Vodka dose
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bigworm175
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Here's the Reefkeeping article:http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php
Reef obcession
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Ive been dosing for quite quite a while now. Make sure you understand what your doing and keep a good log on your day to day values. Start with the recomended does for your water volume and increase over time and to whats going on with your water.
I use quality vodka even though its not an issue to use cheaper quality stuff.Make sure your Vodka is straight up with no flavoring.
If you have a sand bed like myself it takes 3 times as long to see any changes in Nitrate/Phosphate levels.
Bill :fun2:
I use quality vodka even though its not an issue to use cheaper quality stuff.Make sure your Vodka is straight up with no flavoring.
If you have a sand bed like myself it takes 3 times as long to see any changes in Nitrate/Phosphate levels.
Bill :fun2:
i dosed for 2 months then stopped, no chance of crashing that i saw on my tank and things still look great
after 7 months of no dosing and an upgrade to my skimmer i have gone back to dosing but only doing 2 drops a week on my BC29g, i felt that Vodka at a certain point reaches saturation and will need to be backed off, thats why i'm only dosing it 2 days a week, i add the 1 drop of Vodak and 1 drop of Elo's aminos on WC day and then 3-4 days later i add 1 more drop of Vodka
seems to be good so far, i might up this to 3 days a week but it will be 2 weeks before i do that
after 7 months of no dosing and an upgrade to my skimmer i have gone back to dosing but only doing 2 drops a week on my BC29g, i felt that Vodka at a certain point reaches saturation and will need to be backed off, thats why i'm only dosing it 2 days a week, i add the 1 drop of Vodak and 1 drop of Elo's aminos on WC day and then 3-4 days later i add 1 more drop of Vodka
seems to be good so far, i might up this to 3 days a week but it will be 2 weeks before i do that
JohnsonSBK
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am i correct that vodka dosing only helps for nitrate and phosphate? or would it help for ammonia also if you had for example one of those dreaded mini cycles?
sedor
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I don't think it would do anything for ammonia. Also vodka feeds the beneficial bacteria in your tank that consume NO3 and PO4. Stopping the dose suddenly would simply cut off the food source for the bacteria and not cause any harm. Of course its always good practice to move slowly.
paullisa51708
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so if u have no nitrate or phosphate than theres no need to dose?
hogben
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Vodka dosing allows you to increase feeding to levels that your stock system would not be able to keep up with.
If you have no desire to increase feeding and have no nitrate or phosphate problems then I don't see why you would need to dose.
I'm lost now...vodka feeds the bacteria that eats the nitrate and phosphate? So what's the point of dosing if they consume the same thing?
hogben
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Dosing creates more bacteria than you would otherwise have, to eat more nitrate and phosphate. They drink the vodka and then get the munchies and party on the nitrates and phosphates. :celeb2:
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sedor
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+1 if your feeding as much as you'd like and are stocked up and your system can handle everything without producing NO3 or PO4 then there isn't much of a need to dose at all. Unfortunately this would be a VERY rare situation. Unless you are feeding very sparingly and doing constant water changes, or running a fuge you will have nitrates.
