Dosing a vodka & vinager mix

[Drazil]

Hi all

I'm looking for help on vodka & vinager dosing to reduce nitrate I have about 210gal setup that's including sump and external reeflo skimmer how do I mix the two meaning how many parts vodka to how many parts vinager. I also need to know how many ml of the mix should I be adding to my reef to start out and when to increase the dose please help!!

Cheers, ryan

[mark]

realize the reasoning but why not try just one or the other to begin with with

[reefwars]

Just follow the guide for vodka , omit some of the vodka and multiply by 8 to get the amount of vinegar you want to use , I'm not sure the ratio your trying to acquire but this is the idea anyways ethanol has 8x the amount of carbon then acetate


Personally I would do mostly vinegar and a little vodka then reversing it .

[Dez]

I do vodka/vinegar. But I have no idea what ratio. I was doing zeostart before, but that stuff is too pricey, so when the bottle ran out that I dose from, I just put vinegar in it. No change in the tank. Then when the vinegar was almost out, I tipped it off with straight vodka. No change. Mind you I am probably the last person that you want advice from because I haven't tested any parameters in a few years. But my tank is doing well though.

[Drazil]

Thanks all I'm going to give it a try my nitrates r way up around 100ppm

[langley reefer]

Hey i only dose vodka and it works quite well. I started approx. Two weeks ago and have seen a reduction in nitates by 40 ppm and a reduction in phosphates by about .60 ppm. I don't know about vinegar, never used it. I followed the instructions at
reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt

[reefwars]

I'm all vinegar lol

[Drazil]

I'll do a test tomorrow see if anything happened or not everything in the tank looks fine so.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Drazil

I'll do a test tomorrow see if anything happened or not everything in the tank looks fine so.

Results wont happen that fast , you'll need to up the dosage over time if your just starting out , for some it's weeks others as long as months. your skimmer is going to work harder then it's ever worked before.

Be consistent with it and results will be faster

[langley reefer]

I agree with reefwars it doesnt happen overnight. You need to be consistent with your dosing and follow instructions in regards to slowly increasing the dose. It took about a week and a half for me to see results.