Well here I go..

After talking at the meeting on Sat I am going to start dosing vodka in my tank next week. I will let you all know how it goes.

Bout damn time lol

Now the purpose here garrett is to reduce your Nitrates not turn your fish and coral into alcoholics

icereefer wrote:Now the purpose here garrett is to reduce your Nitrates not turn your fish and colars into alcoholics

ROFL.

lol wellI might get myself drunk too even tho I dont drink...lol

Make sure you stop if you see cyno and hair algae growing faster. It is an indication you don't have the right bacteria in your tank to feed the vodka to or you are not having enough air exchange via skimming or surface agitation.

I dont think the hair algae can grow any faster than it has...lol But I will keep track.Thanks

Intereted to see if it work for you... Keep us posted.

Good luck with the vadka dosing. I have been thinking about using those np bio pellets and posted a link to RC that I finished reading(47 pages) sounds easier than vodka but a little more exspensive.

I am going to start it on Monday so I will post the results

Well it has been about a week since I started to dose vodka and I must say that I can really see a color differance in my corals. The HA does not seem to be getting much better but it has been only a week. I think it is diying tho cause there is alot of it floating around and the skimmer is pulling some really good(or bad) stuff out.. I took a pic of my tank before I started and will take one at the end of the 2nd week and see if I can see a change and will post them. Just thought I would give an update if anyone cares.....lol...lol

How much are you dosing per gal per day? This was an interesting article: www.qualitymarine.com/News/Feature-Articles/Gimme-a-Vodka%2C-on-the-Live-Rocks%2C-with-a-Splash-of-Heavy-Skimming.-(03/30/10)

yes how much per gallon are you doing. im glad it seems to be starting to work.

I started out at 0.4ml the first 3 days then 0.8 ml till the 7th day then I will be doing 1.3ml the second week

If this works for i will have to try it my self.

Hey HD do you still have your GFO up and running to ?

Ya but I am sure it needs to be replaced and I dont have any new stuff so I am just going to take it down

Home_Depot wrote:Ya but I am sure it needs to be replaced and I dont have any new stuff so I am just going to take it down

Im thinking of taking my GFO down to sick of cleaning it lol and i think start VD in the next 2-3 days.

How's it going so far Garrett Nite's dropping at all?

icereefer wrote:How's it going so far Garrett Nite's dropping at all?

lol im sure his fish are super happy

Well I have not really notices much change in the tank latley. I did not have any nitrate problem it was more so the po4...that might be linked to it but not sure. and the po4 kit are useless imo. I dont think the HA is getting worse but at the same time not getting better either. but it is also summer time and not a lot of time gets spent in the house..

What kind of fish load do you have in your tank Now? sorry been awhile since I've seen your tank. and do you get a pretty good dust storm going when you baste your LR ? and how deep is your sand bed? if over 3" how strong is your clean up crew? and if below 3" and you don't have enough detritus eating critters, are you sure your sand bed isn't turning into a Land fill?

I only have like 6 fish, my sand bed is about 2" and I get a little bit of detritus off my rock. my cuc is not what it shoud be. I do have a sand siffter star in there and he is doing good.

Well if you don't have a build up of Debris and your Not over feeding and your Lighting if remembered was just changed And No 6 fish in your tank as established as it is your ecosystem should be nice and strong, what kind of TDS reading are you getting? and have you ever tested for Iron?

My tds is 0, No I have never tested for iron. What would that do??