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05/03/2006, 12:26 PM
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cheers mate
Am going to start tomorrow, going to get professional tests done on water so i have a base line, then see where it takes me, someone has suggested 0.2ml but you say you have added 3ml Just refresh me what size tank is it? Mine is about 25gal and iwas thinking about 2ml |
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05/03/2006, 12:32 PM
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This is a 55 gallon with approx 50 gallons of water in it. I figured 1 ml per 20 gallons, but figured 3 ml was a good base to start with. I would do 1-1.5 ml. for your tank. 2 ml shouldn't kill anything either.....suprise us!
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05/03/2006, 12:33 PM
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Ahh ok mate will watch your thread see how you go would be interested to know at what stage the crazy skimming takes place after the addition of vodka would you let us know when it occurred?
Cheers bud and nwill keep you upto date with mine mate |
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05/03/2006, 01:02 PM
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My 40 gallon tank I have here in my work room also is going to be tested. It's nitrates are off of the chart, like 200 ppm. I am going to do that tank also. I will give it 2 ml a day starting today.
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05/03/2006, 03:13 PM
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how often are you gusy dosing? every day?
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05/03/2006, 05:34 PM
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Yes the water should get cloudy, its because the what the vodka does is, feed anerobic bacteria that break down nitrate and it makes your skimmer go crazy because it is slimming out all the excess bacteria. The reason why it gets cloudy is because there is so much bacteria being produced. Its perfectelyt normal
 It should clear up in a day or so unless you keep adding it, but when your nitrate hits zero you can slow the dosing down just to keep it under control. 
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05/03/2006, 09:02 PM
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first off when you guys say vodka you are talking about absolut or smirnoffs right?? if so what would be the benefit for a fish only tank besides reducing the nitrates? i was reading somehting about getting rid of hair algae ,does it get rid of it? and how drunk do the fish get?
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05/03/2006, 10:33 PM
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Time will tell my friend. I am using Prestidge Vodkka, plastic 1.75L for $6.99. The cheapo stuff. I do not have nitrate sensitive fish or other livestock, I just want to see if it works. I figure this, the algae lives on excess nutrients, those turn into nitrates, if the vodka produces bacteria that eats the nitrates, then I shouldn't have any algae at the end. The 55 has massive amounts of brownish tan algae, some clumps are 2.5" long, I wonder if it will die off completely?
In my 135, I have to battle this red slime algae with some funky chemical, if I dose vodka, get my nitrates to zero, I should be able to conclude that my excess nutrients are being used up and leave me without this nasty red slime. What is the worst that can happen? It hasn't killed fish yet, so maybe I waste some cheap vodka......that will only **** off a hobo somewhere. |
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#37
05/04/2006, 01:04 AM
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Danorth, What kind of skimmer and other filtration are you using on your experiment tanks? How much live rock? DSB?
A picture is worth 1000 words, so keep us posted with pictures of your progress on that hair algae. |
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#38
05/04/2006, 01:19 AM
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The 55 has a generic canister filter, 40 lbs LR, bare bottom, prisim skimmer
40 gallon has some sand, 10 lbs LR, Emperor 400 and CPR skimmer with Rio 800. I will take a close up tomorrow of a patch of the hair algae as the study subject. I will get nice and geeky making sure the camera is on the same setting, same zoom, same position/angle.....just as I would like if someone else was doing it. This should be pretty exciting if the hair algae goes away on its own! The 40 gallon is a different beast, there isn't any algae in there, but more nitrates than a circus hotdog! Odd. If both work, it is on to the home/prize tank (prize at least to me). |
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05/04/2006, 06:44 AM
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Right here goes just have had my water tested
Results are Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0.3 Nitrate 80ppm PH - 8.3 Kh - 9 Calcium - 300 (i am goiong to add calcium to bring it up now to about 420) Phosphate - 0.1 Conductivity - 54.5 SG - 1.023 Mg - 840 (Just added now, so should be ok) Will let the additives settle for a couple of hours then am going to add 1.25ml of vodka daily Danorth hows your skimming has it gone mad yet?? |
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#42
05/04/2006, 11:10 AM
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Skimmer hasn't done anything unusual at all so far.
55 ~15ppm Has gone down 40 ~80-100 still, too red to really tell. Dosing 3 ml in the 55 / 2 ml in the 40. New pic of hairy rock in my gallery. Last edited by danorth; 05/04/2006 at 11:22 AM. |
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#43
05/04/2006, 03:23 PM
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the algae that was in my tank melted right off the glass
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05/05/2006, 01:29 AM
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Hey up just thought i'd post this quickly before work, the vodka 1.25ml has been in 13.5 hours now.
But i could swear i am noticing a difference i had quite a bad case od black algae at the bottom of the tank and it is starting to break up quite noticeably, wish i'd posted a pic of it to start with, here is the pic which i took 5 mins ago  Alos this is my skimmer after 13.5 hours of vodka, sorry it's a bit cloudy but it was a quick one  So no really mad skimming yet will add the vodka again later and will also do my water check later as well and post results |
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#48
05/05/2006, 01:32 PM
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I have a new 180 thats off the charts. I might try this since it is friday! Let us know what the recipe is!
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#49
05/05/2006, 01:54 PM
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Watch out, your skimmer will start to smell like rotting sewerage.
 But just an update I have tested sugar and it works the same as vodka
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