vodka dosing for dino's

[bmullikin1]

i have a bad case of clear/white snot like dinos. system is a marineland 70, w 20l sump, 250w radium run 5hrs aday, 150w vho 2hr before and after mh, runnig gac, rowa in reactors changed weekly now,itech 100 running wet, 25m filters sock clog in 12hrs or less,big pain in my back. 1.025, 0 nitrates and nitrites, phos .03 hanna, ph 8-8.2 alk now 12dkh, cal 450 last time i checked, have tried kalk to try to boost ph to 8.5 but unable to hold unless i dose1/2 tsp every 2hrs or so, tried elevated alk thats why is 12dkh, hooked aqua 15w uv. running out of ideas and motivation, just wondering if anyones tried for dino's

[68551]

Why would you be vodka dosing if you have 0 nitrates??//

[bmullikin1]

just hunting for cure, vodka seems to work w other algae's, agree not a nitrate problem, if anything lack of nitrate has been suggested for dino outbreaks

[redfishsc]

Why would you be vodka dosing if you have 0 nitrates??//

Phosphate reduction, which is more critical IMO than nitrate reduction anyhow.

Or to accommodate a heavy feeding load.

Everyone who doses vodka should hit 0 nitrates/phosphates at some point, but if they stop dosing vodka and continue their normal feeding patters, both nitrate and phosphate will likely rise again.

[68551]

what would happen if I dosed 3 drops per day in my 100g system??? Would there be some detrimental effect by not increasing the dose to the maintenance level??

[capnfritz]

Most likely nothing.