Alcohol Dosing in a Reef Tanks

[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.

[mark]

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.

Wouldn't good aeration/surface agitation be able to keep up to O2?

[albert_dao]

No, because the rate that monocultures reach critical mass is explosive. One day, there's enough oxygen for everyone, the next day, the bacterial mass doubles, doubles, then doubles again and smothers everything out. A bit of surface aggitation cannot alleviate that kind of momentum.