ACETIC ACID GLACIAL 99.5% DOSING?

[nanomania]

Is it ok to dose this instead of vinegar? Or how to convert this to 500ml of 5% solution ?
Iv been dosing 25ml of white vinegar daily in my 42g skimmerless, and my no3 are stable at 12.

Here is what iv got:

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Dilute 1 part acetic acid to 19 parts RO/DI water and you get the equivalent of vinegar, or dose 5% as much (but I'd dilute instead of just dosing less).

Be careful to not splash it on yourself and especially not your eyes.

 

[nanomania]

Dilute 1 part acetic acid to 19 parts RO/DI water and you get the equivalent of vinegar, or dose 5% as much (but I'd dilute instead of just dosing less).

Be careful to not splash it on yourself and especially not your eyes.

Thank you.. :) but the product is ok right? As it has some other chemicals too..

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I expect it is fine. Those numbers are limits of what might possibly be there, not what is there. Those specifications are similar to food grade vinegar. :)

 

[nanomania]

I expect it is fine. Those numbers are limits of what might possibly be there, not what is there. Those specifications are similar to food grade vinegar. :)

Thank you.. :)

 

[nanomania]

1 part to 19 part comes to 25ml of acetic acid to 475ml of rodi for a total of 500ml.. correct??

 

[Anirban]

1 part to 19 part comes to 25ml of acetic acid to 475ml of rodi for a total of 500ml.. correct??

Yes, right...and don't smell it......;)

 

[nanomania]

Yes, right...and don't smell it......;)

Lol.. yea.. thts what the store guy told me.. lol..

 

[Seneca]

I dose acetic anhydride straight in to my sump using a dosing pump. It drips in far enough away from anything important that it should be well diluted before it comes in contact with something that matters. I buy 5 gallon buckets and dose 50 ml a day. A bucket lasts about a year.