Thinking about dosing either Vodka or Vitamin C

[evoIX_Reefer]

I am thinking about doing either of the two methods. I am reading on Vodka dosing now.

I have read good reviews on both but also some side effects. So which dosing method did you select, why?

vodka dosing.
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php

 

[Kendall]

Why are you thinking about dosing anything at all? What is the problem?

 

[evoIX_Reefer]

polyp extension, growth, remove additional reactors for GFO, brown algae on sand, success in coloring up corals, water clarity, etc. Benefits of dosing the above.

I don't believe all those that started dosing Vodka had an initial problem but as a way of successful growth from others experiences, etc.

I believe in husbandry and performing weekly water changes but I do sometimes overfeed since I like target feeding my corals, I may overdo it with the amount of phytoplankton but seen success thus far. With my sps, I see good polyp extension on 2 but could be better on the other 2. only 5 frags for now and expecting a big colony of pink birdsnest next week.

as noted it is contemplation, I may end up doing it since I am off from college for the next 2-3 weeks so with all this extra time. I'll probably get bored.

 

[cowfish]

I don't "dose" my reef, but do use vodka on my FOWLR to help with the nitrates. I haven't noticed any unwanted side effects.

 

[duke62]

dont dose vitamin c it causes algae outbreaks.if i were to dose i would dose iodide for color. unless your nitrates are high i wouldnt dose vodka either

 

[evoIX_Reefer]

I don't test right now. I personally keep up with my husbandry so I'll get my test kits before any dosing takes place to see where my tank is.

I have decent growth but I think the extra would just set my tank up for further success.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

I have done vc dosing and I noticed great coloration and health in fish as well as my corals. I didn't have any crazy algae outbreaks. Usually there is a debate between vc and vodka. The thing about vodka is it's a lot more dangerous and easy to overdose on it. VC is safer for sure..od'ing on vc is a lot harder to do and really doesn't cause any harmful effects if it does happen. Definitely do some reading but what I personally did was start w/ 250mg then 500 then 750 then 1000 etc up to 2000 mgs a day. I stopped at 2000 because I ran out of vc and just didn't buy any more for a while. What I did was go to my Dr. and got a prescription..got 100 vc pills for 50 cents via my insurance lol

 

[Kendall]

I have done vc dosing and I noticed great coloration and health in fish as well as my corals. I didn't have any crazy algae outbreaks. Usually there is a debate between vc and vodka. The thing about vodka is it's a lot more dangerous and easy to overdose on it. VC is safer for sure..od'ing on vc is a lot harder to do and really doesn't cause any harmful effects if it does happen. Definitely do some reading but what I personally did was start w/ 250mg then 500 then 750 then 1000 etc up to 2000 mgs a day. I stopped at 2000 because I ran out of vc and just didn't buy any more for a while. What I did was go to my Dr. and got a prescription..got 100 vc pills for 50 cents via my insurance lol

Gotta love the diversity of insurance fraud!!