Dosing vodka/sugar and dendronepthya?

Cody Ray · 04/17/2006, 02:19 PM

If I am not mistaken the reason why people dose vodka or sugar is to speed up bacteria growth which removes more nitrates. Recently I have been adding a teaspoon of sugar to my top off water and there has been a noticable increase in bacteria. Every morning there is a transparent film of bacteria on the glass. The skimmer has been going crazy, I get almost a full cup of nasty skimate every day (this is from a remora on my 29 gallon).

I was wondering if maybe this may be a new technique for keeping dendronepthya. If a skimmer was not in use I would imagine that my water would be an almost milky color from the bacteria. Not only would this provided a large amount of bacteria-based food for corals it would help keep the water quality up. Any thoughts? Obviously other supplemental foods would need to be added in order to create a more divers diet.

04/17/2006, 02:19 PM	#1
Cody Ray Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 5,101	Dosing vodka/sugar and dendronepthya? If I am not mistaken the reason why people dose vodka or sugar is to speed up bacteria growth which removes more nitrates. Recently I have been adding a teaspoon of sugar to my top off water and there has been a noticable increase in bacteria. Every morning there is a transparent film of bacteria on the glass. The skimmer has been going crazy, I get almost a full cup of nasty skimate every day (this is from a remora on my 29 gallon). I was wondering if maybe this may be a new technique for keeping dendronepthya. If a skimmer was not in use I would imagine that my water would be an almost milky color from the bacteria. Not only would this provided a large amount of bacteria-based food for corals it would help keep the water quality up. Any thoughts? Obviously other supplemental foods would need to be added in order to create a more divers diet. __________________ Limit 1 stupid question per day Current Tank Info: Mr. Aqua 7.5g bowfront