Should I stick to drinking Vodka or let my tank have some?

This is a conudrum. I find I regularly drink more than I dose. I do dose though and it does lower my nitrate to near 0 levels.

 

I would also be interested in learning a bit more about dosing. Any recommended readings?

 

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

 

Thanks!

 

I dosed it for about a year and had amazing colors and pretty good growth. I'm tempted to start doing it again, but that's why I was thinking Biolpellets instead. What do you folks think that are running the pellets? Anyone that has done both??

 

just try some 5'o clock vodka and I don't think you will notice in the wallet. Pick a time of day to dose so you won't forget and start small like the chart indicates. You can decide for yourself after a couple months whether its worth it. Get the half gallon and you will have plenty to drink also. I never dosed though, until I had this nano without a sump. I did just fine with carbon, gfo, cheato, and a skimmer in the past.

 

I would drink the vodka, and run biopellets. That way the tank is more stable and you don't haft to worry about dosing everyday.

 

im  with biopellets been running them for a year plus and i can feed feed and feed some more with out worring about it just have two start out slow add a little at a time or you can bleach out your corals theres a good video at http://www.lafishguys.com/ plus im lazy and dont want to have to dose every day

 

Waverz, do the pellets not act like GFO and drop your alk when first put to use?

 

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I have been very happy with my biopellets.  I switched from Zeovit to biopellets with great results.  I always had under .02 ppm PO4 and 0 NO3 with both Zeovit and Biopellets.  Zeovit is pretty similar to vodka dosing, as you are essentially just dumping your carbon dose into your tank.  When things are balanced it can work well, however, you can run into cyanobacteria problems if your bacteria strains get out of balance (it can happen even in an ULNS).  So the localized carbon source with biopellets is a big plus in my experience.

 

I didn't have to alter my calcium reactor at all and my alk stayed locked in.  I actually noticed a bit of a dip in pH though.  I've heard this is temporary and due to an increased bacteria population decreasing oxygen levels slightly.