Vodka Dosing

[cowboy572]

I am looking for instructions on how to dose with Vodka. I had Ping, Pete K., come over this weekend to look at my tank due to some issues I was having. One of the issues I am having is a green algae on the glass problem. He recommended dosing with Vodka. Well I got on RC's website to find the dosing instruction's and I am unable to locate them. So can someone share the link where I can find it or share those dosing instructions with me.

[FireWater]

I have heard of it before, but why dose w/ the vodka versus other methods to remove impurities? As far as I know there have been mixed results in the final outcome. Do a search on here - someone has tried it - I just can't remember who.

[Big_Pun]

melevreef has some info http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php

[FireWater]

Try this - hope the link works. I just did a search for vodka and dosing:
http://www.maast.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42008&highlight=vodka+dosing

[corydrysdale]

Try this, i think its the same place, just scroll down and your find all the information that he tried and his results. From what i could tell it worked but it took him 3/4's of a year to get the results he was looking for.

http://www.melevsreef.com/vodka_dosing.html

[FireWater]

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php

[Gseclipse02]

alcohol abuse!!! jkjk

[Big_Pun]

alcohol abuse!!! jkjk
yea thats why i wont do it against my religion, church of Hank Williams lol,

[cowboy572]

Thanks for the leads. Will keep you posted on what happens.

[Kristy]

Cowboy -

We were strongly considering going this route several months ago and ended up not trying it. While researching it, I made notes for the amount I planned to dose for our 210g tank and also for our 20g tank. I dose quite conservatively as a rule, by the way, usually going with lower numbers than advised, and in this case going with zero.

If it would be helpful, I could send you the planned dosages that I made notes on for your comparison. I know there was quite a lot of math involved and it might be nice to check your plans against someone else's.

[ReefCube]

i see mixed results with dosing. Good luck

[joelb]

1 shot for the tank, 2 for me :) 1 more for me

[cowboy572]

lol, that sounds like me. One for the tank, two for me, one for the..........