Casey
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Vodka dosing works best for lowering nitrates. In turn your phosphates will come down a little. Vodka, vinegar and sugar dosing are what is known as carbon dosing. They all work as long as you follow the instructions and make sure to do it daily. I vinegar dosed for a while successfully. I used vodka as well, but let's face it, vinegar is cheaper and vodka is better to drink. It was just a pita to do it daily without a doser. That is why I went back to biopellets.Ok thanks does the vodka dosage work for real??
In essence yes, nitrates should be lower by the % of water changed. 20 gallon water change is roughly 20%. Nitrates were at 40. 20% water change would bring it down 8 to 32. Another 20% water change would bring it down 6.4 to 25.6. That is assuming the water you are adding is 0 nitrate and the tank is not creating more during that time frame. You can quickly see how water changes is not a good way to lower nitrates. As they get lower, the 20% is less effective while going through a lot of salt and ro/di.Ok so I can use the bio pellets in my canister to bring it down see I did a water change last week 20 gal on my 90 gal tank then waited and did another 20 gal yesterday. So nitrates should be lower today
Give this a read.How much do I put in
You can't use biopellets in a canister filter. They need excessive flow and tumbling or they just clump and basically rot. They need a biopellet reactor whether purchased or DIY.I think I am going to go get the bio pellets for my canister filter