Vodka Dosing.

[renogaw]

that's a huge difference! why does that chart show point four? i'd be going nuts waiting for a nitrate change

 

[florida joe]

First i can only go by my first hand experience. and what i have read. you will not see a nitrate change for at least 35 days. then it will drop off rapidly. over the next week and then stabilize at around 5 mg/l At a reef conference that i attended Julian Sprung stated that after trial and error a starting dosage of 10 ml for 250 g is the way to go. I used 6ml for my 110. I think you will be fine with 4 ml

 

[spanko]

We all know Joe has the biggest balls of them all here, but I would err on the side of caution myself. I would go with the chart numbers because I worry, it's just what I do!

 

[9supratt4]

I'm with Spanko....I'm at day 55 of dosing and I'm only up to 4.5ml on my 180.

 

[florida joe]

55 days,I rest my case

 

[renogaw]

supratt what's the results so far?

 

[9supratt4]

Originally Posted by renogaw
http:///forum/post/3225453
supratt what's the results so far?
I have some awesome polyp extension!! I have PE on corals I never had it on before!!
I'm still seeing a bunch of algae on the glass and I've had some cyano come and go and now its back again. I also have red turf algae growing....not sure why.
My levels haven't dropped which I pretty much expecting. I expect them to drop once I get to 10ml plus.

 

[spanko]

supratt, I might suggest to you to add some Brightwell Aquatics Microbacter 7, or what I am using is Prodibio BioDigest.
Microbacter
http://www.brightwellaquatics.com/br_base.html
Prodibio
http://www.prodibio.com/

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3225623
supratt, I might suggest to you to add some Brightwell Aquatics Microbacter 7, or what I am using is Prodibio BioDigest.
Microbacter
http://www.brightwellaquatics.com/br_base.html
Prodibio
http://www.prodibio.com/
what am i chopped liver, no suggestions for me

 

[spanko]

Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3225665
what am i chopped liver, no suggestions for me
What could little ole me suggest to the master that he does not already know??

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3225668
What could little ole me suggest to the master that he does not already know??

as i asked in another thread how the HELL do i know when my cycle is OVER

 

[renogaw]

Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3225673
as i asked in another thread how the HELL do i know when my cycle is OVER
cycle is over when you have no testable ammonia/nitrites imho

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by renogaw
http:///forum/post/3225819
cycle is over when you have no testable ammonia/nitrites imho
got ya

i never want my cycle to be over

 

[renogaw]

you sippin the vodka early today?

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by renogaw
http:///forum/post/3225839
you sippin the vodka early today?
what the hell can .4 ml do to me at this stage of my life.
seriously you of course have the ultimate responsibility for your tank but IMO .4 is way way low

 

[renogaw]

well, day three of adding 2ml and nothing yet. so i'm going to start upping the dose a little

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by renogaw
http:///forum/post/3228728
well, day three of adding 2ml and nothing yet. so i'm going to start upping the dose a little
how long have you been dosing

 

[renogaw]

3 days. going to go up some more tomorrow, but i dont have your legendary cojones..

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by renogaw
http:///forum/post/3228988
3 days. going to go up some more tomorrow, but i dont have your legendary cojones..
ok this is just from my own research and experience. IMO you will not see any drop in nitrates for at least 30 days and then it will drop like a rock. That of course is starting with 4 ml

 

[spanko]

Joe, he is not going to see a drop in nitrates andyway no matter how long. He is reading zero now. Seems he has an algae problem he is trying to address with the carbon dosing.
So he has nitrates but they are being taken up by the algae at a greater rate than he can test for. Thereofr a zero reading.