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Old 12-19-2008, 08:46 PM
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Dosage should be based on Water volume less sand and rock

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You kH is too high. Anything beyond 7-8 and you will get burnt tips and unhappy coral.
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Old 12-20-2008, 02:13 AM
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Is it just me or is 7-8 kh lower than most of us keep are tanks? I have talked to very successful reefers that aim for 8-10 I even had someone tell me they tried to keep their reef at 10-11 kh. If this apearently low kh is a requirement I wish it was stated on some of the literature I read. Or on any of the bottles for that matter. I have only had the powder blue stag rtn from the tip every thing else seems ok.
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Old 12-20-2008, 03:53 AM
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Page 27 section 10 of the Zeo guide outline in black and white what perameter that are required. Actual NSW has a DKH of about 7.
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Old 12-23-2008, 02:32 AM
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so i restarted the zeo gong show tonight. i have 1.5l of the zeolite in the reactor, 10ml zeofood7,10ml zeobac and 1ml of the zeostart tonight. my potassium is down to about 200 so i started dosing k balance strong to bring it up a bit. i tested tonight and my alk is still 9kh ca is 400 and mg is 1260. i have pretty much lost one colony since starting this and 2 others have some branches stripped out. so we'll see where this gets me
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Old 12-23-2008, 04:51 AM
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...., 10ml zeofood7,10ml zeobac ....
10ml, or 10 drops?
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Old 12-23-2008, 05:53 AM
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sorry yeah, 10 drops
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Old 12-24-2008, 03:16 AM
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so its day 2 of the system running 'properly'. im still bringing up my potassium. as i can tell death has stopped. thank god. on my lime in the sky that was starting to strip has pretty good extension today. what i dosed today

10 drops zeobac and zeofood7
1ml of zeostart2 in am and 1ml in pm
10 drops of coral vitalizer and 10 drops of sponge power.
i turned my skimmer off for 15 min approx and cleaned the zeolite.

so thats it for now. i need to get some pics going on here to show the beginning.
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Old 12-24-2008, 03:45 AM
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Man alive, how are you people able to discern numbers in that horrible joke of a potassium test kit?? Maybe I have a dud? Mine is an absolute piece of ****. The instructions say "take the number that the colour strip is barely visible through the sample" well mine is absolute white non-transparent completely unable to see through it whatso-friggin-ever. What are the odds that an undosed tank has >400 potassium?? Not likely!!

Sorry for the rant but I would give my eyeteeth to figure out HOW on earth are people able to discern something like 200 using that test kit ...
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Old 12-24-2008, 03:48 AM
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well if your liquid is totally transparent then you have extremely low potassium. the numbering system they have is fague but 380 should have a hint of pink/orange to the liquid according to the chart. are you using the zeo or whatever make it is test kit
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