all of the additives and just sticking with the basic Bak/food and reactor as this is what gets it to ULNS. I haven't seen any change in the colouration of the corals yet. Only time will tell. I'm only weaning it off to save money cause those additives are expensive, not cause I'm not happy with it. The basic zeo system is quite simple. I've seen lots of gorgeous tanks not on zeo as well.

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Old 05-31-2011, 02:26 AM
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No zeo here. I don't like the fact that they don't list what is actually in the bottles. Aggressive skimming, regular water changes and GFO works for me.
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Old 05-31-2011, 03:42 PM
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I ran the full system for a couple years, now off of it... Never got the results like others. Trying the KISS method (KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID). Now just doing good water changes and running a bit of pellets. Still using Coral Vitalizer and Food7 with the odd dose of Coral Snow.
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Old 05-31-2011, 04:03 PM
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Its nice to hear that it's not necessary to use the entire system. I like the idea of having the zeolites and the basic stuff, but if you read the zeo forums they make it seem like you're just going to starve your tank if you don't also use thousands of other things as well.

Has anyone been able to automate the dosing of the basic components?
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