Vodka dosing and a monoculture

[OCEAN SIZE]

A related thread featured a technical explanation of why pure methanol is the best choice. I'm very curious what the best results are achieved with.

Sugars - would a raw, turbinado cane sugar be the most chemically pure? Viable? Is there a lab-grade sugar out there?
(Maybe the stuff Twinkies are made of)

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

There certainly is highly purified sucrose available. One grade is several hundred dollars a pound. You can even get it made from carbon 13 instead of normal carbon 12 if you want to label your bacteria with unusual carbon isotopes.

 

[OCEAN SIZE]

Twinkies are made from carbon 13. Just as I suspected.

Thanks for the info Randy. I'm considering lab grade additives as exclusively as I can. If I eventually dose sugar, I'd rather err on the side of purity, like with any additive. And a tsp at a time won't break the bank, even on highly purified sucrose.

 

[osprey77]

I want to sell the next super coral grown with rare isotope bacterial filters...... It will be called the reverse Rypoff and sell for 200 an inch.

 

[JCTewks]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12964103#post12964103 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by osprey77
I want to sell the next super coral grown with rare isotope bacterial filters...... It will be called the reverse Rypoff and sell for 200 an inch.

LOL!

 

[rishma]

I made a new thread, but it is related to this discussion. I would be grateful for some help!

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1433798

 

[mrpet]

so is prodibio and vodka doseing basically the same thing? seems to me that it would be a lot cheaper to just use the vodka. anyone using vodka with prodibios reef booster? im thinking about trying the vodka was going to go with prodibio just seems a heck of a lot cheaper with the vodka..

 

[mrpet]

BUMP...

 

[RBU1]

Some reading for you.

RK Mag

 

[mrpet]

thanks rbu1 i have read that a few times my question was is prodibio and vodka dosing essentially the same thing or i guess would i get the same results?

 

[RBU1]

Well not sure anyone will be able to answer that. I am not sure what is in prodibio. If it is a type of carbon source then I would say the chances are good that it has a form of sugar in it. Vodka is a great deal cheaper.....Just make sure you follow the directions and do not overdose.

 

[mrpet]

cool thanks...