Allmost
07/05/2010, 10:12 AM
Hello all.
so my system has been on Zeo for a while now about 3 months. nothing but amazing surprises daily. now recently in my seahorse tank and Fuge I noticed a new and kinda ugly bacteria/algea growing ! started with hair algea and now it looks kinda slimy and traps air bubbles inside !! hmmm, I dont want to call it cyanobacteria just yet :)
the no3 in system is about 0.5 PPM at the end of the week when it comes to water changes. liquid po4 testers read zero po4.
so after looking at Zeo counter again this weekend, I started reading about Zeo Zym and Zeovit Coral Snow.
so as I understand ZZ will break down proteins, which are basically the fuel for this algea, and the broken down proteins have the chance to become balanced with Zeo operation via removing the excess via skimmer and operation of Zeobak (bacteria).
PCS on the other hand (calcium magnesium mix) looks like a basic solution which will eventually bond with acids in the tank and remove them, and lower the chance for unwanted algea
is my understanding correct ?
I dose Zeobak 2 times a week now, so from what I understand, it would be best to add ZeoBAk on monday with conjuction with ZZ, and add Zeobak on thursdays with cojunction of PCS ? this would enable me to fight the hair algea and the slime better right ?
or should I try one at a time ? if so, which one should I give a shot first ?
I add following zeo additives :
ZB
start2
SP
AAHC
CV
Xtra
K+
lastly, what is everyones view on the zeovits Potassium iodine floride ... ? does it actually work on blues ? or would water changes cover those ?
so my system has been on Zeo for a while now about 3 months. nothing but amazing surprises daily. now recently in my seahorse tank and Fuge I noticed a new and kinda ugly bacteria/algea growing ! started with hair algea and now it looks kinda slimy and traps air bubbles inside !! hmmm, I dont want to call it cyanobacteria just yet :)
the no3 in system is about 0.5 PPM at the end of the week when it comes to water changes. liquid po4 testers read zero po4.
so after looking at Zeo counter again this weekend, I started reading about Zeo Zym and Zeovit Coral Snow.
so as I understand ZZ will break down proteins, which are basically the fuel for this algea, and the broken down proteins have the chance to become balanced with Zeo operation via removing the excess via skimmer and operation of Zeobak (bacteria).
PCS on the other hand (calcium magnesium mix) looks like a basic solution which will eventually bond with acids in the tank and remove them, and lower the chance for unwanted algea
is my understanding correct ?
I dose Zeobak 2 times a week now, so from what I understand, it would be best to add ZeoBAk on monday with conjuction with ZZ, and add Zeobak on thursdays with cojunction of PCS ? this would enable me to fight the hair algea and the slime better right ?
or should I try one at a time ? if so, which one should I give a shot first ?
I add following zeo additives :
ZB
start2
SP
AAHC
CV
Xtra
K+
lastly, what is everyones view on the zeovits Potassium iodine floride ... ? does it actually work on blues ? or would water changes cover those ?