Latest on dosing Vitamin C....

[Manoj's Reef]

My 0.02
Buffered vitamin C is nothing but a carbon source. Its a pure carbon source and you have to start on very low doses. It acts in the same way as vodka would do.

If your zoas are melting and dying there might be other issues that you need to fix. Vit C is not a fix.

I would not recommend going that route.

If you have more questions let me know and I can help you out.

[vega15]

This was a craze awhile back. There was a never ending thread on it over on RC. I tried it myself and didn't see any changes other than having to battle my PH due to the pills dropping it.

We were using the powder suggested in the RC thread from iherb that is buffered to 7.0. It was still dropping our PH so it was a constant battle. This was on a 120 gallon, about 150 gallons total. We were following the recipe in the RC thread. Sorry, I don't remember what is off hand.

Thanks for the info rosebud.

My 0.02
Buffered vitamin C is nothing but a carbon source. Its a pure carbon source and you have to start on very low doses. It acts in the same way as vodka would do.

If your zoas are melting and dying there might be other issues that you need to fix. Vit C is not a fix.

I would not recommend going that route.

If you have more questions let me know and I can help you out.

Yeah I am not sure what to do here Manoj's. All I know is that for no apparent reason my Zoas are going away. It is weird as not all of my colonies are doing this. The two that are (at this point) are of the same colony but are at the opposite side of the 180 tank.

All of my parameters are in check with the exception of my Phos which is at 0.31PPM I am working on this by use of a Bio Pellet system that has been up for 1 week.

SG 1.024 PH 8.25-8.45 Temp 78 Deg Calc 425 Buff 8-9 Mag 1300 Light cycle is on for a average of 5 hours a day. I dose with Kalkwasser and ocasionally dose buffer when needed. I use BRS buffer that is mixed with RO to do this.

Suggestions?

[Sir Patrick]

My 0.02
Buffered vitamin C is nothing but a carbon source. Its a pure carbon source and you have to start on very low doses. It acts in the same way as vodka would do.

If your zoas are melting and dying there might be other issues that you need to fix. Vit C is not a fix.

I would not recommend going that route.

If you have more questions let me know and I can help you out.

I agree that VC is just another carbon source, but-

Possibly a less efficiant carbon source- Compared to carbon, sugar, vinager, ect. May perhaps be the reason polyps respond a bit better. I am thinking that it might not have as harsh an impact on the water parameters as many other carbon sources, and possibly works a bit better for the higher (but not too high) nutrient loving corals.

Just my hypothesis on the whole idea.

I also add VC, sparadically, to my tank-

Brightwell Aquatics - Vitamarin-C

Normally I use bio fuel, but change things up at times with the brightwells VC, along with MB7. I think if you are going to VC dose, you may as well combine it with MB7, seeing its a carbon source.

I braught it up in the never ending RC thread (as others have) but the idea seems to get avoided every time....