Any point to Vodka dosing small frag tank?

Azteky · 01/27/2016, 08:34 AM

We dose our main display tank and it works wonders, were also heavy on the bio load, Now that I have a small 29 gallon frag tank, I'm wondering if I should even bother dosing this new set up. It will be corals only, no fish, we have lots of flow and an aquaticlife protein skimmer. Should that be enough?

Tweaked · 01/27/2016, 09:27 AM

I recently added a ghost skimmer to our 10g bar tank and started the Nopox program. I have had great success with carbon dosing and run pellets on my large system and acropower via a doser over night for the aminos. I wouldn't carbon dose without a skimmer though.

Azteky · 01/27/2016, 02:59 PM

What is the Nopox program?

drawman · 03/18/2016, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Azteky

What is the Nopox program?

Nopox is Red Sea's form of carbon dosing. It was found to be essentially a mix of ethanol, methanol, and acetic acid I believe.

cloak · 03/18/2016, 11:11 AM

What are the parameters in the frag tank? (phosphates/nitrates) Being that it's only corals and I'm assuming your using RO/DI water, keeping these two low should be a piece of cake. Carbon dosing in an environment such as this just sounds a little extreme IMO. KISS, GL.

FirstContact · 03/18/2016, 11:12 AM

Dosing would not make sense unless there is a problem; however, since the frag tank will not have fish which you will not be feeding, it's had to imagine a nitrate problem on a separate system.

serbusfish · 03/18/2016, 03:25 PM

I would have thought you need at least 1 fish in there to produce waste? But even then with a skimmer I seriously doubt you'd need to use Vodka.

heathlindner25 · 03/18/2016, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by FirstContact

Dosing would not make sense unless there is a problem; however, since the frag tank will not have fish which you will not be feeding, it's had to imagine a nitrate problem on a separate system.

Coral also need to eat food, they're animals

Deinonych · 03/18/2016, 08:05 PM

It's not recommended to vodka dose a frag tank. If you don't have fish, there are very few nutrients available as it stands. Vodka dosing in this situation will create an environment that is "too clean" and the corals will suffer.

01/27/2016, 08:34 AM	#1
Azteky Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 20	Any point to Vodka dosing small frag tank? We dose our main display tank and it works wonders, were also heavy on the bio load, Now that I have a small 29 gallon frag tank, I'm wondering if I should even bother dosing this new set up. It will be corals only, no fish, we have lots of flow and an aquaticlife protein skimmer. Should that be enough?

01/27/2016, 09:27 AM	#2
Tweaked FUP&A Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Madison, CT Posts: 7,722	I recently added a ghost skimmer to our 10g bar tank and started the Nopox program. I have had great success with carbon dosing and run pellets on my large system and acropower via a doser over night for the aminos. I wouldn't carbon dose without a skimmer though. __________________ DSA 105 Pro, Cebu Sun-Radiums-M80 Ballasts, 4 T5's, XHO LEDs. Through Wall 55g Sump, 10g Frag and 29g Display attached, Vertex V6, 3 mp40's, Gyre, 2 mp10's, GFO, Carbon, Pellets - 10g Bar Tank

03/18/2016, 11:12 AM	#6
FirstContact Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Glenn Dale, MD Posts: 1,613	Dosing would not make sense unless there is a problem; however, since the frag tank will not have fish which you will not be feeding, it's had to imagine a nitrate problem on a separate system. __________________ No man is an island entire of itself; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. John Donne Current Tank Info: 120g Reef 100g Rubbermaid Sump, 20g Refugium; previous tank: 46g Drilled; Self Plumbed, Birds Nest, Anchor, Xenia, Zoas, Yuma Yuma Ricordea, Chalice, Mushrooms, Brain, Acan, Anenome Plate; Clams, Other Inverts, Fish, Live Rock

03/18/2016, 03:25 PM	#7
serbusfish Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 710	I would have thought you need at least 1 fish in there to produce waste? But even then with a skimmer I seriously doubt you'd need to use Vodka. __________________ 75 Gallon mixed Reef / Ocellaris Clownfish, Firefish, Royal Gramma, Bangaii Cardinal, Yellow Tang, Coral Beauty, Allen's Damselfish. Progress thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.p

03/18/2016, 08:05 PM	#9
Deinonych Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 4,191	It's not recommended to vodka dose a frag tank. If you don't have fish, there are very few nutrients available as it stands. Vodka dosing in this situation will create an environment that is "too clean" and the corals will suffer. __________________ Chris Hope is not a strategy. Display Tank: DSA 105 w/36gal sump/fuge · 2x MP40wES PHs · 2x Radion Gen2 · Apex w/PM2 · Fish · Corals · Rock · Sand · Water

01/27/2016, 02:59 PM	#3
Azteky Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 20	What is the Nopox program?

03/18/2016, 11:11 AM	#5
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	What are the parameters in the frag tank? (phosphates/nitrates) Being that it's only corals and I'm assuming your using RO/DI water, keeping these two low should be a piece of cake. Carbon dosing in an environment such as this just sounds a little extreme IMO. KISS, GL.