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04-24-2007, 06:21 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Rochester
Posts: 3,636
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VODKA in your Tank!
Lots of talk on www.tcmas.org about use of vodka and sugar in tanks.
Lets talk about something other than LFS.
What do you think?
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04-25-2007, 10:28 AM
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Sumpless and Proud
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Rochester, MN
Posts: 1,296
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Wow....I've been reading and reading and reading - I think my brain is about to start leaking out of my ears.
It seems like this idea came out of Italy and has been used mainly with SPS tanks....they also use growth hormone....
Seems kind of risky to me....but interesting nonetheless. Sounds like you really need to have an industrial strength skimmer though.
J.
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04-25-2007, 10:45 AM
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Penguin is gonna get it
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 3,235
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i remember some discussion about reducing nitrates by using pasta a number of years ago...
i don't think i got anything for useful info looking into it....LOL
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04-25-2007, 07:40 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Byron MN, USA
Posts: 225
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Hey Icebear are you the guy from Maine that went to Foster and Smith's last year?
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04-25-2007, 09:15 PM
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Penguin is gonna get it
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 3,235
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No, but i'd like to (and i'm a girl) 
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04-26-2007, 03:43 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Byron MN, USA
Posts: 225
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sprung and delbeek talk about the vodka methode their recent book the THE REEF AQUARIUM Volume 3. I have the book and have read it. I basically allows for heavy bio loads.
Don
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04-27-2007, 12:32 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Pukalani, Maui, HI
Posts: 473
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AquaNuts
sprung and delbeek talk about the vodka methode their recent book the THE REEF AQUARIUM Volume 3. I have the book and have read it. I basically allows for heavy bio loads.
Don
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I'm wondering why this may be and what concentration of vodka. Any clues?
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04-27-2007, 12:51 AM
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Reefer and proud of it!!!
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Moore, Ok
Posts: 826
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never heard about vodka or sugar in your fish tank. Now sugar in you car gas tank is another story. let's not get into that one. but how would vodka or sugar help the tank????
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04-27-2007, 01:22 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Pukalani, Maui, HI
Posts: 473
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I was so curious about this that I googled "vodka in a marine aquarium" and found one article on the subject, by Borneman no less,
( http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...ture/index.php) which pretty much debunked the idea. It didn't mention anything on dosing other than the hobbyist that reported it used "increasing doses" and didn't use a control, i.e. similar tank with no vodka.
Based on this article and common sense, the only way I'd suggest using vodka in the marine aquarium hobby would be put it in your own drink while viewing.
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05-06-2007, 01:20 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Andover, KS
Posts: 3,494
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there is a VERY long thread on RC about dosing sugar in your tank to keepnitrates down... just do a search for sugar and nitrates on RC and you will find it.....a few months ago my nitrates were off the charts... 160 ... long story...and I read this whole thread and decided to try the sugar dosing... my nitrates reached 0 after about 3 weeks and have stayed there for the last 3 months...no ill effects to my tank or corals and fish are thriving!
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180 gallon AGA RR mixed reef inwall, 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank sump, 10 gallon hex fuge, Quiet one 5000 return pump, PCI PS-3000 skimmer with Octopus needlewheel pump, 72" Constellation from Aquactinics, 2 Triton Aquatics GS2 maxijet mods, 2 250 watt heaters, 200 lbs live rock, 200 lbs pulverized limestone
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05-08-2007, 05:54 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: caledonia MN
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Jenni,
What size tank do you have and how much sugar did you use to dose it? I am trying it but I didn't want to add to much sugar without knowing... I am slowly adding 1 tablespoon at a time in a remote deep sand bed. The nitrates started pretty high 80 or so and I have been able to drop it down to about 20 but it has kinda stalled.
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05-10-2007, 01:10 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Pukalani, Maui, HI
Posts: 473
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This isn't at all unbelievable. I suspect the sugar may jumpstart a bacteria that breaks down nitrates.
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