Anyone Dose Vitamin C
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Pufferpunk
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Been using the I-Herb sodium ascorbate at ~25ppm for 18 months with no adverse affects ay all--only great things... 
Pufferpunk
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The old referal code still works fine.
UWUALineman
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You placing an order Bill?
oldreefer76
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I saw that Trader Joes has the powdered VC but the bottled did not say whether it was buffered or not
UWUALineman
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Killin' me McFly. So am I. I am hoping dosing this helps with my daytrippers. They have been tempermental for about the past two months.
Pufferpunk
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VITAMIN C DOSING CHART
Here are the directions:
Use this product:
http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=10178&at=0
[violation]
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. 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. 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!
Here are the directions:
Use this product:
http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=10178&at=0
[violation]
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. 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. 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!
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briansbelle
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sorry, made my own thread as to not hijack... 
Briney Dave
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Brian, many of the guys from the old club zoa.com which is now reef 2 reef with a zoanthid section on it, dosed with C and swore by the above brand. I think you would be best served tracking couple of those guys down if they are still around on that board.
In its hay day that was THE site for zoanthid information. I can not make that same statement now with the changes since I left the site for the most part.
As to C with zoanthids: those keepers claimed all sorts of miracles with it. I tried Kent brand since it was easist for me to get and it did not seem to make any real difference. That statement is far from scientific though and should be taken with a grain of salt
In its hay day that was THE site for zoanthid information. I can not make that same statement now with the changes since I left the site for the most part.
As to C with zoanthids: those keepers claimed all sorts of miracles with it. I tried Kent brand since it was easist for me to get and it did not seem to make any real difference. That statement is far from scientific though and should be taken with a grain of salt
Briney Dave
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aahhhh good puns are hard to find. I will just have to keep looking. boooooo
briansbelle
zoa collector :)
thanks! i just want to use it to improve coral growth...
but in such a small tank i would have a hard time figuring out measurements...
i have a 14 gallon biocube....
also can i pick up liquid vitamin C anywhere? i dont have a way to measure out powdered.
also can this be overdosed?
thanks a bunch!
but in such a small tank i would have a hard time figuring out measurements...
i have a 14 gallon biocube....
also can i pick up liquid vitamin C anywhere? i dont have a way to measure out powdered.
also can this be overdosed?
thanks a bunch!
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Pufferpunk
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The reason you saw no difference with the Kent brand is the tiny amount of VC contained in it. For example, I regularly dose 23ppm on my 100g tank. That's around 9,5000mg, 2x/day. How much of that Kent bottle would you have to use for this?
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