Treating with Vitamin C

[perikaruppan]

been reading a lot and now onto writing ...

well been dosing vodka (upped from 0.5ml to 6ml currently in 2 months) and vitamin C (iherb) at 1/2tsp (5mg) on my 130 gal tank.. been dosing for the last 2 months or so.. can see some better coloration on my zoans... but vitamin C i dose just once a day.. and during lights ON time.

just wanted to know whether can i dose both, or restrict to just vitamin C?

or is there anyways wherein i can make a Vitamin C solution (vitamin C + RO Water) , and dose that solution using the doser, this makes it automated and i dont need to worry about the manual dosing. is there a formula for this?

 

[Pufferpunk]

Since VC breaks down in water & is totally dissipated within 8 hours, using a doser is out of the question. Better to dose after lights out, than during the morning.

 

[wickedfish]

got a better skimmer hopefully that will kick up the nutrient export and aid with the V/C dosing. keep u updated pink unknown zoa colony now at 35+ heads 6 weeks ago at 18

 

[Tank2379]

Upgrading to 125G how much should I dose daily? I was dosing 1/2 teaspoon twice daily in my 72G just wondering if going with 1/2 of Tablespoon would be too much twice daily?

 

[Pufferpunk]

What are you dosing for? I dose 1 tsp in my 100g, 2x/day.

 

[npsossi@msn.com]

Are there any coupons out now? It is time to reorder.

 

[Pufferpunk]

The $5 off is only good for your 1st order.

 

[sterling18]

Since VC breaks down in water & is totally dissipated within 8 hours, using a doser is out of the question. Better to dose after lights out, than during the morning.

What if you used the commercial VC from say Brightwells and dosed from that? You can always set it to drop (x) at the same time every night.

 

[CLINTOS]

how is it added to the tank?

mixed up with regular water or tank water?

or does it matter?

do you stir?

 

[CLINTOS]

Would this work?



http://www.luckyvitamin.com/p-3832-...tm_campaign=shopzilla&site=www.shopzilla.com&

 

[Pufferpunk]

What if you used the commercial VC from say Brightwells and dosed from that? You can always set it to drop (x) at the same time every night.

Considering VC breaks down in water very quickly (totally gone within 8 hours), I'm not sure how they would suspend it in liquid form. Unless you are dosing a pico tank, I think it would be used up very quickly in the amounts recommended to dose 2x/.day. Compare The amounts of VC per 1/4 tsp for each product.

 

[Pufferpunk]

how is it added to the tank?
mixed up with regular water or tank water?
or does it matter?
do you stir?

I add it to my sump or under the skimmer cup on a HOB slimmer, in the crystal form.

Would this work?
http://www.luckyvitamin.com/p-3832-n...shopzilla.com&

That product is not buffered. It has a pH of 4.

 

[ludnix]

Vitamin C in the commercial products might be bound to something. Not all vitamin-C breaks down after 8 hours otherwise orange juice would have none.

We probably can do a titration setup to test the vitamin-C levels after a period of time with various products, I will have to do some more research into the setup though.

 

[Pufferpunk]

You're still dealing with the fact that the Brightwells & other commercial sold products have much less concentrate of actually VC in them.

 

[ludnix]

Yeah, but I'm talking about the effect of any of the vitamin-c products being exposed to ro/di water and air. It would be a relative test so the fact that we use a more concentrated solution of ascorbic acid than brightwells should not make a difference.

What I am curious is how to prevent the vitamin-c from oxidizing in liquid so that it could be used in a dosing setup. That would make it much easier than having to measure it out twice a day. Since there are commercial products which keep the ascrobic acid in water it seems like we should be able to as well.

 

[CLINTOS]

Anyone know if they sell a 1/16th tsp or less at a chef/culinary store?

 

[ludnix]

I haven't seen any, you might just have to use a portion scale.

 

[CLINTOS]

wanted to double check before I start next week

I have a 29G that probably has about 18-20G of water after I minus the rock/sand

would dosing 1/16th be a good place to start? and what amount should I end at over time the long term 1/8th?

I run about 3/4 cup of carbon monthly with 25% weekly water change

0 ppm tds water


skimmerless and refugeless

I could buy a portion scale if less vitamin c is needed

 

[Pufferpunk]

There's still the cost of dosing with a commercial prepared product at the amounts i suggest, compared to the pure, sodium ascorbate products.

 

[ludnix]

Yeah, a $20 bottle of brightwells would only provide a days dosage compared to the buffered ascorbic acid sold at iherb which would last close to a year on my tank. It would be cool to figure out a way to dissolve the iherb product in water in such a way that the vitamin-c didn't oxidize so it could be used with a dosing pump though.