My Fauna Marin tank

[Shaneo]

Hi, I stopped using zeo to be able to address a PO4 spike, something went wrong in my tank after moving and the zeo/husbandry wasnt getting on top off the PO4 so I stopped it and ran fluidized PO4 remover. Now tank is back on track and PO4 under readable levels I've opted to use FM instead of zeo.

For the last two weeks I've been dosing (per day/400lt volume) as follows

4 drops UltraBio (daily)
.8 ml UltraminS (daily)
1 ml UltraBak (.5ml 2x a day)

over the last two weeks I have used the ultrabak to reduce the nutrients enough to safely add 250g of zeolith tomorrow, this is 1/4 of the recommended amount of zeolith and I'll slowly increase it to 800-1000g

Sps are looking good, polyp extension is better. Pink milli seems to be responding the best.

I've also added an auto top off to keep salinity spot on which will help heaps

How should I adjust my dosing now the initial two weeks has passed ?? (keep in mind I'm only adding 250g of zeolith now)

Heres my tank prior to starting FM
FTS under actinics
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/shaneo695/tank6908.jpg

Tank is 4x2x2


chers

:) :)

[Shaneo]

p.s had a good break between zeo and starting fm

[AQD_ottawa]

Hi,

After two weeks of dosing the Bio you now need to give it a rest for a week before repeating this regime.

If things are responding and your nutrients are under control I would keep the Bak and the MinS as they are, but now consider adding Ultra organic to the mix and also Min A this is a dedicated SPS amino food source.

Welcome to the success of Fauna marin products ;)

[Shaneo]

Thanks for that, I'll get in touch with my supplier re AA's. After the weeks break of bio do I repeat the daily dosing for two weeks and then dose 8 drops every 3 days or dose 4 drops daily?

Thanks again

[AQD_ottawa]

Hi

You may find it useful following this simple guide.

Here is a simple step by step guide mainly based around 400L or 100 gallons of tank water. When calculating your own volume please decrease by 20% to take into account displacement of sand and rocks etc.

To start
• Use 250ml of Ultra Lith per 400L of water as an initial start up
• Increase by 250ml every two weeks until you have reached 1L capacity per 400L of water
• After 4-6 weeks exchange 50% of the Ultra Lith. Repeat this 4-6 week 50% cycle from now on
• Clean (shake) the Ultra Lith daily, for best results utilise an Ultra Lith reactor, this makes life so much easier.

Initial dosing from start up

Dose as follows

Ultra Bio
• Dose 1 drop per 100L of water per day for the first two weeks
• Week 3 do not dose
• Repeat after 1 week break
• Turn skimmer off for 2 hours when dosing.

Note – after initial set up it is only required to dose as above when changing the Ultra Lith media.

Ultra bak and Ultra Min S
• Dose 3ml per 1000L of water every day of each until nutrients have dropped significantly then reduce dosing to 1ml a day of each.

Continued use.
• Repeat Ultra Bio dosing schedule when replacing media every 4-6 weeks.
• Dose Ultra Min S and Ultra Bak 1ml a day per 1000L of water keeping check on your parameters.
• It is now advisable to be adding trace elements such as Ultra organic this is key to colouration. Dose as instructed on the bottle.
• You can also use Ultra organic with Ultra Amin to achieve very bright colouration
• I recommend using Ultra carb L also this is important for removing the yellow tannins from the water.

[Shaneo]

Thats alot easier to understand than the manual, cheers

will keep you posted on how it all goes

[Shaneo]

My amino acids and organic arrived today, cant wait to see how it all goes