How much sugar

[intermision]

I can find plenty of info on dosing Vodka, but not much on sugar. How much sugar are you supposed to dose?

 

[HighlandReefer]

I dosed sugar for a while and can't remember the dosage rate. Sugar is much more potent then vodka and you can cause problems if you overdose much easier. The person to talk to is Genetics. He has recently moved and is back online again, but has been busy adjusting to his new home. He is now recommending that you use glucose instead of sugar, but states sugar will work for reducing nitrate and phosphate. He finds the corals respond better to the glucose and don't seem to change to a brown color when using the glucose. FWIW, Genetics was one of the authors for the Vodka article that appeared in the online magazine a little while back:

Vodka Dosing...Distilled!
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php

 

[intermision]

Thanks, but after reading more I decided to go with vodka dosing.

 

[HighlandReefer]

Your welcome.

IMHO, vodka is a better choice.

 

[intermision]

So today is my 3rd day of dosing the skimate smells horrible, all of the corals look great except for the Kenya tree which is not fully expanding. The water is super clear after being slightly cloudy yesterday.