Dosing vitamin C?

[ReefKeepersCorner]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11808804#post11808804 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wolf pup

444 - as far as those who pulled and treated fish I would be curious of their methods and if they were working against velvet also. Copper dosing is 100% effective from the research IF kept within a narrow theraputic range. Hypo treatments of 1.009 for 2 weeks have so far yeilded good success rates but it needs to be measured with a properly calibrated refactometer. Also cross-contanimation of infected tank materials with the hospital tank will cause re-infection. I am not doubting that people have "treated" ich only to have it return. I treated with copper my first go around and apparently did not hold the levels perfect for long enough so I did not cure the infection. Copper can be absorbed by filter material within a hospital tank changing its concentration. This last time I used hypo and I am literally staking my tanks health on having been successful. My belief is that much like disease treatment in humans, failure is often due to unitentional non-compliance.

Some could of been easily botched knowing the... character of some of the keepers. A few were under my watchful eye. Copper and hypo were done beautifully. Cross contamination were non-existent.

My belief is that much like disease treatment in humans, failure is often due to unitentional non-compliance. :lmao: I agree.

 

[DgenR8]

Copper is effective against ICH (how did this become a thread on ICH?), but Tangs don't handle copper well. Hypo salinity is the preferred method of treating ICHy Tangs. Yes, the salinity has to be held pretty exact through the course of treatment. Higher than 1.009, and you're just wasting time. Much lower, and you're fish will not do well
I started reading the VC thread, but have barely made a dent so far. I'll get back to it when I can.
As for treating ICH, this is a great place to learn about the enemy
[ich]

 

[wolf pup]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11799406#post11799406 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DgenR8
How can you effectively dose something you can't test for?

I have made it through a chunk of the VitC thread (to be honest I simply skim most of the posts)

The amounts seem to come from throwing a few darts at a wall blindfolded and seeing positive results. This is not a bad initial method as no one in the thread (that I found in my random examination) has said "everything just died." In fact, the VitC supporters have come up with a consistant method of dosing which is a big step in examining results.

What I do not see (and this could just be because I missed it) is anyone who has performed a true study using various treatment tanks and a control tank with the same stock, the same filtration, etc. If we are gonna do a drug study, this is the only way to take it from homeopathic to scientific. Now, don't jump on me about homeopathy - when anecedotal evidence becomes overwhelming it is foolish to dismiss it and I do not. I am a firm believer that something does not need to be proven to work. Gravity didn't start suddenly working just because of a theory of general relativity.

What I do see is that pufferpunk is begging for people to get "before" pictures and track their progress so the method can gain wider acceptance. I'm not doing the VitC thing because I really would rather not have one more thing to worry about at this point. That does not mean I am a nay-sayer, simply that I have other concerns at this point.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11799406#post11799406 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DgenR8
(how did this become a thread on ICH?),

back on track? :rollface:

 

[Pufferpunk]

I tried to get Eric Borneman to do the scientific studies needed on this & I got shot down by basically everyone on Marine Depot. Some were pretty rude actually.

I hpe by now, all who are following the VC thread, have read this article: http://www.livingreefs.com/forums/saltwater-aquarium-articles/590-use-vitamin-c.html