Anyone Vodka Dosing???

e46er · #1 02-24-2009, 12:27 AM

ok everyone here that doeses vodka seems to do it in a tank that is full of corals my tank just has snails in it for now as fish are in QT and i did a 72 hr blackout and a 50G wc and nitrates are 50 ppm would dosing vodka help my situation ive read the articles but it doesnt ever mention any tanks with just high nitrates and no corals...........

High tide · #2 02-24-2009, 12:51 AM

I went to MACNA in Atlanta last September and Eric Borneman did a talk about coral nutrition, during his talk he touched on vodka dosing a little. He recommended against it and said it can lead to coral mortality and provide conditions where pathogens can thrive. He went on to saying the ramifications of long term dosing are risky and not fully understood, experienced reefers have had mysterious disease outbreaks that were devastating. Maybe vodka is best left as a drink instead of a quick and easy cure-all.

Rbacchiega · #3 02-24-2009, 02:28 AM

Interesting.

Did he mention anything else in terms of ways to keep phosphates/nitrates undetectable but maintain coral growth/colour? Or did he just suggest to run a carbon reactor? What did he reccomend dosing, if anything?

High tide · #4 02-24-2009, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

Interesting.

Did he mention anything else in terms of ways to keep phosphates/nitrates undetectable but maintain coral growth/colour? Or did he just suggest to run a carbon reactor? What did he reccomend dosing, if anything?

No, this talk was about coral nutrition in the wild and I forgot what initiated it (probably a question), but I think he wanted to express his view while it was relevant. It's hard to retain everything I learned because MACNA was 3 solid days of cramming talks in, during, and right after, other talks...exhausting but extremely interesting.

RuGlu6 · #5 02-24-2009, 02:55 AM

I did but stopped because there was no good results in hair algae reduction.
Now i am on Fauna Marine phosfate reducing clay and red Hair Algae is 99% gone !
much happier now!

Rbacchiega · #6 02-24-2009, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by RuGlu6

I did but stopped because there was no good results in hair algae reduction.
Now i am on Fauna Marine phosfate reducing clay and red Hair Algae is 99% gone !
much happier now!

What about overall coral colour?

Treebeard · #7 02-25-2009, 07:20 PM

I have also been thinking about this, and decided to give it a try on a trial basis. I understand that some people have had tank crashes, but who is to say that the crash was caused by the vodka? Surely other people have had tank crashes and were not dosing anything?