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Old 12-08-2011, 06:57 PM
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Just looking for advice. I'm thinking of starting this method as I want to use my reactor for carbon so anyone have advice? Things they wish they had known or done? And anything the sunny method might not cover that I should know
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Old 12-08-2011, 07:53 PM
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I am week three of VSV dosing. Working like a charm to far but I've been getting diatoms for the past few days and no idea why yet. But it's dropped my nitrates from 10 ppm to 3 ppm in about 1.5 weeks.

Just go slow and test, test, test.
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Old 12-08-2011, 09:14 PM
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I'd start dosing MB7 for 2 weeks before starting vodka to get a good bacterial base. I occassionaly use other companies bacteria (Prodi-bio, Zeo) to increase diversity of bacteria also.

Like ScubaSteve I also like the VSV (vodka-sugar-vinegar) on Glassbox Designs.com as opposed to just vodka.
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Old 12-08-2011, 10:25 PM
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Iv been dosing mb7 for a while now and I'll have a look at the vsv method in a bit
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Old 12-09-2011, 08:41 PM
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Does vodka help reduce phos as well or will I have to count on using Rowaphos or something similar? ATM I read 0 phos but I assume It's being used up by the algea
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