Adding sugar to a reef tank? - Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board

07-18-2007, 02:31 PM

Jason McK

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The sugar is a cabon source for 1 strain of Bactiria to grow and feed on the sugar. The problem with the sugar method is you are left with a mono-culture that is prone to blooms not unlike a cyano or other algaes.
I would start very slow and run carbon 100% or the time.

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