Initial vinegar regime

AdamNC · Apr 12, 2015

Once I'm done with the 16 week vinegar regime, do I need keep going at the final amount or do I cut it down significantly. Like to 1ml per gallon or something like that?

MRRBW · Apr 12, 2015

Happy reading.

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/re...lmes-farley/135547-starting-vinegar-dose.html

heathd.hd · Apr 12, 2015

If you still have questions I can try to help from my experience and research. I'm no scientist but I'm dosing vinegar in my tank.

Aquaph8 · Apr 12, 2015

The idea is to get nitrates down low and then cut that dose in half as a maintenance dose.

AdamNC · Apr 12, 2015

Thanks Brett, thats what I was asking.

heathd.hd · Apr 12, 2015

You might not even need to get up to Max dose. Might only need to go up to about half and stay there.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Apr 13, 2015

IMO, there's no rule about what is best that fits all situations. I think you just need to experiment and see what is best for the tank.

To that end, I've tried quite a number of different doses to my tank to see what is best. In my system, the dose is not especially critical.

Aquaph8 · Apr 13, 2015

I had the same experience as Randy. I pushed it way up but had the same effect with almost half the dosage.

AdamNC · Apr 13, 2015

Today I've cut my dosage down to 7ml per day for maintenance. I was up to 41.7ml a day and I noticed I started to get the white film on my rocks so that's why I initially asked. I knew the white film isn't something bad but I did remember somewhere that's about where you stop the dosage raising. I looked back on my Nitrate charts and saw that my Nitrates dropped from 40ppm to 0ppm at 14ml of vinegar, hence why the 7ml number.