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Okay so dose 100mL of carbon (vodka) or ethanol?
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tcampbell23;1069247 wrote: Yeah those instructions said nothing near a mL per gallon lol
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tcampbell23;1069264 wrote: I think I'm going to do the carbon. I'm going to manually get most of it off and then begin to dose the carbon as per the instructions posted. I'll keep you guys updated. Thanks to everyone who responded!
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Russ-IV;1069268 wrote: Why are you carbon dosing a 6 week old tank?
You more-than-likely have 0 nitrates. i dose potassium nitrate in my system and will always hit 0 no matter how much i dosed when i had cyano.
Cyano binds nitrate like none-other.
It appears you are breaking your tank in. By that. It doesnt matter how many nitrasomas or nitrabacters are in your system... you have thousands of different bacteria roaming that tank. Bacteria covering the glass with slime, that bacteria breaking down and consumed by other bacteria, silicates from new equipment, bacteria consuming DOC, etc.
From my perspective, i would not put the cart before the horse.
tcampbell23;1069269 wrote: Are you suggesting that I just increase my husbandry?
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tcampbell23;1069272 wrote: Okay. It's a lot to think about. I'm definitely hesitant about dosing H2O2 or scrubbing with it as I've NEVER heard of that before.
On the flip side I have heard that tanks take a year to mature into some of the beautiful specimens that I've seen around the hobby and that it may be a while before everything stabilizes and I see the growth and stuff that I want. I believe that the impatience is killing me lol.
Every article and forum that I've read regarding carbon dosing the last 45 minutes was on tanks that have matured and my tank is no where near that. I guess the best advice is be patient eh?
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jbadd99;1069258 wrote: I dosed 20mL of peroxide twice a day for 2 weeks in a 120g. It pissed my Zoas off, and barely touched the dinos I was after. Not a single loss in the tank, so unless you've tried it, don't say it's bad advice.
I read dozens of articles before I tried it