Treating with Vitamin C
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Jeff
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Since there have been a lot of new people starting to dose Vitamin C and the thread is getting really long, here is a condensed guide on how to dose Vitamin C (Sodium Ascorbate). Print it out.
Use this product:
http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails...7697039798&at=0
$5 0ff coupon code: LUL789 (good for first purchase).
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. 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 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 or increased skim 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 for a minute then pour into my overflow. If adding to sump, try and add the vitamin c after filtration such as skimmers and reactors.
* If you have a question, ask here. I checks this thread 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!
Use this product:
http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails...7697039798&at=0
$5 0ff coupon code: LUL789 (good for first purchase).
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. 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 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 or increased skim 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 for a minute then pour into my overflow. If adding to sump, try and add the vitamin c after filtration such as skimmers and reactors.
* If you have a question, ask here. I checks this thread 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!
Pufferpunk
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Wow Jeff, every time you post this, it gets better!
xeniafarmer
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Sodium Ascorbate link correction
Sodium Ascorbate link correction
assuming you meant Now Foods, Sodium Ascorbate, 8 oz (227 g) ?
Oh, and THANKS! for the consolidation.
Sodium Ascorbate link correction
assuming you meant Now Foods, Sodium Ascorbate, 8 oz (227 g) ?
Oh, and THANKS! for the consolidation.
Pufferpunk
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Re: Sodium Ascorbate link correction
Re: Sodium Ascorbate link correction
Re: Sodium Ascorbate link correction
No correction needed--for $2 more you can get 2x as much with the link Jeff provided.
I have no issues with my alkalinty dosing ascorbic acid. I have been dosing 30 ml alk and 30 ml Ca twice daily. Adding two gallons of limewater daily for make-up. I took the chiller off line a few weeks and was dosing around 105 ml of two part daily and maybe a gallon every few days make up water. as for a ph swing from the ascorbic , maybe, but also get a swing I am sure from adding limewater. I will however purchase the sodium ascorbate in the future
thanks again
thanks again
Pufferpunk
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I thought Jeff was going to correct that link:
http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails.aspx?c=1&pid=-7152293197697039798
http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails.aspx?c=1&pid=-7152293197697039798
Pufferpunk
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Anyone can also go to the I-herb site & do a search for the sodium ascorbate product.
dextermorgan
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i will try this because some of my palys are not opening up after fragging... hopefully they'll recover
i started dosing two days ago, 29gal BC (so 20gal water) doing 1/8tsp morning & night for total of 1/4tsp a day. i noticed my birdsnest is the only thing not liking whats going on, the polyps aren't extending as far as they used to...is this because they are getting enough to feed on compaired to pre-dosing? everything else looks good, zoas, shrooms, monticaps etc..
Pufferpunk
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My birdsnest is growing like a weed--bright breen polyps.
fishkid6692
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do you dose directly to your tank or in your sump? i read a few pages back and it said after the skimmer but what if i put it in the return so it doesn't make a giant dust cloud in my DT?
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