Anbody dosing vit c?
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Topic: Anbody dosing vit c?
Posted By: wickedsnowman
Subject: Anbody dosing vit c?
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 11:54am
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Hey I have been following this thread on RC and I was wondering if any of you guys are dosing with vit c. I picked up about 50 zoa frags a few weeks ago some are happy some still havent completely opened. So I ordered some of the vit c stuff that puffer on RC recommended. If any of you have experience with this chime in. Did it help? Did you see any improvements?
http://reefcentral.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=14897090 - Vit c dosing |
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Posted By: badfinger
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 1:32pm
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i really didnt see much improvment.... i still dose but its every 2 weeks a few drops or i will just soak the fish food in it.
i still use it cause i belive every single living organism needs vitamin c, IMO, and i feel better knowing that its at least available to them. with my zoas and palys i have found they look poor when my iodide is low |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 4:39pm
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Check your fish food and other supplements you dose..... Not sure if this is the right way to think but my fish food (frozen & pellets) and Amino Acid supplements both have vitamin C in them, so I would imagine if you dose a few things already and feed good quality food, more than likely Vitamin C is getting in your tank.... |
Posted By: Josh95
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 5:00pm
| I don't dose anything. All my zoos and everything but my meteor shower monti are happy. |
Posted By: CapnMorgan
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 6:26pm
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I dose Vitamin C daily, about 6.5 cc's of it in my sump. I've noticed my corals are happier when I do than if I forget. ------------- Steve http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40637&PID=356246" rel="nofollow - My Old 180G Mixed Reef Currently: 120G Wavefront Mixed 29G Seahorse & Softies Running ReefAngel Plus x2 435-8 |
Posted By: wickedsnowman
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 11:16pm
| I will have to check my food to see if there is any vit c in them. I read through the rc thread and people have some amazing before and after pics. So I figured I would give it a shot. From what I read over time your tank will become depleted of these types of vitamins if your not dosing. My zoos grew like crazy a few months back but I have kinda hit a stalemate. And with all these new frags I want to give them the best chance at looking good. I got some pretty high end ones |
Posted By: wickedsnowman
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 11:18pm
| Oh how do I know if my iodine is low. Is there even a test for that? Badfinger do you just dose with lugols or something else? |
Posted By: bfessler
Date Posted: February 23 2011 at 8:43am
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There are Iodine/iodide test kits. If you're going to dose AquaVitro Vibrance the Salifert test kit will give a false positive. Use the SeaChem Iodine test kit. ------------- Burt An equal opportunity reefer, I support all hobbyists and organizations involved in Marine Aquarium Keeping. [email protected] |
Posted By: badfinger
Date Posted: February 23 2011 at 1:15pm
| i use the aquavitro brand, i have both lugols and that.... and since i stopped completly using lugols my zoas seem to look and grow better. |
Posted By: badger126
Date Posted: February 24 2011 at 12:04pm
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I dosed vit c for a few months according to puffer's recommendation- I didn't see any improvement at all and I saw no difference when I stopped using it. I went through the whole bottle before I stopped. If you've seen my tank I have a whole mess of zoas and I'm of the opinion that dosing vit c = no significant change. I've noticed more change in my tank using aquavitro fuel than anything. That and regular water changes seem to be the key to zoa growth for me. |
Posted By: wickedsnowman
Date Posted: February 24 2011 at 4:24pm
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I have been doing frequent water changes lately I used to wait like 6 weeks but I have been doing one like every 2 now. I dont use fuel but I do use coral frenzy. Maybe I will have to look into getting some of that.
Ps I have seen pics of your zoos and they are pretty damn sweet! |
Posted By: badger126
Date Posted: February 24 2011 at 4:41pm
| Hey thanks! The fuel has both iodine and vitamin c as well as a bunch of other great stuff. I soak some cyclopeeze, coral frenzy, brine shrimp, and mysis shrimp in fuel and selcon and target feed all my corals. |
Posted By: Piscavore1
Date Posted: February 26 2011 at 11:39am
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Snowman,
I have been reading the same thread and almost ordered several times. Since you ordered I presume you will give it a try. Please post your results so I can quit wondering what I should use - fuel, brightwell Vitamarin c, or the straight vitamin c and actually do something!
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Posted By: badfinger
Date Posted: February 26 2011 at 1:28pm
| Out of all those I would use fuel, its vitamin,fatty acids, amino acids..... in fact on vitamarinC (I have a bottle) it says if dosing with fuel(not fuel, but the name slips me) use X amount instead of full amount |
Posted By: bfessler
Date Posted: February 26 2011 at 3:54pm
Fuel does have Iodine but it is in so small a trace that it probably doesn't do much. It also lists Copper as one of the trace elements but again in a very minute amount so just because it's on the label doesn't mean it is in the right form or that it even helps. Also as I understand it only Iodide is beneficial to corals which is why I dose Vibrance in addition to Fuel. I agree that if your dosing Fuel you probably don't need to dose Vit C as well. I tried it and didn't see any real change or improvement. ------------- Burt An equal opportunity reefer, I support all hobbyists and organizations involved in Marine Aquarium Keeping. [email protected] |
badger126 wrote:Posted By: wickedsnowman
Date Posted: February 27 2011 at 1:51pm
| Well I started to dose a few days ago. No real improvements yet. I will update in a while and let everyone know how it is going. |
Posted By: badger126
Date Posted: February 27 2011 at 9:04pm
| I would take some before/after pics otherwise you will never be able to tell if there is much of an improvement. Post them so we can see! |