I posted this in our local forums thought I'd share my experience after 6 month of observations.
I have Zoas and SPS in both of my systems. I cant say anything about LPS since they do well but I do not see any noticeable growth. So I will limit my comments to only zoa and sps. This is my observation after dosing VC in my display for alittle over 6 month now.
The corals I have been keeping an eye on are(Not all just to name some)
SPS
ORA red planet
ORA pearl Berry
Purple Haze
Green Slimer
Pink birds nest
Pink branching monti
Superman Montipora
Too many zoas to name.
Both system runs 24" T5, one fixture a mix of Current and Geissman bulbs, the other all Current USA bulbs.
Growth:
In my display tank(Where I dose VC), when I do not run the skimmer and do not dose VC, I had really good growth and color was ok. When I finally started VC and skimming the growth almost stopped completly for most(HOwever all SPS, purple death and Bam Bam still kept growing at the same rate as before VC )
The Frag tank has no VC or skimmer, everything did great as well. I move frags between the 2 tanks all the time, and have never noticed a growth difference. The growth is good in this tank as well even the sps.
Coloration:
Display tank, the color improved when I moved corals around the tank(Closer/further from the light), made no noticeable difference before or after VC.
Frag tank, colors are good there as well. Again I move frags around between both tanks, and do not see any color difference other than moving the zoas closer or away from the light source.
Polyp extension.
Display tank they extend like crazy. But they are also being blasted by a MP20 powerhead.
Frag tank ok extension. It's only powered by 2 Maxijet 900's.
I have Zoas and SPS in both of my systems. I cant say anything about LPS since they do well but I do not see any noticeable growth. So I will limit my comments to only zoa and sps. This is my observation after dosing VC in my display for alittle over 6 month now.
The corals I have been keeping an eye on are(Not all just to name some)
SPS
ORA red planet
ORA pearl Berry
Purple Haze
Green Slimer
Pink birds nest
Pink branching monti
Superman Montipora
Too many zoas to name.
Both system runs 24" T5, one fixture a mix of Current and Geissman bulbs, the other all Current USA bulbs.
Growth:
In my display tank(Where I dose VC), when I do not run the skimmer and do not dose VC, I had really good growth and color was ok. When I finally started VC and skimming the growth almost stopped completly for most(HOwever all SPS, purple death and Bam Bam still kept growing at the same rate as before VC )
The Frag tank has no VC or skimmer, everything did great as well. I move frags between the 2 tanks all the time, and have never noticed a growth difference. The growth is good in this tank as well even the sps.
Coloration:
Display tank, the color improved when I moved corals around the tank(Closer/further from the light), made no noticeable difference before or after VC.
Frag tank, colors are good there as well. Again I move frags around between both tanks, and do not see any color difference other than moving the zoas closer or away from the light source.
Polyp extension.
Display tank they extend like crazy. But they are also being blasted by a MP20 powerhead.
Frag tank ok extension. It's only powered by 2 Maxijet 900's.