heyheyitsrae
Aquarium Advice Activist
I've heard about the vodka method for saltwater tanks so I've decided to try it for freshwater. I tested my nitrates just before dosing the ethanol, I'm not sure when I'll test them again. I'll add a picture of the test tube, but I can't find my little color card to find out what the reading is. I'll try to add all relevant details, but if I miss any feel free to ask. Yes, I know that Bacardi is rum, not vodka, but from my research it's the ethanol that does the trick to lower nitrates, not whatever makes vodka different from other types of ethanol.
10 gallon tank
DIY CO2
Bubble stone on at night
Aqueon 20 filter (recently changed cartridge)
Temperature around 81
Sand/gravel substrate
pH 7.2-7.6 trying to lower it using rainwater to top up after water changes. Might as well make use of all this rain central Texas has been getting.
Mediumly planted- 7 bunches of red ludwigia, 2 stems moneywort, 4 crypts (recently prunes and separated), 2 java ferns and 5 baby java ferns, java moss. Driftwood.
Livestock- 4 scarlet badis, 1 baby guppy, 1 or 2 oto cats, 1 ghost shrimp, 5 or so red cherry shrimp, zebra nerite snail, Malaysian Trumpet Snails
It's been 5-10 minutes and nothing is dead.
10 gallon tank
DIY CO2
Bubble stone on at night
Aqueon 20 filter (recently changed cartridge)
Temperature around 81
Sand/gravel substrate
pH 7.2-7.6 trying to lower it using rainwater to top up after water changes. Might as well make use of all this rain central Texas has been getting.
Mediumly planted- 7 bunches of red ludwigia, 2 stems moneywort, 4 crypts (recently prunes and separated), 2 java ferns and 5 baby java ferns, java moss. Driftwood.
Livestock- 4 scarlet badis, 1 baby guppy, 1 or 2 oto cats, 1 ghost shrimp, 5 or so red cherry shrimp, zebra nerite snail, Malaysian Trumpet Snails
It's been 5-10 minutes and nothing is dead.