Great advice Ncastro1981. It seems that the people that are having problems either are not dosing the correct amount, dosing too much too fast, or have the wrong product. The sodium ascorbate from Iherb.com is proven in this thread, to work if used
properly.
There have been a lot of new people trying it that dont have time to cruise thru the split thread to find out the correct way to dose so I am going to add a summery to get people going:
Use this product:
http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails...293197697039798
$5 0ff coupon code: LUL789
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
Dose 2x/day.
Be sure your pH and alk are within normal reef limits before starting.
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. I 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. Puffy checks this thread daily.
Be sure to take some "before" pics!
