Buffered Sodium Ascorbate!

[weaglereefer]

Yeah, I can also offer a few month's worth. When I was dosing for my zoas I was using .15ml a day, so it lasts a while. Figure 2 month's worth would be enough for people to see the effects.

I'm still working out details to see if I can make the BBQ, but could bring a few samples for those interested.

 

[mikesommers]

au01st;528205 wrote: Yeah, I can also offer a few month's worth. When I was dosing for my zoas I was using .15ml a day, so it lasts a while. Figure 2 month's worth would be enough for people to see the effects.

I'm still working out details to see if I can make the BBQ, but could bring a few samples for those interested.

I agree.

 

[lilrobb]

If either one of you is making the bbq - I'd like a sample to see if I can revive my SPS graveyard tank.
At this stage I am willing to try anything...

 

[mikesommers]

LilRobb;528230 wrote: If either one of you is making the bbq - I'd like a sample to see if I can revive my SPS graveyard tank.
At this stage I am willing to try anything...

This is one of the thing I believe Simon said it will help with. Vitamin C is one of the harder vitamins for any living creature to get. Its good for so much stuff. I think its worth a shot for sure! While we are on a topic of BBQ, were is it going to be held and when? I would really like to be there. I have been a member for three years and been to one function, Christmas dinner when Brandon was Pres.

 

[cr500_af]

mikesommers;528235 wrote: This is one of the thing I believe Simon said it will help with. Vitamin C is one of the harder vitamins for any living creature to get. Its good for so much stuff. I think its worth a shot for sure! While we are on a topic of BBQ, were is it going to be held and when? I would really like to be there. I have been a member for three years and been to one function, Christmas dinner when Brandon was Pres.

July 17th, 12-7 @ Murphy Candler Park.

 

[cr500_af]

au01st;528205 wrote: Yeah, I can also offer a few month's worth. When I was dosing for my zoas I was using .15ml a day, so it lasts a while. Figure 2 month's worth would be enough for people to see the effects.

I'm still working out details to see if I can make the BBQ, but could bring a few samples for those interested.

Jeff, I'd like to take you up on that if you make the BBQ. If not, I can meet you in Auburn the next time I'm going to the Gump, or maybe at the next meeting you attend after the BBQ.

 

[mikesommers]

cr500_af;528432 wrote: July 17th, 12-7 @ Murphy Candler Park.
http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44816">http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44816</a>[/QUOTE]

Thanks man.

 

[weaglereefer]

Just left some of this with Andy, so yall can bug him for it, lol.

I can bring more to the meeting on 8/10, but might give new meaning to the term "reef addict" if I'm passing out little bags of white powder...

 

[gnashty]

Andy - Im in for a lil bit if you have any to spare, wanted to try it out before i buy some

 

[ralph atl]

Vit C is a known carbon source like Vodka, VSV, etc. I've been dosing carbon for years, however, there are side effects, and it can cause major issues. Make sure you skim on the wet side, and dose gradually.

 

[mikesommers]

au01st;542378 wrote: Just left some of this with Andy, so yall can bug him for it, lol.

I can bring more to the meeting on 8/10, but might give new meaning to the term "reef addict" if I'm passing out little bags of white powder...

:lol2:

 

[mikesommers]

mysterybox;542395 wrote: Vit C is a known carbon source like Vodka, VSV, etc. I've been dosing carbon for years, however, there are side effects, and it can cause major issues. Make sure you skim on the wet side, and dose gradually.

I got my dosing instructions from Simon. As far as I know he has been using it for quite some time @ 1 teaspoon per 100 gallons per week. His reef and fish look super!!! I have had great luck as well healing the HLLE up on my Hippo Tang. I do give it a :up:! I'm not saying to not be careful, as with anything we dose in our tanks you need to know your animals. They usually have allot to say about it.

 

[weaglereefer]

Seriously, anyone that wants to give this a go, send me a PM and I'll bring you some for the August meeting. Figure your needs at the 1tsp/100g/week ratio and I'll supply enough for 2 months for the first few people, just let me know how many tsp you want.

And Howard, you are excluded from this offer, lol. Don't think I'd have enough for one week for you.

