Attn: People Who Dose Vodka

Discussion in 'Water Chemistry' started by patrick824, Jan 11, 2011.

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  1. saints fan 420

    saints fan 420 Expensive Colorful Sticks

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    +1, like anything in this hobby do your research and make sure you need to it..
     
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  3. GjB

    GjB Skunk Shrimp

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    Vodka dosing could be useful if you want your pairs to mate. Womp womp...
     
  4. leighton1245

    leighton1245 Horrid Stonefish

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    Subscribed to learn something :)
     
  5. ReefBruh

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    I have been doing vodka dosing since october and my maintenance dose is 4ml. And yes my levels have dropped and corals have improved. But you have to realize that if your parameters are off(like Calcium, Alkalinity, Salinity, or Magnesium), just because your nitrates and phosphates are 0 doesn't mean your corals will be happy. I learned that much.
     
  6. saints fan 420

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    yeah man im with you, besides what i read before doing it thats all i have learned as well..if you do it the right way and go slow with it, you will see improvements but gotta keep your params ideal as well..
     
  7. patrick824

    patrick824 Montipora Digitata

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    Just as was said earlier, one of my main intentions of the group and thread was to prevent the (no offense) reaction of "woah! this works? im starting tomorrow!"

    I am glad it is getting up and going though and I hope we can provide the best information possible. I am going to post the links of all of the main vodka dosing how-to articles on the group page.