Dosing Vinegar?

revhtree · Feb 19, 2014

The vinegar is like 365!!

I quit dosing today as some of my sps were looking lighter. I ordered some GFO to combat some hair algae that is starting to pop up in places.

Reefing Madness · Feb 19, 2014

Might try Vodka instead, I never like the vinegar because of how much you had to dose. But keep in mind, that either one is not going to be the end all to phosphates, not by a long shot.

Aquaph8 · Feb 19, 2014

Rev, we need a test on some vodka to compare.

Reefing Madness · Feb 19, 2014

Can't be any TDS on Vodka.

DSP · Feb 19, 2014

Wow I'm def gunna use vodka instead of vineger then!thanks for starting this thread Rev!

alan.reef · Feb 19, 2014

good luck to win the GHA.
I have battle GHA over 8 month, except remove the rock to bath.
less feeding coral not happy, bit more feeding GHA growing with my coral.

revhtree said:
The vinegar is like 365!!

I quit dosing today as some of my sps were looking lighter. I ordered some GFO to combat some hair algae that is starting to pop up in places.

Reefing Madness · Feb 19, 2014

alan.reef said:
good luck to win the GHA.
I have battle GHA over 8 month, except remove the rock to bath.
less feeding coral not happy, bit more feeding GHA growing with my coral.

GFO
SeaKlear
Lanthanum of some sort.
Use one of those and Vodka Dose, then you can feed what ever you want, whenever you want.

Aquaph8 · Feb 19, 2014

Reefing Madness said:
Can't be any TDS on Vodka.

That's what I thought about vinegar

Mike J. · Feb 19, 2014

Maybe one of you guys can test vodka and let us know. I doubt the Rev has vodka laying around.

Reefing Madness · Feb 20, 2014

I dose vodka still, but do not have a TDS meter to test it on.

revhtree · Feb 20, 2014

I used to have a bottle that my friend bought so I could dose but I never used it so I dumped the devils spit! LOL!

Aquaph8 · Feb 20, 2014

All I have is a inline meter, I'm interested though.

Onedeadbob · Feb 20, 2014

Just tested Gordon's 80 proof Vodka. TDS was 45. I would not be surprised to see different TDS results for different brands of Vodka as ingredients/distillation methods do vary.

As far as the TDS for Vinegar goes, I wouldn't worry too much. Most things we dose into our tanks (2 part Calc/Alk, etc.) do not have 0 TDS.

Mike J. · Feb 20, 2014

Thanks. That's the good vodka, right? Something like Heaven's Hill would probably be much higher?

Onedeadbob · Feb 20, 2014

Good gravy no

Gordon's is a cheap Vodka. Something like Grey Goose goes through a more rigorous distillation process, but I doubt the TDS is close to 0.

mcarroll · Feb 22, 2014

revhtree said:
What about the TDS of vinegar and how will that effect your tank? My top off water with the vinegar is 24tds.

It's just a reflection of you adding this to the 0 TDS water:

zero + (anything) = a number bigger than zero, of course

So your reading is no surprise!

As far as the effect? The vinegar will will have all the known and unknown effects we're all talking about when we dose vinegar, or use it to dose limewater. The TDS will contribute minutely (insignificantly) to your water's specific gravity.

-Matt

reefwatcher · Feb 22, 2014

I'm also following along cause I have thought about dousing vodka. I have TwoLittleFishies phosban 150 I just added last week I have had some cyno break out on my SB.

mcarroll · Jul 1, 2014

How's everyone's vinegar dosing coming along? Anyone still doing it? Getting the results you wanted? Details please!

-Matt

Browncoat · Jul 1, 2014

Love it, never have had a problem. Just take her slow.

Saltgator · Jul 1, 2014

Started last week. Started @ 10 mL per day. Just started @ 15 mL per day. Haven't tested, yet but plan on tonight. Skimmer is super wet too (which I don't mind).