Vodka & Anemone.

[zaitmi]

Hello, i am dosing vodka from last 1 1/2 month and i want to add an anemone in my 30 gallon sumpless tank.

I hope anemones do not face any problems with vodka. Suggestion plz. Also i would like to ask whether i should go for bubble tip or carpet anemone.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Amphiprion]

If done correctly, I never noticed any issues stemming from organic carbon dosing with anemones--only in some corals. Use the same precautions you would with corals and there shouldn't be any issues.

 

[Cptn Spaulding]

if you dose too much there wont be as many nutrients in the water and your nem may bleach out a bit. either nem is fine but carpets eat fish readily so be careful

 

[kichimark]

I have dosed with three btas in the tank. Be sure not to overdose. I would suggest if this is your first anemone for it to be a bta.

 

[zaitmi]

Thanks a lot everybody. i will start with bubbletip now but later i will buy LTA and Carpet.

 

[Cptn Spaulding]

make sure you know that carpets eat fish.

 

[Amphiprion]

Thanks a lot everybody. i will start with bubbletip now but later i will buy LTA and Carpet.

Hopefully not in the same tank. That won't work well for very long.

 

[NoBigDeal]

Thanks a lot everybody. i will start with bubbletip now but later i will buy LTA and Carpet.

I've tried it before and failed. You got to pick one or the other for this to work otherwise it could be chaos and a lost life.

 

[ptr13]

I have three to 4 carpets,started dosing with vodka a couple weeks ago and it seems like they are doing well,also have a skimmer though which helps the situation. The carpets I have are all sensitive and delicate but they seem to be well in my tank and thriving.

 

[NoBigDeal]

I have three to 4 carpets,started dosing with vodka a couple weeks ago and it seems like they are doing well,also have a skimmer though which helps the situation. The carpets I have are all sensitive and delicate but they seem to be well in my tank and thriving.

How long have you actually had them?

 

[NaClCrocodile]

Wait, you're going to start carbon dosing without a sump? Do you know how carbon dosing works?

 

[ptr13]

I have had the nems for 3 to 4 weeks now and I am following melevs reefs formula for vodka dosing so I am administering vodka accordingly.

 

[NoBigDeal]

I have had the nems for 3 to 4 weeks now and I am following melevs reefs formula for vodka dosing so I am administering vodka accordingly.

3-4 weeks is way to little of time to say that they are thriving. Give it a year at least before making judgment calls.

 

[NaClCrocodile]

I'm still wondering if the OP knows what Vodka dosing is all about? He's saying he doesn't have a sump, but does he have an oversized HOB skimmer or something to pull the added organics out?

 

[Amphiprion]

I'm still wondering if the OP knows what Vodka dosing is all about? He's saying he doesn't have a sump, but does he have an oversized HOB skimmer or something to pull the added organics out?

As per the OP's sig:

Tank:8 months 30Gallon Sumpless FOWLR, RO Water, Remora Skimmer, crushed coral or sand dont know. 1 t5 18wt light and 1 blue 18wt, 2 pheads 700lph&1400lph. 4fishes.

Not a skimmer I'd use under the circumstances, but it could do the job depending on how often it is cleaned, overall bioload, etc.

 

[NaClCrocodile]

I was wondering if that was the one he was going to be using. Now that I reread the OP I'm a little more confused. It's a FOWLR... I don't see the point of dosing vodka. It just seems like a lot of work for something without coral.

I'd probably pass on an anemone altogether if those are the lights that you'll be using.

 

[NoBigDeal]

Hello, i am dosing vodka from last 1 1/2 month and i want to add an anemone in my 30 gallon sumpless tank.

I hope anemones do not face any problems with vodka. Suggestion plz. Also i would like to ask whether i should go for bubble tip or carpet anemone.

Thanks in advance.

Have you had experience with anemones before?