Vodka dosing and pulling the plug

I'm finding lots of info on Vodka dosing but have run up against a wall when it comes to stopping! My tank and sump hold 75 gal (I actually measured it ) The books tell me to start with 0.3 daily for 3 days then double it days 4-7. Then each week increase it by 0.5 until NO3 & PO4 begin to drop. When readings get to 0 cut the dose in half. OK, understood. But what happens now if I want to STOP dosing to use some other method??? Do I back down the dose in incriments to some level then quit? My tank is a 80 gal bow with 50+ lbs of LR, gravel bed 4 -2 inches (Back to front) 13 gal sump with a Wet/dry bio filter, a venturi skimmer for a 125 gal tank. Have a flame and coral angels (small) 2 small clowns, 1 blenny, 2 yellow tail damsels, 1 red band shrimp, 1 - 1/2 in cleaner wrasse, 1 small bubble anemonie and a half dozen hermit crabs and snails. Amo, Nit are 0, PH 8.4, salinity 1.024, and Nitrate 160 Tank is 6 weeks old and I was changing 5 gal of water a week now up to 10. I really like low maintaince set ups and this one is not yet. My 125 gal in the 80's had a lot more fish (no anemonies) and the Nitrates were in the 50+ and I never did anything to lower it . Still have all the records from it 8) Everything is doing just fine in this tank but I don't like Nitrates so high :-[ Was thinking I could lower them with a little vodka while I sip some too but don't want to get caught in a daily routine with it for ever. I like vacations, I'm retired! SUGGESTIONS PLEASE!!

Have you ever wondered why you give up a 8-10 hr a day job with pay for a 16 hr a day one with NO pay?!

 

as i told you be4 if you hate routine u must use biopellets they're a carbon source as vodka same work same method same long term but no daily dose require ...and more expensive

 

OK, thanks I remember, but what happens if I want to stop using the biopellets? :\

 

u can switch to vodka or to traditional ways as wter changing and run gfo fo po4 reduction and run any type of no3 adsorbing risine
or to build a macro algae based refugium biofilter

 

If you are on vacation, who will be watching your tank, and can't they add the vodka themselves?

 

Unfortunitly we live 20 miles out of town ;D, nearest neighbor is 3 miles (not friendly) and what family there is lives over 2000 miles away : So I'm on my own! ;D

 

so u r on a real vacation already !!!!;D

 

Y e s !!!

 

Is there any reason biopellets couldn't be placed in a filter bag and placed in a canister filter I'm using just for a UV light? No media in the canister

 

If you got the money you could buy a medical dose pump, my wife says they would dose once per day at the per ml you need. Of course I do not think they are cheap

Which is pretty much the same thing as this - Dosing Pumps for Kalkwasser or Dosing Reef Additives