Vodka - How Much, When and Where

[Dr Colliebreath]

How much vodka do you dose and when? I started in January and am up to 10 ml per day, 7 in the morning and 3 in the evening. I have about 110 gallons of water in the system. I know it depends on the amount of nutrients you have and requires a strong skimmer, but I was curious as to whether others are dosing much more or less. I was at 6 ml per day and then upped my lights from PC to ATI T5s and had to increase the amount of vodka dosed to the current 10 ml.

Also, I dose in my dt. Is that pretty much the norm or is there an advantage to getting the vodka in the sump with the skimmer?

 

[ska d]

im currently dosing 3.5 in a 90g tank. although i underestimated my water volume just to be safe. theres probably about 80g but i caculated for 75. i stared back in june when i had to replace the tank due to seams peeling away. i dont have a sump so it goes right into the tank and i split it in half, morning and night. my bio load is fairly small. my phosphate started at .12 and has fallen to .03-.06 (probably due to overfeeding once in awhile) nitrates hover around 0-5ppm. im not really worried about getting down to zero levels, although it would be nice to get the phosphate down to .01ppm. my skimmer really pulls out alot of dark skimmate. i may increase to 4ml/day but i worried that my snails will starve if there is nothing in there for them. it has greatly helped the algae on the glass. i reallly only have to clean the front 1 or 2 times a week and i leave the rest for the cuc. ive never really had any problem with algae on my rock, but i have noticed my sand bed has cleared up real nice. looks real clean exept for some diatom in one corner where i suspect there isnt enough flow to get it up into the water. how are your levels and do you use any other type of phos. control. gfo or media?

 

[triggreef]

4ml wed morning and 4ml sat night. Right into my aquaripure. big bio load, and no measurable nitrate. I'm feeding mostly frozen about 3 or 4 times a day. I'd get flamed probly if I listed the fish/tank size.

 

[FunkieReefJunkie]

I hope this helps you. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php