Vodka Dosing perfected?
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this will depend on so many factors: actual water volume after displacement, nitrate removal methods (and amount of them) such as skimmers, chaeto, turf scrubbers, deep sand bed, etc, and bio load (fish and coral load)
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I dose vinegar instead of vodka. In my case, he exact dose isn't critical, and I've dosed a wide range, from 20-400+ mL per day (410 mL epr day was clearly too much). Currently I dose about 140 mL per day (IIRC), but may drop back to about 75 mL a day since I raised it as an experiment and saw no significant benefit.
My tank is a 120 display with about 300 gallons total system volume.
My tank is a 120 display with about 300 gallons total system volume.
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ok well next question.... I added 100lbs of new dry base rock... Nitrates sky rocketed to 100 according to a new Salifert Nitrates test.
I did a 35 gal water change and it dropped to about 70 or so, i hate looking at colors to tell.
Anyway i currently have been dosing 6ml. Do you think i can jump to 10ml and see if it has any effect?
150 Gal with a RS200 Sump, with the rock in there not sure how much water displacement there is but i calculate about 200lbs total rock.
3 medium-large fish 7 small fish
I did a 35 gal water change and it dropped to about 70 or so, i hate looking at colors to tell.
Anyway i currently have been dosing 6ml. Do you think i can jump to 10ml and see if it has any effect?
150 Gal with a RS200 Sump, with the rock in there not sure how much water displacement there is but i calculate about 200lbs total rock.
3 medium-large fish 7 small fish
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How long have you been dosing?
Have you measured phosphate?
Have you measured phosphate?
240g tank
28mls a day
28mls a day
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I have a 360 gal display plus 40 gal sump. I have been dosing for just over 35 days and I am up to 9 ml vodka per day, and have done two 35 gal water changes and still testing at 64 ppm with red sea pro test.
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45 gallon total water volume. Dosing for about a year. 7ml daily. was higher, but had a serious bacterial bloom a few weeks ago.
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dont think it matters but curious to know... where do you throw the vodka into?
I squirt into the return section of my sump so it spits directly into the tank from there.
No Fuge in my tank
I squirt into the return section of my sump so it spits directly into the tank from there.
No Fuge in my tank
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I would think not. The skimmer picks out the bacteria that the vodka grows. The vodka is going to travel. So I don't know if it really matters. Can vodka itself be skimmed. Ghat would be your answer as you want it to remain in the system until bacteria grow
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180g 3/4 capfuls of Smirnoff twice a day into the main display. Also dose Microbacter7 in conjunction. Been doing it for years now.
