Im going to try sugar dosing

Duez · Mar 12, 2016

well I have decided to try out sugar dosing. I will keep detailed info and testing
Day1 off the chart nitrate i have been in hawaii for a while so tank had a sitter i added 1/8 tea spoon per 25g water volume (3/11/16 for time frame)
Nitrate <160 (pictured)
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
PH 8.1 (tested at 1st lights on)
Cal 450
Phosphate near 0
Dkh 10
I know the na sayers will try saying find the problem and fix that but i am a heavy feeder and not going to change that

Duez · Mar 12, 2016

Day 2 update (today 3/12/16)
I am shocked about my nitrates today(picture)
Nitrates 40-60ppm shocked
Nitrite 0
Ammoina 0
Phosphate near 0
Cal 450
PH 8.2 tested 1 pm 3 hours after lights on
Dkh10
Mag 1300
I DID NOT add any sugar today but skimmer had a 1/2 cup full

spud_53 · Mar 12, 2016

nice, I am pretty new to carbon dosing but I just started dosing red sea's no3po4x with similar results, I was surprised how fast it dropped my nitrates.

Duez · Mar 12, 2016

spud_53 said:
nice, I am pretty new to carbon dosing but I just started dosing red sea's no3po4x with similar results, I was surprised how fast it dropped my nitrates.

Im going to try and see the affects of both doing it and when i stop to see how fast/if it goes back up

spud_53 · Mar 12, 2016

I was gonna do the same thing, did you have any algae problems?

Duez · Mar 12, 2016

No but did have dinos a month or 2 ago but i beat them quick

spud_53 · Mar 12, 2016

How did you beat them, I have a little Dino problem as well

Duez · Mar 12, 2016

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/plz-help-not-sure-if-cyano-or-dinoflagellates.230341/

Let me know if the link works thats a pic from 5 mins ago

Bdog4u2 · Mar 13, 2016

If the dino is still in your tank you're gonna find out soon enough they love some carbon dosing. That's how I found out I had them 2 weeks of dosing and bam my tank was smothered. Took a black out and a half bottle of peroxide to get them under control

Duez · Mar 13, 2016

I dont have any at this point but im skimming like a mad man

Nibejeebies · Mar 13, 2016

Following along, Ive been occasional dosing sugar in very very small doses (1/16 if a teaspoon total for 72+8 gallons) though my nitrates have been staying between 7-10 I want it to read 0. Ive managed it a couple of times.

Bdog4u2 · Mar 13, 2016

7-10 isn't bad I'd be happy if mine would stay there but my my live rock is so old it leeches nitrate out. I just got them off a 15 year old sand bed when I switch to my 150. My nitrates were at 40 a week after the swap. I've been thinking about dosing again but keep getting dino nightmares

Duez · Mar 14, 2016

A quick day 3 yesterday 3/13/16

nothing changed

pondman · Mar 14, 2016

I'm doing the same thing I just upped my dose to 1 tsp I was doing 1/2 tsp on a 125 it will take some time I've heard.I'm going to do it another week and see then.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Mar 14, 2016

FWIW, my very short experiments with sugar dosing resulted in browning of corals.

In general, I believe that I see somewhat more problems with sugar dosing than either acetate (vinegar) or ethanol (vodka) dosing.