The House of Orange

[Fish Styx]

LET'S GO!

 

[Reeflix]

They have out the pumpkin carving badges! So glad that all the fish made to alive!

 

[Fish Styx]

They have out the pumpkin carving badges! So glad that all the fish made to alive!

Hooray for participation tropies!

 

[Fish Styx]

The new Leopard shall be called, "Wrasseputin" and the Tang shall be known as "Wu". So let it be written, so let it be done...

 

[Fish Styx]

Complete blackout mode engaged:

 

[907_Reefer]

That method seems legit. Nice!

Don't you peak in there..

 

[rmorris_14]

That method seems legit. Nice!

Don't you peak in there..

Solid GIF

 

[1ocean]

got a lot done on the sump upgrade and removal of stuff that failed...Got two skimmers now in the sump. the 300 int varios is wet skimming and the 200 int is dry skimming and will use it also for the ozone...Got a siporax tower built and running water through it. In just 6 hours tank water is way clearer then it ever was...Going to be doing research into vodka dosing... Installed two small reactors, a carbon and a seachem phosguard made from two old small DI reactors from my RODI unit. They doing 30 gallons a hour with 1/4 inch lines so they will turn the tank in 10 hours. I got two normal size reactors for the two different types of DI resin, cation and anion which I will install tomorrow. Having a stella now...

 

[Fish Styx]

got a lot done on the sump upgrade and removal of stuff that failed...Got two skimmers now in the sump. the 300 int varios is wet skimming and the 200 int is dry skimming and will use it also for the ozone...Got a siporax tower built and running water through it. In just 6 hours tank water is way clearer then it ever was...Going to be doing research into vodka dosing... Installed two small reactors, a carbon and a seachem phosguard made from two old small DI reactors from my RODI unit. They doing 30 gallons a hour with 1/4 inch lines so they will turn the tank in 10 hours. I got two normal size reactors for the two different types of DI resin, cation and anion which I will install tomorrow. Having a stella now...

Sounds like that beer is well-earned.

 

[tbrown]

got a lot done on the sump upgrade and removal of stuff that failed...Got two skimmers now in the sump. the 300 int varios is wet skimming and the 200 int is dry skimming and will use it also for the ozone...Got a siporax tower built and running water through it. In just 6 hours tank water is way clearer then it ever was...Going to be doing research into vodka dosing... Installed two small reactors, a carbon and a seachem phosguard made from two old small DI reactors from my RODI unit. They doing 30 gallons a hour with 1/4 inch lines so they will turn the tank in 10 hours. I got two normal size reactors for the two different types of DI resin, cation and anion which I will install tomorrow. Having a stella now...

 

[Fish Styx]

Well played

 

[1ocean]

any one here have any experience with vodka or carbon dosing? I have also found out that vinegar also works but is not as strong as vodka. Also found out that there are products that do carbon dosing like Red Sea etc. Looking forward to some replies.

 

[tbrown]

any one here have any experience with vodka or carbon dosing? I have also found out that vinegar also works but is not as strong as vodka. Also found out that there are products that do carbon dosing like Red Sea etc. Looking forward to some replies.

I use vinegar. Dosing 30 ml daily in about 100 gallons of water. Doesn't seem to be doing much.

 

[Fish Styx]

any one here have any experience with vodka or carbon dosing? I have also found out that vinegar also works but is not as strong as vodka. Also found out that there are products that do carbon dosing like Red Sea etc. Looking forward to some replies.

I dosed vodka back in the day, and it worked really well to drop nitrates. I did that in parallel to a Korallin sulfur denitrator. This was back in the ULNS days. Now, I dose bactobalance, which is like Carbon dosing+. Once you get your nutrients to where you want them, Bactobalance does a pretty good job at keeping them there by simultaneously dosing carbon, bacteria and nutrients.

Vinegar is effective, as well- though, as mentioned, not as good as vodka. Plus, it has a deleterious effect on Ph. Sugar has fallen out of favor.

I'm not too familiar with RedSea's product line, but I love Bactobalance. It sounds like you need to get your nutrients under control first, though. What are your current numbers?

 

[Fish Styx]

@Stang67 don't you dose moonshine? Want to chime in here?

 

[tbrown]

Sugar can be "troublesome" from everything I've read. Vinegar requires more and is acidic so it temporarily lowers pH potentially. Vodka is much more potent and is easily over-dosed.

 

[tbrown]

@Stang67 don't you dose moonshine? Want to chime in here?

She's not dosing moonshine, she's following the Moonshiners Method for dosing.

 

[Fish Styx]

Sugar can be "troublesome" from everything I've read. Vinegar requires more and is acidic so it temporarily lowers pH potentially. Vodka is much more potent and is easily over-dosed.

Yeah, we used to do VSV years ago. A mix of all three. "Vodka-Sugar-Vinegar".

 

[Fish Styx]

She's not dosing moonshine, she's following the Moonshiners Method for dosing.

Listen here, Chum: I never claimed to be a smart man.

 

[tbrown]

Listen here, Chum: I never claimed to be a smart man.

Hey, I wasn't laughing at you, I was... No, I was totally laughing at you.