Moving From Vodka To Biopellets
OK guys,
Not sure how many would have experienced it but I'll put it out there and I'm open to all theories.
As of a few weeks ago I was running Vodka for carbon dosing. I found through trial and error I needed about 35ml/day (5 x 7ml doses).
I recently bought a Reef Dynamics reactor and put 1L of Vectra Bio Pellets in.
After a week I reduced my Vodka from 35ml to 28ml and let it run for another week. The theory here was I would ween off Vodka as the Biopellets kicked in.
The opposite is happening. Nitrates are going up (up about 30% in a week).
Am I *hurting* myself by weening off Vodka? Should I stop it cold turkey? Will Nitrates shooting up (if I stop the Vodka) cause the Biopellets to kick in faster than if the creep up (weening off Vodka)?
Most likely by the time I test again (weekly at the moment) it will have started to drop.......
Not sure how many would have experienced it but I'll put it out there and I'm open to all theories.
As of a few weeks ago I was running Vodka for carbon dosing. I found through trial and error I needed about 35ml/day (5 x 7ml doses).
I recently bought a Reef Dynamics reactor and put 1L of Vectra Bio Pellets in.
After a week I reduced my Vodka from 35ml to 28ml and let it run for another week. The theory here was I would ween off Vodka as the Biopellets kicked in.
The opposite is happening. Nitrates are going up (up about 30% in a week).
Am I *hurting* myself by weening off Vodka? Should I stop it cold turkey? Will Nitrates shooting up (if I stop the Vodka) cause the Biopellets to kick in faster than if the creep up (weening off Vodka)?
Most likely by the time I test again (weekly at the moment) it will have started to drop.......