Vodka Dosing

k2parkstar · May 6, 2013

Anyone local ever tried it? Any pointers other than start slow?

Toto851 · May 6, 2013

What would you use Vodka for?

Ole Man · May 6, 2013

Justin,I've dosed myself with vodka...couldn't tell if it worked all my parimeters seem normal...LOL :tongue: Theirs a company that has a reactor out,comes charged with bactiera,they say if you use it you don't have to do water changes,hokkie,to re charge it they dose it with vodka.

navila06 · May 6, 2013

I have dosed to rid my tank of hair algae it worked, I have since stopped dosing, and once my trates get up again Im going to try the no3 po4 X regiment. Make sure your skimmer is a one up skimmer, meaning able to handle twice your tanks water volume. Make sure you have a good low range no3 and low range po4 test kit (red sea), one problem i had is I had the api test and I ended up with absolute zero nitrates. Which is not good.

cee · May 6, 2013

I did it awhile back on my larger tanks. Dosed the bacteria as well. Didn't experience any problems but didn't notice much improvement either. Maybe I was too low on the dosing but I didn't want a big bacteria bloom that can occur from excessive dosing.

Toto851 · May 6, 2013

So.....Vodka will help with an Algae problem? Brown or Green?

I'm betting I should just research it.

Lilmatty5dimes · May 6, 2013

heres a good link for it. after i move i'll probably start
Vodka Dosing by 'Genetics' and 'Stony_Corals' - Reefkeeping.com

navila06 · May 6, 2013

it helped with a GHA problem I had, and yes, research is goooood...lilmatty5dimes has posted the same article I read before I started up.

Toto851 said:
So.....Vodka will help with an Algae problem? Brown or Green?

I'm betting I should just research it.

mike007 · May 6, 2013

I use the redseafish Nopox myself and i have had excellent results. I tried vodka but it evaporated out of the bottle too quick.lol Anyway the nopox is easy to dose and it will control the nitrates and phosphates. I only use a little everyday. If you go to Redseafish.com they have a excellent video that explains all the benifits in using nopox.