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tmz · 10/22/2012, 11:17 PM

I dose 34 vodka equivalents to 600 gallons daily and started at 1/4 of that. Most settle out at a max of.06ml per gallon which in your case would be about 7 ml of vodka per day .

If that's 25 ml of vodka it is a very high dose. Note: vodka is 8x stronger than vinegar and a solid like dextrose is 2.5 times as strong as vodka and 20x as strong as vinegar in terms of organic carbon content.

This thread may be of interest:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...+carbon+dosing

10/22/2012, 11:17 PM	#12
tmz ReefKeeping Mag staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Seneca NY Posts: 27,691	I dose 34 vodka equivalents to 600 gallons daily and started at 1/4 of that. Most settle out at a max of.06ml per gallon which in your case would be about 7 ml of vodka per day . If that's 25 ml of vodka it is a very high dose. Note: vodka is 8x stronger than vinegar and a solid like dextrose is 2.5 times as strong as vodka and 20x as strong as vinegar in terms of organic carbon content. This thread may be of interest: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...+carbon+dosing __________________ Tom Current Tank Info: Tank of the Month , November 2011 : 600gal integrated system: 3 display tanks (120 g, 90g, 89g),several frag/grow out tanks, macroalgae refugia, cryptic zones. 40+ fish, seahorses, sps,lps,leathers, zoanthidae and non photosynthetic corals.