Treating With Vitamin C

[Paintguru]

I assume for the amino acids you just get some general, full spectrum pill? I was looking online and the pills do seem like a better deal then the "aquarium supplements" that are out there. I can get 250-1000mg pills for like $15.

 

[Mr.Firemouth]

I use an over the counter Amino Acid pill in capsule form and then just remove the capsules.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Is that like from a drugstore/health food store?

 

[Hypertek99]

Well been dosing for 4 days now. But today my water looks all cloudy??? Going to stop dosing for a day and see if it clears up. Anyone else experiencing cloudy water???

 

[Weetabix7]

Cloudy water does NOT sound good!

I dosed Reef Plus for the first time today, to early to give you an answer.

 

[Hypertek99]

Everything seems fine just cloudy water not too cloudy but you can tell it's not clear today. The skimmer seems to act the same. Going to do a water change tonight just to be safe.

 

[AquaGrizzly]

No cloudy water here but I am dosing the same 500mg but in a 90 gallon tank.

 

[Hypertek99]

Well i didn't dose yesterday and the water is cleared up now. I'm going to does again today but cut down to 250mg.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I don't think you will see much of a difference at that dosage. I've backed down from 2000mg 2x/day to 1000mg 2x/day to see if things stay as good as they have.

 

[GT3582RLSP]

So what is the general rule for these dosing of each kind per gallon?

 

[Hypertek99]

well i think the people with 90-100 gals are dosing the 500mg or 1000mg. I have a 20gal and was dosing 500mg but it clouded up the water so cut back to 250mg. Cleared up some but still can tell it's not as clear so i've stopped dosing for 2 days now.

 

[GT3582RLSP]

So about 5mg per gallon

 

[Pufferpunk]

Since this is still so experimental, there is no "general" rule. I have been dosing 2000mg morning & 2000mg night for around a 100g system. After dosing 1000mg as often for a week, I didn't see much difference. I do not believe the cloudiness experienced by Hypertek99, was caused by dosing the Vit C. Are you sure that is all that is in the pill you are using? What source does the vit come from? Mine comes from rose hips.

 

[Hypertek99]

yep i bought the spring valley brand it says Natural vitamin C with Rose Hips. It's in a green bottle with a yellow top. Well the tank has nothing new in it just the vitamin c so i think it had to be the vitamin. It's weird the first few days nothing then all of a sudden cloudy??? But it's clearing up now going to start dosing again in a few days and we'll find out if it is the vitamin c

 

[AquaGrizzly]

After a week of dosing with no real drastic improvements or declines...I decided to stop dosing a couple days ago. I did start dosing Iodine at that time. I used the drops per day method not the cap full per week. The zoas started opening up a lot more than any of the other dosing methods. I do a 10% water change weekly. I think the heavy load of zoas and other corals that use up iodine I have...uses up the iodine faster so it needs to be replaced quicker, just like a tank full of SPSs, clams, etc. uses calcium. Just my 2 cents. Don't want to get slammed for something that I'm not 100% on that's why I Bolded, Underlined, and Italiced. If I'm wrong I'm wrong and someone please correct me.

 

[aquarius77]

You could have a valid thought there aqua, i have noticed a bit of iodine every now and then helps my zoos too.

I dont think too much slamming goes on around here, no worries.

 

[kenske]

You could have a valid thought there aqua, i have noticed a bit of iodine every now and then helps my zoos too.

I dont think too much slamming goes on around here, no worries.

i do not post much, but i am here everyday. I agree that i haven't seen any slamming occurring at this site. So far, there is not one single post by any Mods at this site that ticks me off. I also do not get a feeling that the Mods here feel or act that they r better than all the other members around here. I can't stand most Mods in other sites. This is one of the friendliest board i've come across.

 

[Pufferpunk]

What kind of Iodine? I have Lugol's & would have to be very careful about dosing, as it is quite concentrated. I'm still dosing 2000mg Vit C 2x/day & everything still looks great--no adverse effects either. Sorry you didn't have the same sucess. I was hoping someone else would prove this isn't just a coincidence.

 

[AquaGrizzly]

Kent Marine Iodine. I have Lugols and Tech I but those are for just dipping as they are a high conentrated iodine.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I'm curious as to how much C you were using for how long? At 1000mg (2x/day), after 1 wk I only saw a little difference--enough though, to double it & saw great results after another week of 2000mg (2x/day).