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    Posted: September 21 2011 at 4:08pm
Trying this out to see if it will help out some palys that lost their color. Here are some quick crappy before pics. I am starting at the dose for 5ppm and working my way up. I will try to update this as I go along.
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I've dosed it for two years now. I think it makes a huge difference to the health of zoas and fish. Whenever a fish or zoa starts to look sick I just dose more and it always seems to help tremendously.

What brand are you using?
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GNC. What do you use?
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I would be extremely careful about which type of vitamin c you are using. Regular ascorbic acid has a ph of about 4 and can lead to problems. What exactly are you using?
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asorbic acid like the one from that link I read up on just GNC brand. I will keep an eye on my pH and make sure all is going well. I dosed it like they had down and was worried about that. Do you use the exact one from the link?
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Can you post the link here? Maybe this is something I ought to try, I've always had a hard time keeping zoas.






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Yes, I've always just used the IHerb buffered brand.   I started off being super exact with the dosing, now I just dump some in every other day with my top off water.   
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I may just buy some iherb buffered brand to be safe
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I just got my shipment from iHerb today, and hope to start dosing my polyp tank tomorrow.
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Anybody who is doing this, take before and after pics too!
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I have a ton of zoas I think I will try this too:-)
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Must read for those considering VC dosing IMO. If you order from iHerb make sure to use the $5 off coupon.

http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/zoa-discussion-club-zoa/8931-vitamin-c-dosing-i-am-clueless.html

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Just ordered the stuff off of iHerb. the stuff I have is the same but not buffered so thanks for the heads up guys
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Nice. Your corals will be glad you did!
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starting this also. read a bunch of things on it. I am losing a good number of zoas in my zoa dominate tank. got zoa pox and some pulled out some didnt.Hope this will help.
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Here is a fraction of my zoas. Everything grown from pretty small frags and I've sold countless frags from them all.





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wow Laird! Im going to try this too!






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Nick I thought that everything in your tank was looking good already, excited to see what this does!






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Thanks.   We willvsee what happens.   Hopefully only good stuff
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Just started dosing today. Got my before pics. Now hopefully for some great after pics.
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