Before and after pics of carbon dosing

[mikesmith34]

mysterybox;938886 wrote: I've been carbon dosing since 2006, the last 5 or so years vodka. I'll be happy to answer any question anyone has. 10ml per say 90% of the time.

Dang Ralph you are still at 10mls after that long?? Well no one can argue with your results, your tank rocks bro:yay:

 

[ralph atl]

rjrgroup;938917 wrote: Read his build thread, it's awesome!!!!(except for the part where he threw me under the bus)

I was playin', and you know it Whaaaaaaaaaaa! lol

Mikesmith34;939030 wrote: Dang Ralph you are still at 10mls after that long?? Well no one can argue with your results, your tank rocks bro:yay:

thanks!

<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">I do huge weekly or bi-weekly water changes which helps eliminate some of that bacteria sludge in addition to removing nutrients and adding fresh oxygenated water with trace elements....</span></span>
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<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">I'm only using 1 cup of HC GFO, and 1/2 to 1 cup rox carbon every week, so it's not like I'm using a lot.</span></span>

 

[curtismaximus]

To the people currently dosing carbon. Do you dose all at one time or throughout the day? Does it matter?

 

[mikesmith34]

Curtismaximus;939093 wrote: To the people currently dosing carbon. Do you dose all at one time or throughout the day? Does it matter?

When I got up I put half in then when I got home from work the other half would go in. That is what works for me

 

[ralph atl]

Curtismaximus;939093 wrote: To the people currently dosing carbon. Do you dose all at one time or throughout the day? Does it matter?

I do it all at once, am.

 

[camellia]

All at once PM

 

[reefkeeper]

Curtismaximus;939093 wrote: To the people currently dosing carbon. Do you dose all at one time or throughout the day? Does it matter?

I dose 10ml of vodka each morning at 6am. I use a doser off my Apex using a OSC command.

 

[ringo®]

Curtismaximus;939093 wrote: To the people currently dosing carbon. Do you dose all at one time or throughout the day? Does it matter?

Depends on what you dose. If you're doing large doses of vinegar, it may be better to split it up due to the pH drop you may get.

 

[camellia]

Reefkeeper;939316 wrote: I dose 10ml of vodka each morning at 6am. I use a doser off my Apex using a OSC command.

Nice!
I'm going to copy you.

 

[curtismaximus]

Reefkeeper;939316 wrote: I dose 10ml of vodka each morning at 6am. I use a doser off my Apex using a OSC command.

How is the container set up? Do you just have the bottle or do you use a separate container?

 

[reefkeeper]

I use to just run the hose right into the Vodka bottle, but I now use a container made by "Sea Side Aquatics" that I purchased from one of our sponsors "The Fish Store" They run around $35 and I also use them for holding my two part solutions in my frag system. They work great.
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[reefkeeper]

Curtismaximus;939373 wrote: How is the container set up? Do you just have the bottle or do you use a separate container?

I use to just run the hose right into the Vodka bottle, but I now use a container made by "Sea Side Aquatics" that I purchased from one of our sponsors "The Fish Store" They run around $35 and I also use them for holding my two part solutions in my frag system. They work great.
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[ralph atl]

Reefkeeper;939386 wrote: I use to just run the hose right into the Vodka bottle, but I now use a container made by "Sea Side Aquatics" that I purchased from one of our sponsors "The Fish Store" They run around $35 and I also use them for holding my two part solutions in my frag system. They work great.

you just using a peristaltic pump?

 

[mikesmith34]

I must be on the very low end of the scale. I only dose between 1.5-2.0 ml and it keeps my nitrates at 2-3ppm using a salifert tester. I put it in in the evenings when I get home from work. This is when I also manually dose my 2part.

I will be posting up week 12 pics this weekend. Going to keep a running tab on this. When you take a series of pics 4 weeks apart it is surprising the growth you get and did not even realize it

 

[reefkeeper]

mysterybox;942249 wrote: you just using a peristaltic pump?

Yes sir Ralph, I use a BRS 1.1ml pump. I own four of them and they've held up pretty well for me.

 

[mikesmith34]

Got my nitrates down to .025ppm. Changed my lighting out to oshio 14k. Since changing the lights the brown crap growing on the sand bed everyday has stopped. Changed my PH's out this week to the dual controlled wp25. Currently dosing at 2ml daily 80 proof vodka and 2 part.
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[mikesmith34]

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[mikesmith34]

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[mikesmith34]

Some more why can't I load more than one at once
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[mikesmith34]

I thought this was dead when I got it
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