Waterkeeper help !!!

[0 Agios]

Removing nitrates can be done with dosing Vodka, so I have read..... can I get the same results with a shot of beer ?

[rafa316]

mmm rum!

[AZDesertRat]

Only if its homebrew

[coast2coast7390]

haha i wouldnt...personally i think that it masks the nitrates

[loosecannon]

Originally posted by 0 Agios
Removing nitrates can be done with dosing Vodka, so I have read..... can I get the same results with a shot of beer ?

O agros can you put beer in your tank ? Now thats love!

[Playa-1]

Only if it's Bud

[UrbanSage]

Originally posted by Playa-1
Only if it's Bud

Didn't know it was still considered beer

[cloak]

Burp alert!

[0 Agios]

[Kdocimo90]

tryin to get your fish drunk now are you!?

[WaterKeeper]

I always use Miller myself. Actually Agios, it probably would be about the same. Beer is alcohol plus a few sugars (true extract in brewing terms). It is very biodegradable, as anyone finds out when their brew goes skunky , and is a carbon source like the ethanol in Vodka. The theory behind the Vodka thing is that denitrification requires a source of organic carbon to aid in the reduction of NO₃ to N₂. This is accomplished by bacteria under low oxygen tension in the sandbed.

My only concern here is if it is needed. In most tanks there is plenty, if not too much, dissolved organic carbon already. Decaying food and metabolic products in the tank are DOC so why not use that? Anyhow, there is a following for the practice and This Thread gives all the gory details.

[Playa-1]

Miller will give all your livestock a headache