Vinegar observations and comments from others dosing
Hi,
I've been dosing vinegar for a couple months and I have a few observations and wanted to see if you guys/gals see the same stuff.
My dose is 400cc/daily for 1100 gallons of water. My sponges and overflow pipes (Stockman) tend to clog up with milm/slimy material pretty quickly. My glass gets a coating of light green algae almost daily.
My nitrate was in the high 20's and is currently down to 13.2 by Lamotte. So, it is gradually fixing my nitrate problem. Thing is, the clogging of GFO sponge and milm/slime in the overflow and in the powerheads is creating more work with cleaning Tunze pumps and keeping overflow pipes washed out (about every week).
Any thoughts, or is this pretty normal stuff?
Thanks!
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