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DaveK · 01-14-2009, 06:48 PM

Quite a few people do this, and it does seem to work, at least in some cases. It's a carbon source for anaerobic bacteria.

Even though you be doing this to keeping nitrated down, I'd still maintain regular water changes to replenish any trace elements removed.

Is it worth it? IMHO, it's only worth a try if you already have a refugium and that plus water changes is not enough to keep nitrates down. We will assume you are doing all the other right stuff for nitrate control.

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DaveK Reef Lobster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Philadelpahia, PA Posts: 1,364 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Adding Vodka to your tank!??!? Quite a few people do this, and it does seem to work, at least in some cases. It's a carbon source for anaerobic bacteria. Even though you be doing this to keeping nitrated down, I'd still maintain regular water changes to replenish any trace elements removed. Is it worth it? IMHO, it's only worth a try if you already have a refugium and that plus water changes is not enough to keep nitrates down. We will assume you are doing all the other right stuff for nitrate control.