Dosing Vodka

[ganjero]

What vodka or alternative product do you guys buy here the bay area to dose your tanks?

[earthboy17]

I'm hard core. I dose with everclear.

[earthboy17]

...ok, just kidding. Never heard of dosing with vodka.

What's the deal with this?

[Sparkss]

we use sugar, which has the same affect/result as dosing carbon filtered vodka.

[stubbsz]

I dose with Gin. Bombay sapphire. Hint of vermouth and a spray of oils from a lemon peel. Gently mixed in a shaker...never shaken. Doesn't makes it out of the kitchen so I haven't seen the effect on my reef yet.

[ganjero]

Well everclear is what most recommend but I thought it was illegal in CA

[Kinetic]

i thought only absinthe was illegal until recently, some place in the bay area now makes it. It was illegal because people started neglecting buying wine since all they wanted was absinthe...

but in all seriousness, I believe the ethanol that comes from the vodka helps reduce nitrates by building up a huge nitrate reducing bacteria. The bacteria multiply like crazy with ethanol. The amount is very little, and you'll definitely need to read the exact dosage amounts.

[Sparkss]

again, you can get the same affect/results by dosing sugar. And either method you want to build up the dosage slowly. It will help keep nitrates and even phosphates down (it does in our tank.. at least according to our hanna phosphate meter and Elos nitrate test kit).

[tuberider]

Advil for a brain tumor

[northbay-reefer]

I am making moonshine if any of you are interested

[tuberider]

Originally posted by northbay-reefer
I am making moonshine if any of you are interested

Group buy anyone?

[nashorn]

Originally posted by Sparkss
we use sugar, which has the same affect/result as dosing carbon filtered vodka.

Hi Tom
How do you dose sugar? any links?
Thanks
Wayland