Vinegar dosing vs vodka dosing

[Dearth]

Is there a difference between the 2 other than cost?

[mameroo2000]

Vinegar or vodka do the same thing.
If you have bio pellets then you don't need to dose anything
As bio pellets do the same thing too

[ckmullin]

If it's the same thing...drink the vodka give the vinegar to the fishies.

[hillegom]

If it's the same thing...drink the vodka give the vinegar to the fishies.

I like that idea way better.

[slakker]

If it's the same thing...drink the vodka give the vinegar to the fishies.

+1 to that! LOL!

I'm hoping the bio pellets work as I tried vodka before and was really not into the "routine"... I like the set it and forget ease of what the pellets can promise...

[PurpleMonkey]

If I remember, vodka tends to be more potent so vinegar allows you better fine tune and works better for smaller tank volumes. There are some reports that vodka dosing may increase cyano...

[banditpowdercoat]

Pellets work great. I am gone 3wks at a time and they really helped my tank. And I notice when the reactor starts to get low as the glass gets more algae on it sooner

[Cal_stir]

I dose vinegar by day because it drops pH but it doesn't promote cyano and vodka at night to prevent mono culture bacteria.
I gave up on the pellets, the dosing works great, just go slow.
vodka is about 8x more potent than vinegar.

[Skimmerking]

the pellets I don't know if its working since i have a huge Hair algae problem and with a sea hare who isnt eating it. **** me off

[Cal_stir]

I used algafix marine to remove my hair algae, did not hurt anything in tank,
got 90 % of hair and I removed the rest by hand and to my delight it eradicated ALL of my bubble algae and it was a lot.
I got the hair algae while running pellets.

[Cymaster007]

Many people here run VSV (Vodka, Sucrose, Vinegar) along with bacteria dosing to get an ultra low nutrient system.

Here is a good article.
http://glassbox-design.com/2008/achieved-through-observation-and-experimentation/
Be sure to start slowly with any dosing and adjust it based off of your tanks reaction & bioload.