Alcohol Dosing in a Reef Tanks

[michika]

Can I ask specifically which product you used? After having read the RC thread on carbon dosing, I started noticing through people's result photos and posts, that the vodka brand/proof/etc. had something of an impact on the results, and the speedyness of the results.

Also do you just dump into a high flow area, or how are you dosing it? That dosing pump?

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Originally Posted by michika

Can I ask specifically which product you used? After having read the RC thread on carbon dosing, I started noticing through people's result photos and posts, that the vodka brand/proof/etc. had something of an impact on the results, and the speedyness of the results.

Also do you just dump into a high flow area, or how are you dosing it? That dosing pump?

Really the only vodka you CAN'T use is denatured vodka. But who would buy that anyway? I use a high quality vodka, because that's what was in my freezer already :-)

Some people use Everclear, as it's apparently twice as potent, so you use half as much. Potato, potawto....

[michika]

I know if I did Vodka dosing I would definitely not be only dosing the tank

I think its a great idea, but I'm just too lazy to dose it manually. Do you think that something like a dosing pump hooked up to a bottle would work?

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Originally Posted by michika

I know if I did Vodka dosing I would definitely not be only dosing the tank

I think its a great idea, but I'm just too lazy to dose it manually. Do you think that something like a dosing pump hooked up to a bottle would work?

LOL...if you do this, I want a picture.

I don't see why not. With the Vodka-Sugar-Vinegar mixture, they suggest refrigeration. I'm not sure why. Maybe you wouldn't have to.....

[fencer]

I had a bottle of Red Tassle...so my corals drank it all. Really any type of quicky mart booze will do. Just as long as the % alcohol is the same. As for dosing just poke a hole in the bottom of a cup and just let it drip out....that works very well. I just don't like to shoot in one shot

[hillbillyreefer]

I give 1/2 the dose in the morning before lights on and the other 1/2 around supper time. I don't think brand matters but it may. I'm feeding mine Bacardi, finally found a use for the stuff.

[Sebae again]

Yeah. I have to tell my wife it's for the fish tank.

[TheRealBigAL]

You gotta use GREYGOOSE !

[albert_dao]

There's a lot of instances out there where longterm vodka dosing causes RANDOM dieoffs of everything in the tank - everything!

The main cause is depleted oxygen.

[Oceanic]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

There's a lot of instances out there where longterm vodka dosing causes RANDOM dieoffs of everything in the tank - everything!

The main cause is depleted oxygen.

This is why I chose not to use this method. I have read some nasty stories as well as other issues that have popped up.