Vitamin C Works For Me!

infinite abyss

infinite abyss

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I definitely see changes after dosing vitamin c for anyone who is thinking about giving it a try.

I'm on my second 16 ounce bottle i believe. After my first bottle ran out I stopped for some weeks. After re-ordering,

I dosed about 1/2 to 1/3 tablespoon twice a day. Zoas opened up better than in weeks. Polyps are looking healthier and much more plump. My skimmer is taking out an extremely more noticeable amount of junk.

This time, instead of keeping my vitamin c outside, I kept it stored in my fridge, which I did not do the first time.

Vitamin c is a carbon source; and carbon source are suppose to be good for reducing nitrates, and phosphates by binding to them right? Not sure how well this works in comparison to vinegar or vodka. Maybe someone has more input.
 
Works great for my sps.

Not so much for my fish.
Almost immediately after dosing my clownfish gets weird spots on her. They go away after an hour or two though.
My achilles also was getting tiny odd bumps, but they went away quickly too. I thought it was because he was hungy or stressed by something (only fish in tank other than clownfish and cleaner wrasse), but as soon as I stopped vit c dosing, I never saw the spots again. They never actually hurt the fish or affected them at all (no scratching), and went away after a few hours, but still made me uneasy about continueing. I have heard of this happening with vit c from other people also.

In my new tank which will be fishless, I will definitely continue as corals seem to love it and water is crystal clear (even more than carbon/gfo/ect).
 
Some zoas which weren't opening after weeks after an algae outbreak opened within a few days of dosing vitamin c...coincidence? maybe...maybe not..but i don't think so. :p
 
Been using Vit C too and it does work good. I keep my tank around 5-10ppm. Just started dosing my fowlr to bring down the nitrates.
 
VITAMIN C DOSING CHART
Here are the directions:
Use this product:
http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=10178&at=0
$10 off coupon code: LUL789


To figure out how much to use, decide if you want to simply improve coral growth, spread, and color. If so, then you should dose around 5 ppm twice daily (down to 2-3 ppm works also). If you are having problems with coral or fish health, dose up to around 30 ppm twice daily.

Calculate the total net number of gallons in your tank (minus rocks, sand, etc). Enter that number here ______.

You will now need to do a little math. The amounts below are for 100 gallons of water so if you have 50 net gallons, cut the amounts shown below in half etc.

Dosing amounts using Iherb product:
1/4 tsp=1112 mg.

For every 100 gallons:

5 ppm ----- 1892 mg VC
10 ppm ---- 3785 mg VC
15 ppm ---- 5677 mg VC
20 ppm ---- 7570 mg VC
25 ppm ---- 9462 mg VC
30 ppm ---- 11355 mg VC

After you have figured out how much you want to dose at each dosing, enter that number here _____. This is your dose to be used twice a day.

Notes:
*Be sure your pH and alk are within normal reef limits before starting. Adjust if needed. Monitor weekly.
*Shoot for a ppm of around 5 or lower if only dosing for improved coral growth, coloration, and spread, also for better health/coloration of your fish. Shoot for higher amounts up to 30 ppm if you are having melting zoas or closed zoas and look for the causes of your problems as you dose. Higher doses of as much as 100ppm (for about 2 weeks) for fish illness. Check for high nitrates, pests, zoa pox, predators, and unstable water conditions.
*Dose low amounts and increase the amount slowly over the course of a few days to a couple weeks.
* If you notice an algae bloom (white stringy stuff) or increased scum on your glass then cut back by half until it disappears.
* Watch your skimmer, it will start to skim more.
* Dose the amount twice a day in a fast moving area of your sump or overflow. You may dilute the vitamin c in ro/di water then pour into overflow. If adding to sump, try and add the vitamin c after filtration such as skimmers and reactors. *Keep your Vitamin C bottle in the refrigerator. * If you have a question, ask here. I do my best to check these threads daily.
* The instructions in this guide and throughout this thread are based on using pure Sodium Ascorbate, not vitamin c pills and other non-buffered forms of vitamin c.

Be sure to take some "before" pics!
 
Greg said:
Works great for my sps.

Not so much for my fish.
Almost immediately after dosing my clownfish gets weird spots on her. They go away after an hour or two though.
My achilles also was getting tiny odd bumps, but they went away quickly too. I thought it was because he was hungy or stressed by something (only fish in tank other than clownfish and cleaner wrasse), but as soon as I stopped vit c dosing, I never saw the spots again. They never actually hurt the fish or affected them at all (no scratching), and went away after a few hours, but still made me uneasy about continueing. I have heard of this happening with vit c from other people also.

In my new tank which will be fishless, I will definitely continue as corals seem to love it and water is crystal clear (even more than carbon/gfo/ect).
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Greg, just for the record on using this product with your heavy SPS tank.. Did you have to keep certain levels checked? Like ALK and CAL

Dont want the noobs to think that VC is the answer to having a beautyful system :rolleyes:
 
Lil BamBam said:
Greg, just for the record on using this product with your heavy SPS tank.. Did you have to keep certain levels checked? Like ALK and CAL

Dont want the noobs to think that VC is the answer to having a beautyful system :rolleyes:
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as far as i understand, Vit C works like a antioxidant juice for us everyday (its not essential but having it feels good ) ... as much as it can make the system more beautiful..its not the answer to lower ALK or Cal or anything else ..
it increases the ability of the fish to fight off diseases making them more resistant. i have seen a pet store use it in their grow out tanks which gave me enough confidence to start using it and well i should say my system actually started looking much better after i started dosing it. i dont dose according to the calculations though, i sprinkle like `1/4th of a teaspoon once a day and i have seen fish and coral directly take it (when the particles land on the polyps sometimes and fish mistake it for food) with no affects at all.

so id assume its a good product to use.
 
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