In the beginning it was starving out my macro algae's and the algae's alone were able to keep up with nutrient control. Now that I have so many fish I needed a way to control nutrients beyond the macros alone, they just cant keep up anymore so I started carbon dosing. I chose carbon over GFO again because A: its cheaper and B: GFO only removes phosphate, which would allow nitrates to creep up over time. Also, I still have a ton of macro algae's and GFO will strip the column of phosphates which my macros need. With vodka/vinegar I can at least adjust my dosing so there are nutrients in the system for my macros to thrive.
Correct, Cyano is a bacteria. Vinegar will not "kill" cyano, the theory is that it the bacteria that consumes vinegar will outcompete the cyano bacteria. This is actually holding true for me, I no longer have cyano (I did before carbon dosing) however I did have to do a couple 3 days lights out to kill off the cyano, I believe the vinegar dosing is helping keep it at bay and out of the system.
Correct, Cyano is a bacteria. Vinegar will not "kill" cyano, the theory is that it the bacteria that consumes vinegar will outcompete the cyano bacteria. This is actually holding true for me, I no longer have cyano (I did before carbon dosing) however I did have to do a couple 3 days lights out to kill off the cyano, I believe the vinegar dosing is helping keep it at bay and out of the system.
