Dosing vinegar

[marcinpolak]

Hi all,
If my tank is high in nutrients and I want to start dosing vinegar will running a skimmer only at night be ok? It turns on at 2030 and shuts off 0830. If the vinegar gets dose at 2100 will this be ok?

Also how much should I be dosing in a 15 gallon tank (what’s the ml/g for vinegar) and will this vinegar be ok?




Thank you in advance

 

[A Young Reefer]

why not run the skimmer 24/7? you already have a nutrient problem, cutting your skimmer working hours is not going to help...

 

[bushdoc]

Second refeer above about running skimmer 24/7.
Additionally you want to export nutrients in form of bacteria feeding on carbon and also aerate water.
Below link for dosing:
https://reefkeeping.com/joomla/images/magazine/vinegar_dosing/vinegar_lg.jpg

 

[dwest]

Agree with above. I would run the skimmer 24/7 and dose vinegar during day when lights are on.

 

[I never finish anythi]

I'd just do a few water changes over the course of a week or two to bring nutrients back in check . It's only a small tank . What's it stocked with ???

 

[Sea_forest]

For that size of a tank, I’ll just do a weekly water change of 5 gallons, after few months see if it is helping then if not I will figure out something.

 

[marcinpolak]

I do have an auto water changer that removes about a gallon a day. Only reason I don’t run the skimmer 24/7 is because it’s quite loud but I’ll move it around and see if I can get it into a better position.

Thank you all!

 

[marcinpolak]

Nutrients aren’t bad nitrates are 20 and phosphates are at .03. This was more of a hypothetical question

 

[I never finish anythi]

Nutrients aren’t bad nitrates are 20 and phosphates are at .03. This was more of a hypothetical question

With all that gha I wouldn't believe the test .

 

[marcinpolak]

With all that gha I wouldn't believe the test .

Are you speaking of the floating Sps tank, if so that’s only film algae I thought.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Nutrients aren’t bad nitrates are 20 and phosphates are at .03. This was more of a hypothetical question

These are not high.

 

[Clownfishy]

If you do dose any carbon source, suggest dosing during the day as carbon dosing will reduce your pH. Therefore dosing it during the day when you pH is higher can offset some of the negative pH effects.

 

[CHIEF_OF_THE_REEF]

I would not do vinegar for that size tank. Water changes is what I would do. What kind of tests are you using, how old are they? I would go with a good name brand. So many areas of reefing get "cheaped" out on, tests should not be one of them. If your tests are good, and you still have an issue, I would be interested in an ICP test. Just to confirm the tests you have.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

FWIW, my opinion about skimming and carbon dosing is that keeping the O2 as high as possible when organic carbon dosing tends to lower it is desirable, so I would not want to dose organic carbon without strong aeration, either by skimmer or some other means.

 

[marcinpolak]

I would not do vinegar for that size tank. Water changes is what I would do. What kind of tests are you using, how old are they? I would go with a good name brand. So many areas of reefing get "cheaped" out on, tests should not be one of them. If your tests are good, and you still have an issue, I would be interested in an ICP test. Just to confirm the tests you have.

I actually have no issues currently, just want to be proactive(which sounds dumb now that I think of it). I use Hanna and salifert

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I actually have no issues currently, just want to be proactive(which sounds dumb now that I think of it). I use Hanna and salifert

Not dumb, but likely not necessary... There's only so much you can be "proactive" about ;)