Starting my Vodka Adventure

[ThaBeast]

In reference to cyano; I used mb7 per instructions, plus special blend at freshwater instructions. Cyano disappeared quickly. I've had the best luck using the redsea no3po4x for carbon source.

 

[ThaBeast]

Also my Sps and Lps look best after I dropped my alk to 2.9 mq/l

 

[kingfisherfleshy]

I just caught up on your thread, I was wondering how everything is at this point? I was thinking of starting a carbon program, with vodka, glucose, and vinegar it's a recipe out of coral magazine. I would like to know if you can see improved color in your corals. What kind of corals do you have mainly? I have all sps, I have read that carbon dosing can cause bleaching in sps have you heard of this or seen it? Apparently Alk tends to drop or something to that effect. Thanks and good luck

My colors improved. Some people say that dosing tanks sps have "pastel colors"...mine still dont have the best colors, but are better than they were before.

Anyone have any idea on whether iso diluted to 80 proof could be used for vodka dosing? Its kinda important...trying to start a vodka program here at work with zero funding to do so.

 

[sweetride]

am not sure if I just missed it but i thought you were going to post a pre and post photos of your corals?

 

[Pisces II]

This is very interesting, please keep up the sharing of information.

 

[kingfisherfleshy]

am not sure if I just missed it but i thought you were going to post a pre and post photos of your corals?

I was, unfortunately, my camera's macro and marco zoom modes no longer work (weird, used to be able to take great pictures with them)

I can tell you this...some of my corals still have some green/brown, but I am growing a tort with little green, and a garf bonsai that used to be completely brown is now just a light brown with pastel purple and greens.

Who knows, I think it helped. You can always check my tank videos...Ill have a new one coming out in a month at the latest or so.

This is very interesting, please keep up the sharing of information.

Thanks, its pretty well documented, but more can never hurt.

Can anyone answer my last question?

As far as my personal cyano goes, I have been sucking it out and added half a unit of chemi pure elite...going to change it out in a month for a full unit. Seems to be working.

 

[kingfisherfleshy]

Bump

 

[patent]

Kingfisherfleshy,

Re Isopropyl, I don't have any first hand knowledge, but note a couple things. Its more toxic than ethanol, and can be a pain to handle. In humans it is not nearly as easy to metabolize as ethanol. While the fact that we can't use it as easily as we "use" ethanol does not necessarily mean the bacteria would face the same problem, it does lead me to believe you can't know for sure it will actually work as a carbon source. Coupled with its toxicity, I just would hesitate to dose it. Personally, I would not use it in an aquarium, though keep in mind this is all theory.

Ethyl alcohol is what you find in Vodka, if no impurities are present that would be fine, so it depends on what source you are getting it from. For example, denatured ethanol has benzene added to get rid of water, and I would not add benzene to an aquarium.

re dilution, that is largely pointless, that's what happens when you add it to the aquarium anyway, or your doing it wrong. :sad:

 

[kingfisherfleshy]

Kingfisherfleshy,

Re Isopropyl, I don't have any first hand knowledge, but note a couple things. Its more toxic than ethanol, and can be a pain to handle. In humans it is not nearly as easy to metabolize as ethanol. While the fact that we can't use it as easily as we "use" ethanol does not necessarily mean the bacteria would face the same problem, it does lead me to believe you can't know for sure it will actually work as a carbon source. Coupled with its toxicity, I just would hesitate to dose it. Personally, I would not use it in an aquarium, though keep in mind this is all theory.

Ethyl alcohol is what you find in Vodka, if no impurities are present that would be fine, so it depends on what source you are getting it from. For example, denatured ethanol has benzene added to get rid of water, and I would not add benzene to an aquarium.

re dilution, that is largely pointless, that's what happens when you add it to the aquarium anyway, or your doing it wrong. :sad:

I am simply asking because it is in regards to my other thread "Fish in Need".

I cant bring vodka into our laboratory, and it would look funny on my budget if I was spending money at a liqour store.

I can get ethyl and iso however.

It makes sense to dilute it, because you dont have dosing instructions for alcohol that concentrated.

However it sounds as if the idea has come to a dead end anyways.

Thanks

 

[kingfisherfleshy]

Bump for other ideas?

 

[kingfisherfleshy]

Bump

 

[kingfisherfleshy]

Anyone? How about vodka, diluted down in a reservoir, with an aqualifter pump set to a certain amount of time a day? I think an hour is 3 1/2 gallons.