Adding sugar to a reef tank?

[michika]

May I ask were you found information about dosing with sugar? Where can I find additional literature?

[Mik_101]

Originally Posted by michika

May I ask were you found information about dosing with sugar? Where can I find additional literature?

Ya I would also like to know.

[fkshiu]

Do a search on RC. There are several big threads. It was a bit of a fad (for lack of a better term) a couple years ago, which has since died down.

You have to be extremely careful not to overdose and it is NOT a panacea - you still need to keep up with regular maintenance and water changes.

I tried it for a few weeks with very small amounts and didn't see much difference, but my bio-load was low and my nitrates were <5ppm to begin with.

[Reefer Rob]

Try this thread to start.

Carbon dosing is part of most reef keeping systems, Prodibio, Zeovit, and Blue Coral to name a few. My nitrate was less than .5 and I still noticed an improvement with it. I'm thinking of starting sugar dosing again in very small amounts just to increase bacteria-plankton as a coral food.

[michika]

Thank you!