Anyone Dose Vodka?

[globaldesigns]

Originally Posted by Midway

Rick something I would like to ask to, ok I have a 90 gallon tank and 40 gallons sump. combined I have something like 120 gallons. how much do you think I would dose on a daily basis?

You need to calculate the actual water volume. If necessary estimate on the low site to be safe. It doesn't matter what the size of the tanks are, if there are sumps, etc... It is the actual amount of water.

Then use the .1ml per 25 gallons to start and follow the recipe.

[spawn]

Yep. Here is the chart that I used. Although I backed off for a bit to get my doser set up, my No3 stayed at 2 on an elos kit. Here is the page that I used it provides charts for all kinds of proof vodka , as well as amount charts. Now the doser is up... the tank is back on the booze! Just click on the chart that says 80 proof on the top, it's for 40% just like we drink. yey
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php

Originally Posted by MarkoD

I read somewhere that dosing vodka everyday can completely eliminate nitrates and phosphates.

has anyone here done it with any success?

[Mr.X]

I've been dosing vodka for about a year. I have a 200 Gallon tank with a 60G sump. My nitrates were higher than 50 when I started, then dipped to an all-time low at 20, then back up to 50. I didn't think the vodka was doing anything, so I trickeled it down to zero over 2 weeks. Then after 6 weeks or so, everything turned brown so I restarted the dosing ramping up to 8Ml. This was around september or so. Finally by New years the brown was gone. I'm still dosing at 7Ml/day and nitrates are still hovering at about 50.

somewhere in January all of my culerpa died off, then all of my chato died (-- About a cubic foot) about 3 weeks after.

I also have 12 Mangrove plants, 4 inches of sugar sand, 200 pounds of live rock, and a coil denitrator.

I'm looking for alternatives to Vodka.

[spawn]

Just use mooore vodka!

Originally Posted by Mr.X

I've been dosing vodka for about a year. I have a 200 Gallon tank with a 60G sump. My nitrates were higher than 50 when I started, then dipped to an all-time low at 20, then back up to 50. I didn't think the vodka was doing anything, so I trickeled it down to zero over 2 weeks. Then after 6 weeks or so, everything turned brown so I restarted the dosing ramping up to 8Ml. This was around september or so. Finally by New years the brown was gone. I'm still dosing at 7Ml/day and nitrates are still hovering at about 50.

somewhere in January all of my culerpa died off, then all of my chato died (-- About a cubic foot) about 3 weeks after.

I also have 12 Mangrove plants, 4 inches of sugar sand, 200 pounds of live rock, and a coil denitrator.

I'm looking for alternatives to Vodka.

[Mr.X]

How much more? Nobody seems to post what they actually end up putting in after a year for a ~260G volume... I'm a little worried to just keep increasing. I also don't know why my chato died, but I'm afraid that everything will turn brown again if I stop the vodka. I think my tank is addicted.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Mr.X

........ I'm afraid that everything will turn brown again if I stop the vodka. I think my tank is addicted.

Fishtank or ****tank?

[spawn]

If you read this & scroll down the page it will likely tell you how much more. Just click on the the one that says 80 proof. I'm pretty sure my fish & shrimp appreciate the daily dosing! One in the morning & one at night. It was always the one's in between those to that got me into trouble.

[globaldesigns]

Originally Posted by Mr.X

How much more? Nobody seems to post what they actually end up putting in after a year for a ~260G volume... I'm a little worried to just keep increasing. I also don't know why my chato died, but I'm afraid that everything will turn brown again if I stop the vodka. I think my tank is addicted.

It sounds like you didn't follow the recipe that most follow. I explained it at the beginning of this thread. If you didn't increase the vodka dosage on a weekly basis until your parameters were basically zero, then you didn't finish and figure out the final maintenance dose.

Can you tell us how you got to 7ml per day? Just wondering.