zeovit bacteria ? Same bacteria as carbon dosing?

nashorn · 01/19/2017, 04:27 PM

I carbon dose
Been doing it for years. I sometimes reboot the main pump a few mins to flush the white strains of bacteria out of the pipes.

My fish seems to eat it and my sps will expand to feed on it.

So I was wondering if it's the same shaking up the zeovit rocks ?
Maybe my sps just trying to feed since there is particulate matter in the water.

Either way doesn't seem harm anything.

zsuman101 · 01/19/2017, 05:40 PM

who knows, im a zeo reefer no socks or any other mechanical fiultration just a skimmer and i blow all that crap in my sump back into my reef periodicly and my corals love it. good luck n stuff zsu

bertoni · 01/20/2017, 12:59 AM

The Zeovit rocks might put out the same organic stream, but I'd be a bit worried about abrading them. Are they fairly sturdy? I've never used them.

nashorn · 01/20/2017, 02:34 PM

Anyone with pics of what comes off the Zeovit rocks?

zsuman101 · 01/20/2017, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by nashorn

Anyone with pics of what comes off the Zeovit rocks?

no pics but it just looks like very fine mulm

zsuman101 · 01/20/2017, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by bertoni

The Zeovit rocks might put out the same organic stream, but I'd be a bit worried about abrading them. Are they fairly sturdy? I've never used them.

they are very hard, but i imagine something could come off the stones

bertoni · 01/20/2017, 10:31 PM

Well, I'd be careful about rolling them around too much, but if they're reasonably sturdy, there probably wouldn't be much damage.

tmz · 01/21/2017, 11:21 AM

I don't know what other if any specialized bacteria would grow on zeovit or what's in the supplements zeovit systems use but organic carbon is organic carbon and is consumed by heterotrophic bacteria that colonize surfaces but have plnaktonic presence whether they grow on zeovit or other surfaces.

zsuman101 · 01/27/2017, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tmz

I don't know what other if any specialized bacteria would grow on zeovit or what's in the supplements zeovit systems use but organic carbon is organic carbon and is consumed by heterotrophic bacteria that colonize surfaces but have plnaktonic presence whether they grow on zeovit or other surfaces.

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nashorn · 02/19/2017, 08:17 PM

So I got some of the Zeovit bacteria starter.
Does it suppose to smell like vinegar? Most except the sponge power smells like vinegar

01/19/2017, 04:27 PM	#1
nashorn Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,693	zeovit bacteria ? Same bacteria as carbon dosing? I carbon dose Been doing it for years. I sometimes reboot the main pump a few mins to flush the white strains of bacteria out of the pipes. My fish seems to eat it and my sps will expand to feed on it. So I was wondering if it's the same shaking up the zeovit rocks ? Maybe my sps just trying to feed since there is particulate matter in the water. Either way doesn't seem harm anything.

01/19/2017, 05:40 PM	#2
zsuman101 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 434	who knows, im a zeo reefer no socks or any other mechanical fiultration just a skimmer and i blow all that crap in my sump back into my reef periodicly and my corals love it. good luck n stuff zsu __________________ Full zeovit 24x24 starfire ati t5 radions ecotech and sicce pumps tunze skimmer apex gold yeah its nuts

01/20/2017, 12:59 AM	#3
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	The Zeovit rocks might put out the same organic stream, but I'd be a bit worried about abrading them. Are they fairly sturdy? I've never used them. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

01/20/2017, 10:31 PM	#7
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Well, I'd be careful about rolling them around too much, but if they're reasonably sturdy, there probably wouldn't be much damage. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

01/21/2017, 11:21 AM	#8
tmz ReefKeeping Mag staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Seneca NY Posts: 27,691	I don't know what other if any specialized bacteria would grow on zeovit or what's in the supplements zeovit systems use but organic carbon is organic carbon and is consumed by heterotrophic bacteria that colonize surfaces but have plnaktonic presence whether they grow on zeovit or other surfaces. __________________ Tom Current Tank Info: Tank of the Month , November 2011 : 600gal integrated system: 3 display tanks (120 g, 90g, 89g),several frag/grow out tanks, macroalgae refugia, cryptic zones. 40+ fish, seahorses, sps,lps,leathers, zoanthidae and non photosynthetic corals.

01/20/2017, 02:34 PM	#4
nashorn Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,693	Anyone with pics of what comes off the Zeovit rocks?

02/19/2017, 08:17 PM	#10
nashorn Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,693	So I got some of the Zeovit bacteria starter. Does it suppose to smell like vinegar? Most except the sponge power smells like vinegar