Show off your Vodka dosed SPS Reef tanks!
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Mike de Leon
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So what's the cause of bryopsis??
I can't say whether it is necessary or not. My guess is that it is not. The belief is that it helps to keep the beneficial bacteria ahead of the nuisance strains like cyano.
sahin
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Thanks to everyone for posting. Very very nice tanks. Its good to see many nice tanks running on vodka. Shows that the method really works. I dabbled with Zeovit for a while and prefer the vodka method as its a little bit simpler.
Keepon posting though. Its good to get collections of similar based systems in one thread.
Keepon posting though. Its good to get collections of similar based systems in one thread.
I just started dosing my PAR38 lit 200g DD with Vodka in the last week i'll get some pics of it up in the next day or two
but my method is to only dose the Vodka 2-3 days out of the week, i do this along with B-ionic Alk/Calc and mag additions, other than that i just feed and do water changes try to keep it as simple as possible
but my method is to only dose the Vodka 2-3 days out of the week, i do this along with B-ionic Alk/Calc and mag additions, other than that i just feed and do water changes try to keep it as simple as possible
Stanley-Reefer
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a few better pics 90 lunar
pre carbon 175 mAY 2009
October 09
Most recent pic March 2010 Carbon currently at 19ml/day
pre carbon 175 mAY 2009
October 09
Most recent pic March 2010 Carbon currently at 19ml/day
Stanley-Reefer
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1st 2 pics are my 90
2nd 3 are my 175 bow
My fish load is exactly why I need carbon!!! 60 net gal in my 90 and 170 net gal in my 175!!!
2nd 3 are my 175 bow
My fish load is exactly why I need carbon!!! 60 net gal in my 90 and 170 net gal in my 175!!!
Dosing vodka and vinegar for 20 months to the 550 gallon mixed reef system; includes a number of tanks.
A few pictures:
More pictures here:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1872264
A few pictures:
More pictures here:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1872264
Thairun
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Current dosing 10ml
Current dosing 10ml
Wow! Tom your system is superb and very nice tanks and corals collection.
Would like to share my tank pics too, now in the 4mnth redosing vodka at 10ml with alternate weekly dosing bacterias MB7 and Biodigest. So far so good with PO4 and NO3 in check. Had done vodka dosing since September last year and force me to stopped awhile coz of bad bacteria bloom. So less say and pic shown;
Mix reef 210 net gal system, sorry for the crappy pic
Current dosing 10ml
Wow! Tom your system is superb and very nice tanks and corals collection.
Would like to share my tank pics too, now in the 4mnth redosing vodka at 10ml with alternate weekly dosing bacterias MB7 and Biodigest. So far so good with PO4 and NO3 in check. Had done vodka dosing since September last year and force me to stopped awhile coz of bad bacteria bloom. So less say and pic shown;
Mix reef 210 net gal system, sorry for the crappy pic
mnswreefer
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Wow! Tom your system is superb and very nice tanks and corals collection.
Would like to share my tank pics too, now in the 4mnth redosing vodka at 10ml with alternate weekly dosing bacterias MB7 and Biodigest. So far so good with PO4 and NO3 in check. Had done vodka dosing since September last year and force me to stopped awhile coz of bad bacteria bloom. So less say and pic shown;
Mix reef 210 net gal system, sorry for the crappy pic
Nice collections.
Stanley-Reefer
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90 has 60 net gallons....dosing almost 2 years currrently at 12.5cc/d
175 has 170 net gallons....dosing about 1.5 years currently at 20.5cc/d
175 has 170 net gallons....dosing about 1.5 years currently at 20.5cc/d
550 gallon system , daily dosing 26 ml vodka and 64ml vinegar( vinegar is 95% water and 8x weaker than 80 proof vodka which is 60% water , so the total daily dose is equal to 34 ml vodka.
Thanks for the comment Thairun. Your tank looks great ,lots of healthy growing vibrant corals.
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Thanks for the comment Thairun. Your tank looks great ,lots of healthy growing vibrant corals.
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Stanley-Reefer
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what's the benefit of splitting with vinegar?
Variety in the carbon source should encourage a bit of diversity in the bacteria as different strains get the edge with different sources.
In my case, I was dosing just vodka for about a year( except for a brief and negative experience with sugar).I had a bit of persistent cyanobacteria in a frag tank with a sand bed. Randy Farley reported. anecdotally, that using more vinegar vs vodka in his system coincided with a reduction in cyanobcteria. I dropped my vodka dose by 8ml and added 64 ml of vodka. The cyano abated and I've stayed with that combo for about a year now.
In my case, I was dosing just vodka for about a year( except for a brief and negative experience with sugar).I had a bit of persistent cyanobacteria in a frag tank with a sand bed. Randy Farley reported. anecdotally, that using more vinegar vs vodka in his system coincided with a reduction in cyanobcteria. I dropped my vodka dose by 8ml and added 64 ml of vodka. The cyano abated and I've stayed with that combo for about a year now.
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