Carbon Dosing

[seth]

as long as you have a good skimmer at hindi kulob yung lugar, walang magiging problema sa pH.

[roland_0313]

I got a good skimmer, but a bad ventilation. Kailangan ko talaga ng 8.4 and balance. Antonov Vodka red double distilled yung nabili ko kagabi, pure vodka dosing na lang gagawin ko at masyadong maasim ang vinegar. I've already prepared kalk para pangontra sa pH swing.

[M@v3rick]

Finally got my Nitrates down to 0ppm. Used 80 proof Toska Vodka (Yung Absolut, ako lang umiinom ). Here was my procedure:
Started with 0.4ml / day
increased dosage by 0.5ml weekly
measured Nitrates mid of week
Reached 6.0ml before nitrates dropped to 0ppm
Reduced dosage to 3.0ml for maintenance

Note that I dose 2X per day. 1/2 dose in the morning and 1/2 at night

Got rid of chaeto. No more light in the sump

It has been a week now dosing 3.0 ml per day and nitrates is still at 0ppm

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[roland_0313]

So far, 2.4 ml per day pa lang ako. Still have a long ways to go, though I'm already seeing some improvements with the livestocks. I'm currently using Vodka+vinegar combination.