Vitamin C dosing for zoanthids (I am clueless)
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Pufferpunk, what is your opinion of BRIGHTWELL Aquatics Vitamarin-C?
I'm dosing on my 24 gallon Cardiff nano. I'm basically dosing two drops nightly Which is the recommended amount. Thanks for the help broski. Btw I'm doing this to improve growth and color. My nano is zoas and palys only I have around 50 different Frags. Their doing great now but I want them to do awesome.
I'm dosing on my 24 gallon Cardiff nano. I'm basically dosing two drops nightly Which is the recommended amount. Thanks for the help broski. Btw I'm doing this to improve growth and color. My nano is zoas and palys only I have around 50 different Frags. Their doing great now but I want them to do awesome.
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I'd use up that bottle in 1 week, with the amounts of VC I dose. Look at the mg of actual VC in there, compared to suggested dosing on my chart.
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VITAMIN C DOSING CHART
Here are the directions:
Use this product:
NutriBiotic, Sodium Ascorbate, Crystalline Powder, 16 oz (454 g) - iHerb.com
$10 off coupon code: LUL789
To figure out how much to use, decide if you want to simply improve coral growth, spread, and color. If so, then you should dose around 5 ppm twice daily (down to 2-3 ppm works also). If you are having problems with coral or fish health, dose up to around 30 ppm twice daily.
Calculate the total net number of gallons in your tank (minus rocks, sand, etc). Enter that number here ______.
You will now need to do a little math. The amounts below are for 100 gallons of water so if you have 50 net gallons, cut the amounts shown below in half etc.
Dosing amounts using Iherb product:
1/4 tsp=1112 mg.
For every 100 gallons:
5 ppm ----- 1892 mg VC
10 ppm ---- 3785 mg VC
15 ppm ---- 5677 mg VC
20 ppm ---- 7570 mg VC
25 ppm ---- 9462 mg VC
30 ppm ---- 11355 mg VC
After you have figured out how much you want to dose at each dosing, enter that number here _____. This is your dose to be used twice a day.
Notes:
*Be sure your pH and alk are within normal reef limits before starting. Adjust if needed. Monitor weekly.
*Shoot for a ppm of around 5 or lower if only dosing for improved coral growth, coloration, and spread, also for better health/coloration of your fish. Shoot for higher amounts up to 30 ppm if you are having melting zoas or closed zoas and look for the causes of your problems as you dose. Higher doses of as much as 100ppm (for about 2 weeks) for fish illness. Check for high nitrates, pests, zoa pox, predators, and unstable water conditions.
*Dose low amounts and increase the amount slowly over the course of a few days to a couple weeks.
* If you notice an algae bloom (white stringy stuff) or increased scum on your glass then cut back by half until it disappears.
* Watch your skimmer, it will start to skim more.
* Dose the amount twice a day in a fast moving area of your sump or overflow. You may dilute the vitamin c in ro/di water then pour into overflow. If adding to sump, try and add the vitamin c after filtration such as skimmers and reactors. *Keep your Vitamin C bottle in the refrigerator. * If you have a question, ask here. I do my best to check these threads daily.
* The instructions in this guide and throughout this thread are based on using pure Sodium Ascorbate, not vitamin c pills and other non-buffered forms of vitamin c.
Be sure to take some "before" pics!
Here are the directions:
Use this product:
NutriBiotic, Sodium Ascorbate, Crystalline Powder, 16 oz (454 g) - iHerb.com
$10 off coupon code: LUL789
To figure out how much to use, decide if you want to simply improve coral growth, spread, and color. If so, then you should dose around 5 ppm twice daily (down to 2-3 ppm works also). If you are having problems with coral or fish health, dose up to around 30 ppm twice daily.
Calculate the total net number of gallons in your tank (minus rocks, sand, etc). Enter that number here ______.
You will now need to do a little math. The amounts below are for 100 gallons of water so if you have 50 net gallons, cut the amounts shown below in half etc.
Dosing amounts using Iherb product:
1/4 tsp=1112 mg.
For every 100 gallons:
5 ppm ----- 1892 mg VC
10 ppm ---- 3785 mg VC
15 ppm ---- 5677 mg VC
20 ppm ---- 7570 mg VC
25 ppm ---- 9462 mg VC
30 ppm ---- 11355 mg VC
After you have figured out how much you want to dose at each dosing, enter that number here _____. This is your dose to be used twice a day.
Notes:
*Be sure your pH and alk are within normal reef limits before starting. Adjust if needed. Monitor weekly.
*Shoot for a ppm of around 5 or lower if only dosing for improved coral growth, coloration, and spread, also for better health/coloration of your fish. Shoot for higher amounts up to 30 ppm if you are having melting zoas or closed zoas and look for the causes of your problems as you dose. Higher doses of as much as 100ppm (for about 2 weeks) for fish illness. Check for high nitrates, pests, zoa pox, predators, and unstable water conditions.
*Dose low amounts and increase the amount slowly over the course of a few days to a couple weeks.
* If you notice an algae bloom (white stringy stuff) or increased scum on your glass then cut back by half until it disappears.
* Watch your skimmer, it will start to skim more.
* Dose the amount twice a day in a fast moving area of your sump or overflow. You may dilute the vitamin c in ro/di water then pour into overflow. If adding to sump, try and add the vitamin c after filtration such as skimmers and reactors. *Keep your Vitamin C bottle in the refrigerator. * If you have a question, ask here. I do my best to check these threads daily.
* The instructions in this guide and throughout this thread are based on using pure Sodium Ascorbate, not vitamin c pills and other non-buffered forms of vitamin c.
Be sure to take some "before" pics!
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Yeah I printed out the dosing chart, thanks for doing that for us btw. Well just for kicks I ordered the VC so when it gets in I'll try the dosing. As for this bottle of brightwell VC what do you think I should do with it?
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Well I increased my daily dosing to 8 drops twice daily. I will continue to increase this until I hit around twenty drops twice a day. Once I receive the VC powder in the mail I'll begin a slow dosing of that. Since I have a nano the only high flow zone in my system is the display. I'll add the solution right after my skimmer chamber and see if that works well.
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I'm curious on how much color difference did you have in your zoanthids? Some of mine are a bit dull and I hope they get that "popping" color.
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I'm also upgrading the standard 150 watt DE metal halides to a ecotech radions. Should be sweet over 24 gallons!
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Thanks for the bump!
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Not if you use the buffered product I have been recommending.
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What is your reason for dosing? Do you run a skimmer? Sump?
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Sure will, also everything else in your tank! For a 60g, I'd suggest starting with 3ppm & move it up to 5-10. Just add the crystals directly to the sump, right before the pump, if you can.
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Absolutely will. Those have a pH of 4!
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After 5 years of maintaining good growth, I only dose evenings, after lights out. I suggest dosing 2x/day, if you can remember.
