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Randy Holmes-Farley · 03/15/2010, 08:22 AM

Twice I tried to include vinegar in the regimen and both times had to stop because even small additions of 1ml per 50 gal per week caused a bloom of (bacteria?) white slime.

The bacteria have to grow somewhere. I have a lot of live rock in the refugia downstream of the vinegar dosing, and also a cannister filter of GAC, and I expect nearly all the bacteria grows there, so I never see any.

03/15/2010, 08:22 AM	#22
Randy Holmes-Farley Reef Chemist Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Arlington, Massachusetts Posts: 86,233	Twice I tried to include vinegar in the regimen and both times had to stop because even small additions of 1ml per 50 gal per week caused a bloom of (bacteria?) white slime. The bacteria have to grow somewhere. I have a lot of live rock in the refugia downstream of the vinegar dosing, and also a cannister filter of GAC, and I expect nearly all the bacteria grows there, so I never see any. __________________ Randy Holmes-Farley Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef