gonna try vodka dosing

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  1. Screwtape

    Screwtape Tonozukai Fairy Wrasse

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  2. xxtechxx

    xxtechxx Flamingo Tongue

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    hmmm sounds really intersting.. what happens when you dose for about a couple of months and lets say you are out of town for a week, and have to stop dosing... what will happen?!?!
     
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  3. jakeh24

    jakeh24 Pajama Cardinal

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    im pretty sure its a long term thing so you would need someone to dose it for you
     
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    xxtechxx Flamingo Tongue

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    but any side effects if you stop dosing all of a sudden?
     
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  5. barbianj

    barbianj Hammer Head Shark

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    Yeah, your nitrates go up. ;)
     
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  6. barbianj

    barbianj Hammer Head Shark

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    I have been dosing vodka on my FOWLR, and my nitrates went from 80 under 20 so far. I currently dose 10 ml for ~400 gallons of water. Water is very clear and glass stays clean a long time. So far, so good.
     
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    xxtechxx Flamingo Tongue

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    haha why would you do it on a FOWLR TANK?!?! haha
     
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  8. barbianj

    barbianj Hammer Head Shark

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    Mmmmm....because it's not so good for the fish to have nitrates at 80.
     
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  9. brew0688

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    I too have read about long term dosing affecting the sand bed negatively. This article makes reference to it:
    Vodka Dosing by 'Genetics' and 'Stony_Corals' - Reefkeeping.com
    Under "Deep sand beds"

    I have a FOLWR tank, and I plan on starting vodka dosing too - just to get rid of all the ridiculous cyano I have.

    I have lots of research to do first though, as my tank is only a 25g.
     
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    Any luck / words of advice for those of us who haven't tried yet? Is it working?
     
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