Anyone doing the Sugar thing?

[Burgman]

Hi,

I have been reading the posts about dosing sugar to your tank to reduce nitrates. Anyone in Csea doing this? I would like to hear your results.

Dave

 

[GSMguy]

i have thought of it
anyone dosing VODKA?

 

[jakaufman]

i tried vodka.. my fish started swimming all funny and the floated to the top

 

[cveverly]

I use sugar (vodka gives me a headache) in my reef tank and have 0 nitrate. It is a 4 month old tank so I really don't know if it helps or not. It does not seem to hurt anything.

My FOWLR tank does show some nitrates so I am going to see if sugar will lower or eliminate them.

I started out with a really low dose and never saw the bacteria cloud that some talk about. I only use ¼ teaspoon every other day in my 75 reef. I started my 120 FOWLR at ¼ teaspoon and will increase it to ½ teaspoon every other day. I will let you all know if it helps or not.