Treating with Vitamin C

[sabazerehi]

i've been keeping mine at room temp as well, is it too late?

 

[Genetics]

I would think that refrigeration would have the opposite effect as it may cause some condensation within the container. VC should be vacuum sealed and not exposed to moisture if possible.

 

[r-balljunkie]

Humidity is the airs ability to hold water. The hotter it is, the more saturated the air can be. That said, lower temps = lower ability to hold water. The air will be drier.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I have read on many vitamin sites, that it is best to keep refrigerated.

 

[joleyar]

Im sure this has been covered before but haven't had any luck finding it going back threw the thread.
But does anyone have any experience with the brightwell aquatics vitamin c supplement? Is it just as good as the powered vit. c you guys are talking about?

Thanks,
Joshua

 

[puckbs]

Been dosing about a week now, shooting for 5ppm, I have seen really nice improvements in one tank (might be getting slightly higher than 5ppm doses due to difficulty of measuring out 1/16 tspn). Polyps have opened for the first time, and everythign else just "looks good" ...showing their colors, healthily plump.....

****I have no way of proving that the dosing is to thank for this and any correlation is strictly anecdotal....but i will say that nothing looks worse, so i am going to continue dosing at what i will guess will wind up somewhere in the 5-10ppm range

i noticed a slight algae increase in one tank but not the other
and ironically i haven't noticed much of a skimmate increase

 

[LCDRDATA]

joleyar
Im sure this has been covered before but haven't had any luck finding it going back threw the thread. But does anyone have any experience with the brightwell aquatics vitamin c supplement? Is it just as good as the powered vit. c you guys are talking about?

In lieu of one of the real experts answering...

My recollection from where it appeared on a thread at some point is that the Brightwell VC may be OK, but it's at a much lower concentration - so you're mostly paying for water and very little VC. From an economic standpoint it doesn't make sense. At least, that's what I remember.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Correct--with the levels we are dosing, you'd use up a bottle in 2 days!

 

[crazydante]

If you overdose, does your water get cloudy?

 

[LCDRDATA]

It can - generally caused by a bacterial bloom (from all the unaccustomed abundance of food for them). This can be a real problem because these blooms have been known to use up all the free oxygen in the water and thus severely stress or kill off larger organisms - which, compared to bacteria, is pretty much everything in your tank. If you're seeing this, you're more than likely overdosing.

If you have an air pump & air stone, it wouldn't hurt to set that up and aerate your tank and/or sump until the cloudiness clears - get more oxygen back in the water to replace what the bloom is consuming. It may not be necessary, but then again it may, and regardless it's unlikely to hurt anything. Then back off your dose to the level before you started seeing cloudiness and once you're stable there, slowly increase your dosing level.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Excellent suggestion!

 

[crazydante]

Yes, I stopped dosing vc. I dosed using a tbl spoon instead of a teaspoon. oppps. I need to buy some small measuring device. I dont even know what 1/3 of a teaspoon is. Its still cloudy but going away slowly. I have my skimmer running so to bring oxygen into my tank. Thanks for the advice.

 

[Pufferpunk]

1/3-1/4 really is close enough. if you have a nano & need to measure something smaller than 1/4--it takes 5 Salifert spoons to make 1/4 tsp, if that helps.

 

[crazydante]

Yes that helps puffer. Btw I ordered from that site you promote and recieved my 5 bucks off and delivered next day, gotta love living in Cali.

Oh, my tank is 37gallons. Im gonna try again when my water clears up.

 

[FiSHy sAy HeY]

My polyps are starting to open up again and skimmer is going crazy

 

[rcranf1]

im dosing 1/2 tsp in morning and 1/2 tsp at night and have saw my zoas complety recover from browning out and not opening. I have a 125 gal with a 30 gal sump. Everything is looking brighter and fuller than ever. Ive been dosing for about 2 months now

 

[Pufferpunk]

I LOVE HEARING THAT STUFF!!!

 

[FiSHy sAy HeY]

I LOVE TO SEE THAT STUFF!!!

 

[sabazerehi]

so if my vc has a smell now, is it no longer good to use?

 

[Pufferpunk]

Not sure but mine has no smell.