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Oh really, i'm game. has anyone done a DIY successfully. If so, what vodka did you use? Anyone have measurements of each parts needed to make say 16 or 32oz bottle?NoPox is actually:
1 part 5% vinegar (acetate)
1/2 part 80proof vodka (ethanol)
1 part RODI water
Many ppl are DIYing their own NoPox
Sorry Red Sea
StoliOh really, i'm game. has anyone done a DIY successfully. If so, what vodka did you use? Anyone have measurements of each parts needed to make say 16 or 32oz bottle?
I would love to believe but why nopox makes such bacteria blooms if its just vinegar and vodka? I am using vinegar to lover ph without having bacterial outbreak. I stopped using nopox as it makes too big blooms in my tank no matter how much i dose too much too small or right enough. Went for rowaphos and nitratex in reactor. Does same thing without bacteria bloom. Now i am having problem with diatoms instead. Dont know what is better as both are ugly looking. Nopox clogs my socks, diatoms dont.NoPox is actually:
1 part 5% vinegar (acetate)
1/2 part 80proof vodka (ethanol)
1 part RODI water
Many ppl are DIYing their own NoPox
Sorry Red Sea
Your using RODI water ?I would love to believe but why nopox makes such bacteria blooms if its just vinegar and vodka? I am using vinegar to lover ph without having bacterial outbreak. I stopped using nopox as it makes too big blooms in my tank no matter how much i dose too much too small or right enough. Went for rowaphos and nitratex in reactor. Does same thing without bacteria bloom. Now i am having problem with diatoms instead. Dont know what is better as both are ugly looking. Nopox clogs my socks, diatoms dont.
Hi Saisori,I had hi nitrate in my tank and dosed all sorts of products to get it down and at the end I googled it and started dosing quarter of a tea spoon for every 25 gallons of tank water every other day and it got down to 20 when I could not get it below 80,the white sugar worked but put it in your sump in the inletHey all, been battling high nitrate for awhile. I believe I'm around 80PPM. I've been doing water changes every week. This does not seem to do anything to the nitrate. I have a 130G tank and do about 25G water change. That about 20%.
There appears to be nothing dead in the tank. And I feed only once a day when I'm off work. Food gone usually in seconds. Just a pinch of flakes.
I have torches that are thriving and zoa that open up but have not propagated. Lots of Acros that show no sign of growth or deterioration.
How much water change would be too much? I would like to try to stabilize the nitrate to something more realistic.
Thanks. I dont understand the 1 part RODI...so how much water is 1 part.Yes used it for about a year now use macro algae I just adjusted my formula for my needs
250ml vodka
50ml vinegar
1 part RODI water
1 tbs of sugar
The vodka I use is the cheapest I can buy.
be sure to skim on the wetter side while using NoPox. This should help combat the bacterial bloom/cloudy water you've seen in the past.Not sure if I can remove the sand. What I have in there is about 1/2 inch.
I have a marine pure block in the sump.
I've actually start dosing nopox as a lot have recommend.
Sorry I wanted to say 100ml RODIThanks. I dont understand the 1 part RODI...so how much water is 1 part.
Yes i doYour using RODI water ?