Thank you so much for your response! I guess that is something I forgot to add... I do dose vinegar, 50ml/day, as a carbon source. I have used the BRS ROX carbon in a filter bag, two of them(generously filled), and still struggled with high numbers. I do have an extremely large bio load with the following fish: Tangs: Powder, purple, freckle face, blue, chocolate (still yellow); 6 anthias, five chalk bass, two striped gobies, yellow gobies, fox face, magnificent fox, and maybe two to three others. So almost 30 fish. I knew I was going to have quite the bio load. I do like to feed heavy as well. My fish are fat and happy.
I ordered the whole system of products yesterday:
000 mL ZEOmix Media - Aquaforest AF Power Elixir (200 mL) - Aquaforest 5000 mL Phosphate Minus - Aquaforest 5000 mL Carbon - Aquaforest Fluidized GFO and Carbon Filter Media Reactor - XL - Aquamaxx 50 mL AF Vitality Coral Vitamins - Aquaforest 50 mL AF Energy Growth Acceleration Food - Aquaforest 50 mL AF Build Coral Growth Enhancement - Aquaforest 50 mL Pro Bio S Probiotic Bacteria - Aquaforest 50 mL -NP Pro Liquid Polymer - Aquaforest Replacement Foam Sponges for FR-SE Filter Media Reactor - Aquamaxx AF Growth Boost Amino Acids - Aquaforest AF Pure Food - Aquaforest
All in
The system as a whole, is great for colors. The carbon is excellent, I still use it too, as well as salt. I would use a sponge ring, in the reactor, to separate carbon and phosphate minus, Perhaps introduce these at 50-75% of recommendations in building your stack, obviously zeolites, then carbon, sponge, phosphate minus on top. Set reactor to a gentle tumble on phosphate minus, as to not escape the reactor, or over fluidize.
As with the all supps, 1/2 to start, best of luck