Treating with Vitamin C

[Pufferpunk]

Making it nice & healthy! Better keep 1 eye open.

 

[G.SMITHII]

hey, so the lil balls in the capsules that i got dont exactly dissolve in water.....

so where do yall get the buffered Vit C powder from?

 

[Jeff]

Iherb.com. Look for Sodium Ascorbate powder.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Capsules usually contain slow-dissolving, time-relased product. Better to use the pure, buffered C, like Engine 7 recommended

 

[PaintGuru]

I have stopped with the Vit C dosing. I'm curious to see if things stay "good" as I didn't have any major problem zoas at the time of starting. My nuisance algae did disappear, perhaps due to a nitrate reduction that Puffer has seen. I'm just curious to see if things (algae wise) get worse again or stay the same, and if the zoas that have looked moderately more vibrant and open stay that way.

 

[quiksilver]

I stopped my vita c and immediately had algae blooms. This could also be from feeding more as I added a fish. I'll let you know if it disappears again when I start dosing C again.

 

[Reeferhead]

My curiosity was peaked so I started dosing the I-Herb Ca-Ascorbate two days ago. I'm starting with 1/2 tsp a day in roughly 60 gal of system water. I would consider my zoa growth as of late fairly slow. I also have a couple colonies that stay closed more often than I would like. I have taken some before shots so we'll see how it goes.

Possibly just coincidence but some Keds Reds that I fragged the other day, than have been struggling to open for the past week, just happened to open up the morning after the first dose.

If enough anecdotal evidence builds this might be worthy of a little more scientific home experiment

Later,

 

[quiksilver]

I hope you started smaller than that and ramped up.

 

[flyyyguy]

Just wanted to update aboutmy issuess with some sps......

I found the true culprit and it wasnt the slight swings caused by my VC dosing that did it, although it could have been a contributing factor.

I upgraded my reflectors a while back, and my careless acclimation just took a while to show its face.

I am 99.99% positive that the issues I was havign was light shock now. Just thought a few sps people reading might like to know that.

 

[Reeferhead]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11915673#post11915673 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by quiksilver
I hope you started smaller than that and ramped up.

Sorry, I miss wrote. I'm starting with 1/4 tsp. Should equate to a little less than 5 ppm

 

[Pufferpunk]

2x/day?

 

[Reeferhead]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11920969#post11920969 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pufferpunk
2x/day?

1/4 tsp once a day for now. I'll probably bump it up in the next couple days.

 

[Jeff]

BUMP!

 

[flyyyguy]

heres another update.....the only polyps that I really didnt like the looks of when i started dosing.....i noticed this morning are more open than they have been in the two minths since I got them. still no growth, but theyve got to be open and feeding to do so.......

 

[Pufferpunk]

Yippee, that's fantastic! I think you guys should all send me frags of the polyps that made it by dosing vitamin C.

(Just joking you guys, I'm happy for all of you!)

 

[rkelman]

I havent read through the thread to see what's happening with others but I'm not seeing any improvement after 3 weeks. I'm dosing 1000mg in the morning and at night in a 90g.

 

[Jeff]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11926832#post11926832 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rkelman
I havent read through the thread to see what's happening with others but I'm not seeing any improvement after 3 weeks. I'm dosing 1000mg in the morning and at night in a 90g.

What kind of improvement are you looking for? Its important to know the reason that you are dosing? Polyps not opening? Polyps slowly melting away? Just looking for better color/growth? Etc...
I would think that you could easily double your dose. What kind of Vitamin C are you using?

 

[rkelman]

I'm dosing because of the polyps slowly melting away on a colony that was previously a great grower. I'm using 500mg tablets. I'll up the dosage and see if that helps. Thanks.

 

[rkelman]

Oh Btw your sure 4000 mg a day is ok?

 

[Pufferpunk]

You need to figure out what ppm that equals to & raise the dosage according to the chart:
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

I used pure, buffered, sodium ascorbate (although magnesium or calcium ascorbate will do also), purchased from www.i-herb.com. 1/4tsp=1112mg