carbon dosing

  1. GeoSquid

    DIY Biopellets - Carbon Dosing

    Anyone tried this recently? In doing google searches, I found a few threads in RC back in 2010. One person was making bio plastics from corn starch with, what seemed like, good results. On other threads a few people were using white rice. I can't seem to find anything recently, which makes...
  2. GeoSquid

    DIY Biopellets - carbon dosing

    Anyone tried this recently? In doing google searches, I found a few threads in RC back in 2010. One person was making bio plastics from corn starch with, what seemed like, good results. On other threads a few people were using white rice. I can't seem to find anything recently, which makes...
  3. LEOreefer

    Need some reassurance

    as the title says I need some reassurance I’m doing the right thing. 65 gal system about 3 months old. No fish and a hand full of snails. The only 2 corals I have is a frag of gsp which is doing great and a green mushroom. I just switch to Radion XR30 g4 pro and am running the color pop program...
  4. potatocouch

    Downgrade from NoPox to Vinegar: do I need to start from minimum dosing?

    @Randy Holmes-Farley Do I need to start over from scratch if I am converting from NoPox to Vinegar? I can't remember how much is my dosing (ml) for NoPox ... I think 6ml per day if my memory serves me well ... I set and now forgot about it LOL but I can see the dosing container is thinning...
  5. T

    NO3PO4X and bacterial boogers

    Hey all! I've been treating my tank with no3po4x for about 18 months now. I'm very familiar with the bacterial snot that develops on everything. It doesn't do anything to equipment or whatnot, just makes the sump slippery. My biggest problem is that I manually dose it every few days. I need to...
  6. Jizu Puentes

    Adding Vinegar to Kalkwasser

    I am currently dosing 91ml per hour of fully saturated kalkwasser which equals 2184 ml each day. This has maintained my CA at 430 and ALK at 7.5. I also dose 35ml/day of vinegar. I'd like to add my vinegar to the kalk mix so they can be dosed together but I know this will further saturate the...
  7. potatocouch

    What is this pink slime (after Carbon dosing)? What should I be doing?

    The No3 has now come down to almost undetectable. It was approx. 40 ppm and has taken its course over few months time. I have now cut down the dose to half and perhaps I'm still overdosing as I found pink slime all over my sump. I don't know if I'm supposed to leave it there or pull it out...
  8. potatocouch

    Carbon dosing reduces Alk

    This what I've experienced and some folks too who carbon dose, be that NoPox or Vinegar or Vodka. I can't remember what was the explanation for this. If I recall correctly it is definitely not due to corals uptake, nor precipitation. How does Carbon reduces Alkalinity?
  9. Kyle Rinker

    Sugar Dosing...?

    I am planning on starting carbon dosing and was expecting to start using vinegar through my dosing pump for convenience. I am aware that some folks have also successfully used standard table sugar for carbon dosing. So, my question is this: since I want to use a dosing pump, is there any reason...
  10. T

    To Carbon dose or not

    I have a new tank that is about 4 months old, a lot of the live rock is from my old tank though. The old tank was about 6 years old. My questions is should i carbon dose and do you think it will help me get my nitrates down. Last time i tested they were hovering around 20-25ppm. Also if you have...
  11. potatocouch

    NoPox question (or Carbon Dosing)

    Approx. 1.5 years back: No3 level was off the range ... super RED; from memory, it's above 120 ppm :mad: After adding some Siporax media in my sump and NoPox dosing for considerable amount of time, the No3 level has dropped to undetected level (0 ppm). :D Approx. 6 months back: Stopped dosing...
  12. cvicente

    Build Thread 120 gal mixed reef tank

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