Any vodka users still?
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I started with vodka and got cyano. Then changed to vinager and no cyano. After two years with vinegar I am very happy with the results. I use a peristaltic pump that adds 40ml daily to my 125 gallon.
joeyhatch11
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What would be the starting point for a 40g system, 1ml? Would I also follow the adding of .5ml a week till I reach a desired target amount? Say 10ml daily?
All depends on how you want to go about it. Following the instructions, yes, .5mls a week. But I think that your daily dosage when its all said and done would be around 5-10mls a day. So I think you'd get up to 15-20mls as a Nitrate reducer dosage.
joeyhatch11
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Well I really don't have a Nitrate/Phosphate problem but would like to try it anyway. Of course I'm only using a API test kit, which I know is far from the best, but it's never done me wrong. I had a friend test my water a few months ago with a Hanna meter and my Phosphates were .08 and nitrates about 5. I've read a few threads this morning on this vodka dosing, that if done right, will help keeps those parameters in check as well as help promote better growth in SPS and add color to them. Is that correct? I'm going to start small and go slow. Probably only go as high as 8ml on my tank being that it's only 40g total. (33L with 20L sump) Does that sound like a sound plan?
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BuzzWrasse
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I think you should still use GFO for phosphate removal, at least to start. I don't know where these high numbers are coming from, I reduced 40 ppm nitrate to 0 ppm in a 150 gallon system in 2 weeks and the highest dose I got up to was 1.2 mL per day dosed twice daily at 0.6 mL. Just sayin start slow and you can avoid cyano issues. Also dose MB7 with it once a day at a low dose, like 1 capful.
joeyhatch11
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I'm going to start this morning with .2ml and do that for the first 4 days. Then ramp it up to .4ml for the next 4-5 days. But I'll only be increasing the dosage by .2ml each time. Considering the size of the tank, I also think I'll be stopping and maintaining a 1ml dosage once I get there. I'm just really curious to see what positive effects it'll have on my SPS. I"d love to see them really color up and take off. I'll also be taking some before/after pics as well as keeping a log. I may start bi-weekly photos too because I think weekly's wont yeild much results.
Going to take a few weeks for you to get to target, so just be patient. It will remove all the Nitrates, but only dent your Phosphates, its not really going to take those all the way to 0, but will help.
joeyhatch11
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Sweet I just can't wait to see what the positive turn out is going to be
I switched to vinegar because it is less potent. I've been ramping up still and I'm up to 30mls of vinegar on my 30g tank.
I tried vinegar once, but once I hit the 70mls mark and was throwing it in by the cup, I decided that was nuts, and went back to using a medicinal syringe for vodka.
joeyhatch11
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Wow 30ml on a 30g tank?! Seems like a bit much. How's the tank doing? How's growth/color been? I heard that there is a little less to worry about with the vinager but with such a small dose of the vodka I'm sure ill be just fine. If not, then ill drink the vodka and switch the tank to vinager. LOL
There's always sugar dosing also. 
joeyhatch11
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Would love to see some more before/after pics from people that have been using the vodka.
BuzzWrasse
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