vinegar

Hello, I need to clean my chiller out and I'm wondering what's the proper ratio of vinegar to water and how long I should let it run through the chiller? I was think 1:1 vinegar to water but I'm not sure. I also think 1hr would be good but idk just a guess. If anyone has had experience with this...

I’m gonna have the vinegar take a seat on the bench for a bit.. Iv been going straight to this for years to clean my stuff… soak 12-24 hours. But every single time I’m disappointed in the vinegars performance. Still end up scrubbing like crazy and to be honest a lot times after 12-24 hours, I...

How should you be cleaning new equipment before using it/putting it in your tank? A new tank after sitting in a box in a warehouse? Powerheads and pumps with oils and grease from assembly and the manufacturing process? Nets, gravel vacs and other tools sitting on the racks at LFS? Do you just...

I have homed in my vinegar dosing to 60ml a day. This deals with 6 cubes a day plus some mysis rs flake and spectrum pellets. I tend to feed in the evening and wondering whether this is causing very high nutrients and low the rest of the time. I was spreading it out to 24 times a day through a...

Hi reefers, I’ve started dosing vinegar 2 weeks ago to reduce my 40ppm nitrates (150 gallons tank + sump ) , following the dosing chart found on the forum , I’m putting directly the vinegar mixed with water in the return pump section , 3 times a day 10 ml , 10 ml and 5 ml . The nitrates...

I am sure someone has posted it somewhere on this forum but I have done a quick search and read a few threads so thought I would post instead. I purchased a used tank and there is some saltwater residue, calcification or haze or something that I cannot remove. I have used the following...

Hi everyone, Right now I have high nitrates (around 50ppm) and low phosphates (around 0.1ppm). The phosphates might be a false reading since my tank is now filled with green hair algae (which Ive been trying to remove). I remove them manually when doing water changes weekly, and they still grow...

I recently cleaned a used aquarium that i just bought with vinegar, and i rinced it with water. ive seen other poeple do that, but it only occured to me that it could have an effect on water chemestry and livestock health, like with Ph and whatnot. i have a 55 gallon, so i cant touroughly rince...

My 250gallon system runs nutrient heavy, such that I dose a lot of vinegar for nutrient reduction (just under 220ml/day currently). For some time now I have been adding Kalk directly to my 5% vinegar in order to combat the ph lowering effect of dosing acetic acid. I currently mix 1 cup of Kalk...

I'm currently on my 3rd week of dosing vodka to reduce nitrates in my tank, when I remember that I stumbled upon a couple of DIY NOPOX recipes that mix vodka, vinegar, and rodi water (sometimes). What are the benefits, if any, to dosing the DIY NOPOX vs the vodka I'm currently using?

Can anyone post some links to the old "ReefKeeping" carbon dosing charts. I remember there were charts for vodka and vinegar. I'm currently dosing vinegar in a 120g system, and have reached zero levels of nitrate and po4. My question is once zero levels are acheived do I cut back to a...

Hey guys! I'm trying to switch from nopox to vinegar for my carbon dosing. Nopox has been going great for me but obviously more costly. Would just like some info on how to go about vinegar dosing. Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

What is the safest and recommended way to clean MP40s and Vectra pumps? Which solution is best and least likely to destroy the integrity of the plastics, housings, etc.?

I've read online that you should never run gfo with Sps corals in your system. Apparently corals will lose colors. How true is this? I currently run a refugium, carbon dose vinegar, and run phosguard but it gets exhausted very quickly. I feed my corals reef roids every other day. Looking for...

I am shortly tearing down a tank that has been running 3 years, to convert it to Triton with a new sump etc. Its a 350-litre tank and the intention is to fill the tank with fresh water and vinegar, run it with all pumps, skimmer etc for a few days to clean and sterilize it. What ratio of...

I have to clean my used skimmer, reactors, pumps & powerheads to prepare for a new tank. I have read improper soaks of vinegar/water can lead to power head magnet coating damage or pump damage (where pumps become much noisier). I realize that the RATIO is important and proper length of soak...

Been really interested in dosing my tank with vinegar for the past couple of days. I have been having a hard time trying to get rid of hair algae. Anyone have any advice on dosing it with vinegar? If anyone is wondering, I have a mix of sps and lps corals with parameters of: specific gravity-...

@Randy Holmes-Farley Do I need to start over from scratch if I am converting from NoPox to Vinegar? I can't remember how much is my dosing (ml) for NoPox ... I think 6ml per day if my memory serves me well ... I set and now forgot about it LOL but I can see the dosing container is thinning...