vodka ?

Has anyone ever used vodka for algae control?

 

I know there are some on here that dose or have dosed vodka, I have also heard that people have switched from dosing vodka to running Biopellets. I personally run Biopellets and it has worked great for me. Hopefully a vodka doser or previous doser will chime in for you.

 

I'm still kinda new to the hobby what r bio-pellets

 

Bio pellets are a form of carbon dosing, just like vinegar, vodka, and sugar. Carbon dosing isnt normally recommended for beginners as it can cause a lot of issues. I recommend you do a ton of research.

I started vodka dosing, I dose everything manually. I also dose as if my tank is a 25 gallon so i dont run into any issues of over dosing. Still getting to the point of my maintenance dose, i only started a couple weeks ago.

Carbon Dosing in Layman

 

All my algae is in a 10g

 

if the tank is new then I would find some other means of reducing phosphates/nitrates.

do you know your parameters? Are you using RO/DI water?

 

I plan to start vodka dosing based on these two articles this week.

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

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

 

i use vodka in my aquaripure nitrate filter. in eight weeks i went from 40 ppm to zero !

 

+1 for the Aquaripure. Its done WONDERS for my algae problem.

 

No thanks! I never touch the stuff.