First for the questionnaire-
<ul>
<li>How much are you dosing daily</li>
<li>Total system volume</li>
<li>Stocking levels</li>
<li>Feedings? (light - Moderate - Heavy)</li>
<li>What methodology did you begin Vodka dosing?</li>
<li>How long did it take you to find your maintenance amount?</li>
</ul>
Opinion Piece-
I'll start off the opinion saga of this thread with a short explanation of why I posted this. First and foremost I've been thinking of carbon dosing for years in an effort to control excess nutrients. Not because of lazy husbandry practices but rather a fish list that always seems to exceed by volume the recommendations of my tank as well as coral that I personally believe looks and fares much better adequately or even gluttonously overfed.
In any event my single biggest worry was my travel schedule and because of it the need to rely on my girlfriend to watch over, feed and then possibly administer another delicate and strict daily tank operation.
Taking all of this into consideration I broke down and decided to come up with a way to put this in to motion as well as test her understanding in a relative beta session. I setup a 90 gallon test tank with some odds and ends things in it to mirror the daily efforts of an establish reef. I then made her write everything down she was doing it and compared it with what I'd asked and showed her. I purposefully allowed her to go a week with out making any changes to what she had interpreted from me.
Like most things goes in my household, I was right
. She had missed judge my instructions and instead of administering .2 ml day 1-3 and then subsequently .4ml days 4-7. She did 2ml and 4ml for those days. As I shake my head in justification of doing this little exercise. I realize she may have unexpectantly skipped two months of redundant checking attempting to find the sweet spot and target zone for carbon dosing. As her No3 is starting to stabilize while mine in the same size tank under the original plan continues to climb higher and higher.
Again, as far as opinions go which this long story may have lead you to forget there was an intention of one. I know "overdosing" a carbon source can create a breeding ground for <span style="color: #000000;">pathogenic bacteria? But surely at this dose after 3 days and no ill effects she should be able to continue administering as if she has followed the plan adopted by RHF outline on reefkeeping.com http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php">http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php</a> ? No? Any other side effects besides a pathogenic bacteria bloom I should worry about that still could rear it's ugly face? </span>
<span style="color: #000000;">[IMG]http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/images/Table2-80ProofSM.jpg alt="" /></span>
<ul>
<li>How much are you dosing daily</li>
<li>Total system volume</li>
<li>Stocking levels</li>
<li>Feedings? (light - Moderate - Heavy)</li>
<li>What methodology did you begin Vodka dosing?</li>
<li>How long did it take you to find your maintenance amount?</li>
</ul>
Opinion Piece-
I'll start off the opinion saga of this thread with a short explanation of why I posted this. First and foremost I've been thinking of carbon dosing for years in an effort to control excess nutrients. Not because of lazy husbandry practices but rather a fish list that always seems to exceed by volume the recommendations of my tank as well as coral that I personally believe looks and fares much better adequately or even gluttonously overfed.
In any event my single biggest worry was my travel schedule and because of it the need to rely on my girlfriend to watch over, feed and then possibly administer another delicate and strict daily tank operation.
Taking all of this into consideration I broke down and decided to come up with a way to put this in to motion as well as test her understanding in a relative beta session. I setup a 90 gallon test tank with some odds and ends things in it to mirror the daily efforts of an establish reef. I then made her write everything down she was doing it and compared it with what I'd asked and showed her. I purposefully allowed her to go a week with out making any changes to what she had interpreted from me.
Like most things goes in my household, I was right
. She had missed judge my instructions and instead of administering .2 ml day 1-3 and then subsequently .4ml days 4-7. She did 2ml and 4ml for those days. As I shake my head in justification of doing this little exercise. I realize she may have unexpectantly skipped two months of redundant checking attempting to find the sweet spot and target zone for carbon dosing. As her No3 is starting to stabilize while mine in the same size tank under the original plan continues to climb higher and higher.Again, as far as opinions go which this long story may have lead you to forget there was an intention of one. I know "overdosing" a carbon source can create a breeding ground for <span style="color: #000000;">pathogenic bacteria? But surely at this dose after 3 days and no ill effects she should be able to continue administering as if she has followed the plan adopted by RHF outline on reefkeeping.com http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php">http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php</a> ? No? Any other side effects besides a pathogenic bacteria bloom I should worry about that still could rear it's ugly face? </span>
<span style="color: #000000;">[IMG]http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/images/Table2-80ProofSM.jpg alt="" /></span>
