Dosing Vodka

[zheng02]

anyone one here dose vodka ?

[johntanjm]

DO NOT DOSE vodka. if u really really want to. do it drop by drop.

[searching4dan]

umm.. wats the use dosing vodka??

can does chivas?? lol

[hammy]

umm.. wats the use dosing vodka??

can does chivas?? lol

it is a carbon food source( same as sugar ) for anaerobic bacteria .

in simple term, to lower ur nitrates.

[zheng02]

i read from other forum they say it will lower down your nitrates, because vodka is basically a dilute ethanol and ethanol reduces Nitrates to Nitrites...

[big_ben102000]

haha later all the LS get drunk

[iantoh]

hi there zheng02,

i know several bros locally that dose vodka as a carbon source for denitrifying bacterias in their system. a good bro, whose tank thread you should check out is bro weileong (losmandy) on the other forum. From my understanding of the practice, the vodka (other substitutes being sugar, ethanol, vinegar, etc) are used as a carbon source to fuel the growth of bacteria. As these bacterias grow, they assimilate nitrates and phosphates, and are then exported through efficient skimming.

several notes of caution though... even though in most captive systems, the bacteria population is limited by carbon, this isnt necessarily always a bad thing because whilst there are strains of bacteria which we like, like the nitrifying and denitrifying ones, there are also pathogenic strains that could spur bacterial infections on the tissues of corals.

and though there have been reefers who've dosed sugar, vodka, etc to good effect, they've also been those that suffered crashes, so dose with caution, and after youve read through all the relevant threads on RC.

if you do dose, dose slow.

all the best bro,

ian

[zheng02]

hahah.. thanks for sharing it with us.. =D

[iantoh]

if youre interested, you can check out these threads ya bro:

Dosing Vodka to bring down N and P:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthre...threadid=288714

Vodka Dosing:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthre...highlight=vodka

Nitrate Reduction 101:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthre...threadid=898931

cheers

[searching4dan]

lol

1st time i heard of such things.. dosing vodka..

reefing is relli getting interesting..

lol.. btw any other alcohol tt can be use?

[accurist]

I dosed myself with vodka, nitrate free now, although my head hurts a bit.