All i can say is dont overdose vodka. 5ml per day of 80 proof was enough to grow a pound of slime in a week on a screen. Fish all good, corals not so much.
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I have been dosing Vodka for almost a year. Personally for me, (I haven't read all the replies) it has been going well. There is science behind vodka dosing and I personally see effects very similar to the use of ozone. Back in the day I had an ozone machine that turned any tubing that wasn't ozone proof yellow and helped the skimmer go wild. I personally think vodka dosing has a similar effect - just without the expensive machine, yellow tubing and annoying testing.
I run a small amount of ozone, and I have noticed my lps responds favourably to it...if inflating or "puffing up" more is a favourable response.
I never noticed that till I read a snippet in a thread mentioning it, so I did a few experiments where the only difference I did was either run it or shut if off and observed the response at the same time each day.
I have no idea what is going on that they seem to like it.
Hi, I need some help on dosing a mix of vodka and vinegar. (I hear that vinegar has benefits for many tank inhabitants)
I'm dosing 0.7ml vodka into a 88 litre reef on week 8 and the readings for nitrate are 10mg/l and 0.03mg/l Phosphate.
The reef has been up and running for 2 years.
The readings of both figures have been the same for 4 weeks.
I hear that a mix of Vodka and Vinegar could get be to my goal of 0 nitrate and 0 phosphate which I need to achieve before cutting the dose in half and then adjust as and when necessary.
I still change out 10 litres of water each week.
I had to cut back on week 3 due to heavy amount of slime in the canister filter and the protein skimmer and some coral were not looking so good.
I need a ratio of V&V to continue the amount I'm dosing at this time. I will be dosing 0.8ml in couple of days time and will continue with 0.1ml increase each week.
Thanks Randy I will keep with the Vodka for now. Q: if you could answer this for me? When I change to Vinegar and Vodka mix would a 2:1 ratio Vinegar to vodka work safely.
Thanks Randy I will keep with the Vodka for now. Q: if you could answer this for me? When I change to Vinegar and Vodka mix would a 2:1 ratio Vinegar to vodka work safely.