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scribble · 04/15/2009, 10:09 AM

The Fauna Marin product UntraMin-S lists glucose monohydrate as its primary ingredient (after water). And I was reading in another thread where someone said that the glucose in UltraMin-S is for feeding coral whereas sugar (sucrose) will feed the bacteria as in normal carbon dosing. Does anyone know anything about this?

I have had troubles with my acroporas being very light in color and a guy at a LFS recommended trying UltraMin-S because he thought my nutrients were too low. My acros have brightened up quite a bit over the last few weeks of using it. So I’m wondering… am I feeding my corals glucose or carbon dosing the whole system.

04/15/2009, 10:09 AM	#1
scribble Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Houston Posts: 78	Dosing Sugar (Sucrose) vs Glucose (Dextrose)? The Fauna Marin product UntraMin-S lists glucose monohydrate as its primary ingredient (after water). And I was reading in another thread where someone said that the glucose in UltraMin-S is for feeding coral whereas sugar (sucrose) will feed the bacteria as in normal carbon dosing. Does anyone know anything about this? I have had troubles with my acroporas being very light in color and a guy at a LFS recommended trying UltraMin-S because he thought my nutrients were too low. My acros have brightened up quite a bit over the last few weeks of using it. So I’m wondering… am I feeding my corals glucose or carbon dosing the whole system.