Treating with Vitamin C

Cool, be sure to take some before pics! We really need some drastic before/after pics for the article Jeff & I want to write on this.
 
I posted some of my before pictures in the zoa garden thread here. I'll be sure to take some after pictures.
 
Sorry, I meant to get back to that and edit it. Are you still having issues with those black spots? I know it's not VC realated but I am wondering if it will go away when the nutrients drop when dosing the vc.
 
Jeff,

I still have the black spots, and I do not believe it is VC related. I believe the black spots are from old RO cartridges and a questionable MH bulb. I intend to swap the filters out this week. The issue I was having with VC, is the gray skimmate and the putrid smell. It has a ridiculously strong sulfur smell. I feed almost nothing except the spot feeding of the Rics and Palys, as it is a dedicated frag system. I just dropped a few damsels in the tank and plan to start a feeding regimen to get more growth. In the past I mainly added supplements.

Keith
 
The increased skimmer output is a sign that the VC is working. Skimming is the end stage of carbon dosing. You add VD (carbon source), it feeds beneficial bacteria, the bacteria feast on the carbon source and multiply quickly, some bacteria die off, skimming then exports dead bacteria. You are doing things the correct way and things are on target. Thats why efficient skimming in paramount with carbon dosing.
 
Great job Puffer, and Jeff

Great job Puffer, and Jeff

Holy cow I got thru the WHOLE thread...(been reading off and on for 10 or 12 days) all 138 pages and can only repeat what I just said........thanks guys for all you did and are doing on this project:bounce3:

No question it works, but nothing is 100% sure, as there's just to many varibles in trying to make our systems dublicate nature and no two tanks are alike....so you guys are doing great answering ??? that some times..no most times, could have "self answered" by just reading, however, credit to you two for being so pantient (never could spell that word)...

Anyhow after about the 2nd split I ordered the rec.VC but have not started yet as I'm finishing up a run with my DIY sulfur-denitrifier (not my original design, but that's another story), which has and is lowering my NO3 down from +80 ppm to around 6.0 ppm and will soon be near zero, (measured with a LaMotte kit, I love those guys very accurate in the low ranges)

I don't have many Zoas left as I lost most to the NO3 and that nasty pest, aiptasa well i have those both under control, I think....What I plan on doing is shooting a couple pics of what's left and then starting real low and working my way up to the recomended ppm's..

Why I don't I just stay with the SR (sulfur reactor)??, because continous use with one plays hell with ALK and pH...simple as that and I think VC will be a better deal in the long run IMO... Here's what I have gathered from my review of this thread:

11/17/2007.....the start:lolspin:


Take before and after photos.......
Start SLOWLY and then raise ppm.
Ok! to run carbon and GFO...........
Store the product in the frig.........
Dose before and after lights..........
Should run a good skimmer...........
Read before asking questions........

Oh ya I have ???? No just kidd'n. You guys have a VERY MERRY X-MAS and I'll post my start later....thanks again and keep up the great job....

DICK ...
 
Holy cow. I messed up bad. I calculated incorrectly (dont ask) and have been overdosing my 70 gal for two weeks. 1st week at 1.25 tsp 2 xA daily. 2nd week at 2.5 tsp 2x daily. Tank is heavily slimed an cloudy. I did a 10 gal water change this evening. More? Should I stop Vitime C immediately or slowly taper back. Original problem was with melting zoas. Mixed reef and fish. problems for fish?
 
Pufferpunk said:
Cool, be sure to take some before pics! We really need some drastic before/after pics for the article Jeff & I want to write on this.
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Pufferpunk, I'll take some before and after pics, my iherb VC is waiting for me at the post office. I have a puffer tank with live rock only. Recently I reduced the temp from 80 to 77 and the nitrates shot up and hair algea started growing everywhere. I'm hoping the VC helps reduce the nitrate level and cleans up the algea.

Of course since I don't have any corals, you won't see how VC treats them, but you will see the hair algea and coralline algea difference.
 
I can't imagine why temp would affect your nitrate like that. My guess is the bioload of that puffer. I know a lot about puffers. (See my site: www.thepufferforum.com)
What size tank, what size/species puffer? Tank mates? Water change schedule? Parameters?
 
Pufferpunk said:
I can't imagine why temp would affect your nitrate like that. My guess is the bioload of that puffer. I know a lot about puffers. (See my site: www.thepufferforum.com)
What size tank, what size/species puffer? Tank mates? Water change schedule? Parameters?
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Pufferpunk, I'm actually from that site (it's great I may add)....followed you over here while looking for more info on dosing VC. I did add about 8 small astrea snails to the 50 gallon tank....could that be causing that much higher of a bioload? I would think my protein skimmer would be taking care of their business and it wouldn't be converted into ammonia/nitrite/nitrate?!? I also added a couple large pieces of lace rock that I got at a LFS.

My nitrate was 5ppm, then it jumped up to about 60+ in the last week or so while I was reducing temp.

hmmm, just thought of something else....just recently began feeding my puffer red wigglers from my compost bin....I can't get them completely clean, and a tiny bit of soil might come in on the odd one...do you think that could be it? I'm talking about stuff that might be a bit bigger than a grain of sand.

Considering high nitrates, how much would you suggest I dose to help get rid of them, considering I have about 35g of water in the tank. Going from your chart I was going to dose about 1/4 tsp (twice a day).
 
You didn't mention size/species of puffer? What about ammonia/nitrite? How many lbs of that LR did you add? It always goes through some curing period.
 
Pufferpunk said:
You didn't mention size/species of puffer? What about ammonia/nitrite? How many lbs of that LR did you add? It always goes through some curing period.
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Well everything was fine for over a year, until just a couple weeks ago. That's why I'm thinking it was a temp change (as that was the most recent change, but then I remember the live rock, snails and the worm as food addition)

He's a GSP, about 4 inches long. Ammonia/Nitrite=0, as they should be. I added about 15lbs of live rock, to my existing 60lbs or so.
 
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