What does vodka dosing do?

Vodka dosing is a technique to reduce or even eliminate detectable levels of nitrate and phosphate from a reef tank. The chemistry involved behind the scenes is actually not specific to vodka–it is ‘organic carbon’ dosing.

What does carbon dosing do?

Carbon dosing will help coral growth and coloration by lowering excess nutrient levels. Due to the low cost and overall effectiveness for most tanks, it’s something most aquarists should consider.

Does Nopox lower pH?

2500 Club Member. Normal for carbon dosing, PH will drop, dose during lights on will lessen the swing.

How do I lower PO4 in my reef tank?

There are four main ways to help lower the Phosphate level in your aquarium:

1. Water Changes & Vacuuming of Sand Bed (Detritus Removal)
2. A Good Protein Skimmer.
3. Macro-Algae in a Refugium or Turf Algae Scrubber.
4. Chemical Absorption Products.

Does Red Sea Nopox need to be refrigerated?

This system is designed to maintain maximum coral coloration, growth and health. Start by dosing 1 drops per 25 gallons (net water volume) twice weekly. Refrigerate after opening.

Do you need a skimmer for carbon dosing?

Before you start carbon dosing, you MUST have a protein skimmer running in your reef tank. As the bacteria consumes the nitrates and phosphates, the protein skimmer is what removes these nutrients from the water. Otherwise the nutrients will remain in the water and this will be a waste of time and money.

Is carbon dosing necessary?

Dosing helps boost established bio filtration, stimulating bacteria to colonize and consume the excess nutrients, nitrate and phosphate along with the liquid carbon. This important function of bacteria in the aquarium is the natural nitrogen cycle and will keep the tank from experiencing “New Tank Syndrome”.

Can you overdose Microbacter clean?

Yep. No chance of an overdose.

Will carbon remove phosphates?

Will carbon remove phosphates? Yes, carbon will help to remove aquarium phosphate from your aquarium. Now, activated carbon does not directly remove phosphates from the water, but it does break down organic compounds, thus slowly breaking phosphate down into other components.

What is vodka dosing in a reef tank?

Vodka dosing in a reef tank is a proven method to improve water quality by removing nitrates and phosphates from the water. Let me share some of the benefits of vodka dosing in a reef aquarium with you by answering some common questions:

What is the best way to dose vodka?

That same principle is involved with dosing vodka. You want to start out with a small amount of vodka and increase it, over time, allowing the bacterial population to grow. The amount of vodka you start with is a really, really small amount. Really small.

How much does it cost to dose vodka?

Dosing vodka is easy if you can keep up with it, daily. The cost for 10 months was under $40, and I didn’t have to deal with refilling a Phosban Reactor with GFO and all that that entails. I purposely didn’t do very many water changes because I wanted to know if vodka could do the job as advertised.

What are the benefits of vodka dosing?

An additional perk to vodka dosing is the ability to feed more heavily without fear that water quality will suffer. It can be a challenging dance indeed to not overdose with food nor with vodka. Water clarity is obvious to the eye.