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03/12/2009, 01:04 PM | #76 |
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I dosed vodka for about 2 months. The water did clear up and the corals became a little brighter. I quit dosing when I had a green cyano out break. It is tempting to go back to dosing.. But than again I really dislike green cyano.
I was thinking of maybe just doing the minimum dose and just keeping it at that with out increasing... I currently read 0 nitrates on 2 test kits without dosing. My only problem is a little HA here and there that wont go away. I have also started running GFO. |
03/12/2009, 07:41 PM | #77 |
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Do you guys just dose it wit any kind of vodka or a specific kind. A friend of mine also dose his tank wit rubbing alcohol. Never told me what is was for but his corals grows like crazy.
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Do you guys just dose it wit any kind of vodka or a specific kind. A friend of mine also dose his tank wit rubbing alcohol. Never told me what is was for but his corals grows like crazy.
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03/12/2009, 07:42 PM | #79 |
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Is the green cyano a side effect of dosing vodka??? I've been getting it in my tank and it just won't go away.
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03/12/2009, 08:08 PM | #80 |
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Are you sure he is dosing with rubbing alcohol?? Any non flavored alcohol will work. Read the article that Genetics linked.
jhammond, yes some folks experience cyano while carbon dosing.
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here's my 2 month time frame (sep 30 to nov 7), but I switched out the lights in late oct from 65K's to 12K's. I wanted something bluer but the brown and green stuff's all gone! I did keep notes on my Vodka dosing regimen if anyone wants to skim through. I included dosages, lighting changes, feeding, etc.
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Thanks Concept for the link. It's very straightforward and concise with excellent photography.
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Genetics,
I've got my Nitrates to 0 and phosphate to .01. Do i still need to run my refugium? Should I turn off the lights on the fuge? Although my Nitrates and PHosphate at 0, my display tank still has a lot of brown algae. I guees it came from dosing vodka, but i cut half my dosage already. |
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I don't think my post posted. It is a personal choice on whether to get rid of your macro. If it starts to die-off then yes I would remove it. Otherwise, it may be nice to keep around for other benefits.
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03/21/2009, 07:42 PM | #85 |
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Starting this soon. Any advise on what to watch out for?
Thanks in advance...
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watch out for tips bleaching from alk burn, also does any one else have before or afters or updates after pics
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How is over feeding help recover corals from fading?
My setosa started fading to almost white from pink-red. I did hold back on feeding at the same time though. Maybe that was it. |
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I am at one month of dosing. Nitrates have always been at zero but phosphates are at .25 (API). I neglected the tank for about a year, no water changes and bad RO/DI filters for top-off. At first the shock of MUCH better water clarity/lack of DOC resulted in a loss of color. Now colors are starting to come back a bit. For the first few weeks the skimmer was filling up twice a day, but it's now back on pace to once a day. I am extremely happy with the results so far, and will continue adding .5ML a week to my dosing regiment with hopes of algae reduction.
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Since there are 2 threads up on Vodka and I didn't get a reply in the other, I am asking the same question again:
I have been dosing Vodka for 2.5 month. Nitrates are barely detectable but Phosphates have remained 0.045. I just started getting diatoms on the sand and the cyano is getting progressively worse. Can't be due to low flow or old bulbs. Should I stop the Vodka completely or gradually? I got a bunch of Prodibio for free from a friend, start dosing that maybe?
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Speckled Grouper, cyano has the ability to utilize ethanol. Give prodibio a try and see if it helps you out. I've heard some people have luck with certain organic additions while others cause user-specific cyano issues.
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dosing AA. whats AA
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AA = amino acid
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It's your decision. If you quite cold turkey you should start prodibio right away. Otherwise I would taper off. Also, people have used the two in combination.
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I looked up Prodibio and has tons of products. Which one are we talking about here in conjunction with Vodka?
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So I tried vodka a few times for a few months to make it work, but either my corals were just bleaching, or I was getting RTN.
I wasn't dosing any aminos, and wasn't trying to OVERFEED (maybe I should have). I think I wasn' getting enough nutrients in. I just stopped, but my corals are recovering, though, very slowly. Sucks. Now, I'm just trying the hard way. Blah. I feel like if you're dosing vodka, you NEED to dose AA. Maybe that's where I went wrong. I wasn't doing any of that. |
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