Hi Randy,
I've been reading about the zeovit and ultralith methods recently and wondered if you might have any opinions on them. Like, do you believe that these methods have something other methods don't, when it comes to SPS coloration and health. They do seem to have great coloration in zeo tanks I see pictures of but I wonder if its something to do with more careful husbandry that goes with being a zeo follower.
To me they seem similar to the concept of carbon dosing, but with a few differences. The main one obviously being the zeolite. But regarding the other similarities / differences, they seem to strive to maintain ULN conditions, and as far as I know this is fully achievable with 'normal' carbon dosing. They add the concept of feeding corals with their magic potions, which seem to be aminos, vitamins, apparently 'carbohydrates' (although I don't quite understand this as surely thats just carbon dosing), and 'protein flocks' which sounds like liquidised food, unless they are precipitating protein or something.
Is this just carbon dosing with a few different foods added like liquid aminos and vitamins? What about their continual bacteria dosing, do you think it might have any value?
And as for the zeolite, the ultralith docs suggest that ammonia is directly removed through ion exchange, while also having bacteria hosted on the media, allowing the bacteria to then utilise a more concentrated source of nutrients. Do you think there might be something to this at all?
Do you think identical results can be achieved with normal carbon dosing, without the zeolite, and feeding their foods? What about just feeding normal foods but keeping the nutrient levels to the zeo recommended values? Are there any aspects of these systems that you do feel are good?
Not sure how interested in these systems you are since I haven't read much from you on the topic but any opinions you have would be very interesting to me and probably quite a few people.
Thanks, Pete
I've been reading about the zeovit and ultralith methods recently and wondered if you might have any opinions on them. Like, do you believe that these methods have something other methods don't, when it comes to SPS coloration and health. They do seem to have great coloration in zeo tanks I see pictures of but I wonder if its something to do with more careful husbandry that goes with being a zeo follower.
To me they seem similar to the concept of carbon dosing, but with a few differences. The main one obviously being the zeolite. But regarding the other similarities / differences, they seem to strive to maintain ULN conditions, and as far as I know this is fully achievable with 'normal' carbon dosing. They add the concept of feeding corals with their magic potions, which seem to be aminos, vitamins, apparently 'carbohydrates' (although I don't quite understand this as surely thats just carbon dosing), and 'protein flocks' which sounds like liquidised food, unless they are precipitating protein or something.
Is this just carbon dosing with a few different foods added like liquid aminos and vitamins? What about their continual bacteria dosing, do you think it might have any value?
And as for the zeolite, the ultralith docs suggest that ammonia is directly removed through ion exchange, while also having bacteria hosted on the media, allowing the bacteria to then utilise a more concentrated source of nutrients. Do you think there might be something to this at all?
Do you think identical results can be achieved with normal carbon dosing, without the zeolite, and feeding their foods? What about just feeding normal foods but keeping the nutrient levels to the zeo recommended values? Are there any aspects of these systems that you do feel are good?
Not sure how interested in these systems you are since I haven't read much from you on the topic but any opinions you have would be very interesting to me and probably quite a few people.
Thanks, Pete