article I found on Vodka Dosing

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article I found on Vodka Dosing

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Re: article I found on Vodka Dosing

Post by Gerwin » Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:41 am

interesting read,
now lets do it! in your tank of course so we can learn first hand. I am ready to help you but I only know what you read but I think I have a good grasp of what they are saying.

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Re: article I found on Vodka Dosing

Post by Redfish » Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:51 am

I am all for it, I will get the Vodka and try and keep the wife outa the orange juice. I read part of the story, it calls for the one test kit I don't have, so I will get that, was going to anyway.

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Re: article I found on Vodka Dosing

Post by Gerwin » Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:29 pm

you mean the one I have been telling you about for a week

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Re: article I found on Vodka Dosing

Post by Redfish » Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:41 am

Well, I was telling some people in another forum that I was thinking about going this route, they advised me against this, their reason, they said I needed a better skimmer than what I had. Don't know if I really agree with them on this or not, I think my skimmer works pretty good, but they do have me second guessing myself.

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Re: article I found on Vodka Dosing

Post by Gerwin » Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:01 am

maybe 1/2 dosing what is being recommended, the article did mention good skimmer, I wonder what is considered good?
No doubt there are better skimmers on the market and one could even say that the skimmer you have is under sized for a full blown sps tank, I would probably agree. Remembering your tank initially was not going that way, it was up for the task at the direction in the beginning.

I do have a customer and he is on this board from time to time who is selling a big ETSS skimmer for a pretty good deal. 350ish I think and its a monster.

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