human vitiman c

[clintjj]

Ok question. My brother-in-law has a purple tang with hlle. I was wondering if the vitiman c we consume is the same in fish? The reason I ask is he will eat my daughters Gummy-vites They are loaded with vitiman c I have read that hlle is partly caused by a vitiman c def. My other question is, is this ok to feed him this. I have had a saltwater tank for 11 years, I also fish offshore as I live close to the ocean so my fish get a nice varity of fresh food I catch myself, Its hard to beat the real thing IMO. Thanks in advance

 

[JHemdal]

clintjj,

My concern would be the dosage level for any fat soluble vitamins that are also in the Gummy-vites, you could easily get the fish an overdose of those.
Also, the vitamin C connection to HLLE was from an old study that did not take into account that simply moving fish to a new tank can resolve this problem, so I'm not convinced that a connection was ever made linking lack of vitamin C and HLLE.

Jay

 

[clintjj]

Thanks for your reply. It was a while ago that i read this and didn't know you could move the fish and it might help. I will try moving him to my tank and see what happens.

 

[JHemdal]

In a survey I did, (run a Google search on Hemdal HLLE) about 65% of the reported cures of HLLE involved moving the fish to a new tank, and something like 82% involved either moving the fish or removing activated carbon from the tank.

Jay