Vinegar Dosing

[timberwolfny]

just wondering anybody try vinegar dosing to improve kalk effectiveness. Meaning adding vinegar in the top off water that feeds into a kalk reactor

 

[jerl77]

I dose vinegar into the sump love it

 

[timberwolfny]

I been using it to control my overly high ph in my tank not too much to nuke it and as a nitrate phos reduction. been reading some add it to kalk to improve effectiveness while lowering the ph in kalk.

 

[PHILYD1]

i have used vinegar in my kalk, it allows you to saturate the water with more kalk, u only need a little

 

[ducati335i]

Vinegar is the best thing I have ever done for my tank..

 

[jerl77]

Vinegar is the best thing I have ever done for my tank..

Lmfao wonder where you got that idea from
Lmfao

 

[ducati335i]

Lmfao wonder where you got that idea from
Lmfao

You bud! Lol but trust me I researched threads upon threads! I dose low dosages lol

 

[Tonyscoots84]

People please research before using vinegar! (To all that dont know and think its a easy way of doing things)

 

[ducati335i]

People please research before using vinegar! (To all that dont know and think its a easy way of doing things)

Yes research n research! Shoot me a pm, u are making me nervous!

 

[prattreef]

There are 2 separate ideas here. One is adding vinegar to freshly mixed Kalk which enables a super saturation of the solution. I think this is what the OP was asking about.

The other is dosing vinegar as a carbon source (like Vodka) for nutrient reduction. Different purposes, and different approaches.

 

[mu8st7ang]

I was doing vinegar to lower my ph. Then everyone kept telling me on here that I would get cyno so i stopped. So what is the truth??

 

[timberwolfny]

I am doing the same as you and you will not get cyano from vinager dosing been doing that for 2 weeks up today. you might get an bacteria bloom just like using a biopellets just make sure you skimmer is set correctly and to skim alittle wet and back off on the dosing when it blooms. vinager dosing is a way to get to low nutrient levels so in reality it is helping you get rid of the algae and cyano that needs the nitrate and phosphate read up on advance aquarist before you believe people on these forums

 

[vio]

There are 2 separate ideas here. One is adding vinegar to freshly mixed Kalk which enables a super saturation of the solution. I think this is what the OP was asking about.

The other is dosing vinegar as a carbon source (like Vodka) for nutrient reduction. Different purposes, and different approaches.

Very,very,very well said. Also use the chart (google).