btkrausen
Fish Hoarder
Vodka Dosing - On the Edge
Ok, so I'm on day 40 of vodka dosing, and I'm on the edge of switching to my maintenance dose, except for Phosphate and Nitrate keep jumping around. Here it was in a nice steady decline, and then bam, it raised back up. Phosphate might be higher since I've been pulling out some bubble algae, which I"m sure was using up Phosphate.
Current readings from today:
Cal: 450
Mag: 1500
kH: 7.7
Phosphate: 0.11(Hanna Checker)
Phosphate: 0.03 (Salifert) <--- very hard to read
Nitrate: 1 (Salifert)
I'm currently dosing 3.1ml per day, along with about 5-10 drops of MB7. Last 5 readings of Phosphate and Nitrate are:
Phos:
0.06
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.03 <--today
Nitrate:
2
1
1
1
0.2
1 <--today
What do you think? Keep going with the regime, or do the maintenance dose and cut in half? Most of my color is still there in my SPS, although one that was very green has faded and isn't as vibrant. Red Planet, Borrealis, Tri Color, and a few others are holding color, but not as vibrant as I wanted.
Ok, so I'm on day 40 of vodka dosing, and I'm on the edge of switching to my maintenance dose, except for Phosphate and Nitrate keep jumping around. Here it was in a nice steady decline, and then bam, it raised back up. Phosphate might be higher since I've been pulling out some bubble algae, which I"m sure was using up Phosphate.
Current readings from today:
Cal: 450
Mag: 1500
kH: 7.7
Phosphate: 0.11(Hanna Checker)
Phosphate: 0.03 (Salifert) <--- very hard to read
Nitrate: 1 (Salifert)
I'm currently dosing 3.1ml per day, along with about 5-10 drops of MB7. Last 5 readings of Phosphate and Nitrate are:
Phos:
0.06
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.03 <--today
Nitrate:
2
1
1
1
0.2
1 <--today
What do you think? Keep going with the regime, or do the maintenance dose and cut in half? Most of my color is still there in my SPS, although one that was very green has faded and isn't as vibrant. Red Planet, Borrealis, Tri Color, and a few others are holding color, but not as vibrant as I wanted.
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