 

[gnashty]

AndyMan;542425 wrote: I smell trade for Kalk, seing as though Jeff is going to teach you about wiring switches in series :lol2:

lezzz do it - i still need to know about wiring it up - dont care from who!!

 

[gnashty]

makes sense now....my current set up has one float switch that tells the ATO to turn on and the other is in case the 1st one fails to shut off and reaches a "high level" in the sump. so i would really need the 2nd one to say "no more" vs. "my brother failed, help me out" - could i just make turn the switch upside down and get the same result?

Actually, my ATO only holds 10 gal and my sump can take it with no issue so im probably better off just doing like you mention above?

 

[weaglereefer]

gnashty;542711 wrote: makes sense now....my current set up has one float switch that tells the ATO to turn on and the other is in case the 1st one fails to shut off and reaches a "high level" in the sump. so i would really need the 2nd one to say "no more" vs. "my brother failed, help me out" - could i just make turn the switch upside down and get the same result?

Actually, my ATO only holds 10 gal and my sump can take it with no issue so im probably better off just doing like you mention above?

So your low float switch kicks on the pump for a predetermined amount of time? Or it turns on til the float trips again and turns off?

I would get a set of floats in series like shown, put the ATO pump on a timer and set the timer for just a bit longer than is needed in case of hot days. For example, set up the float and fill the water until it goes from closed to open on the RK display. Then wait a pre-determined amount of time, easy way to do it is say one day EXACTLY, and turn the pump on til the float opens again (it should have closed as water evaporated and the level in the sump dropped). You can measure the amount of time the pump ran to refill to the "open" level, and divide by 4, 6, or 8 depending on how many times you want to have the ATO kick on. Then add a minute or so to this time and you'll have your "time on" to use for the reefkeeper, and the "repeat:xx" is however many you divided 24 by.

The result is that if the float switches fail, as long as the timer is still working and the pump doesn't stick on, it will take days before an overflow occurs, and you'll likely notice it before it's a problem and a mess.

I hope that explanation made sense, and if you need help, just PM me. Basically just set the pump as a "multi timer" (assuming Digital Aquatics, right?), set a start time at like 12:00:00 am, set "duration" to 5min, "time off" to 3hr, 55min, and repeat to 2. Then set another up again starting at 12:00:00 pm with the same settings. Finally, set an alarm triggered by the float switches (usually set point is .5 and trigger above or below based on orientation of the float, this is easy enough to determine if you sit there and mess with the float) to turn off the alarm.

 

[gnashty]

AndyMan;542727 wrote: putting 2 switcges in series like I did in the second picture, if the lower switch ever fails, the second one would say "no more" by default once it got tripped

YES, you could run 2 of these at the same physical level in the tank (and having a buddy scenario as you described would work) but setting one of them slightly higher than the first accomplishes the same scenario as your "no more" above and still only uses 1 input... you can put as many switches in series as you want, say 2 on the lower level and 2 on the upper level if ou really want redundancy, still, you're only going to use 1 switch input

gotchya - so when am i bringin the kalk by? meet at creation this weekend?

 

[gnashty]

au01st;542728 wrote: So your low float switch kicks on the pump for a predetermined amount of time? Or it turns on til the float trips again and turns off?

I would get a set of floats in series like shown, put the ATO pump on a timer and set the timer for just a bit longer than is needed in case of hot days. For example, set up the float and fill the water until it goes from closed to open on the RK display. Then wait a pre-determined amount of time, easy way to do it is say one day EXACTLY, and turn the pump on til the float opens again (it should have closed as water evaporated and the level in the sump dropped). You can measure the amount of time the pump ran to refill to the "open" level, and divide by 4, 6, or 8 depending on how many times you want to have the ATO kick on. Then add a minute or so to this time and you'll have your "time on" to use for the reefkeeper, and the "repeat:xx" is however many you divided 24 by.

The result is that if the float switches fail, as long as the timer is still working and the pump doesn't stick on, it will take days before an overflow occurs, and you'll likely notice it before it's a problem and a mess.

I hope that explanation made sense, and if you need help, just PM me. Basically just set the pump as a "multi timer" (assuming Digital Aquatics, right?), set a start time at like 12:00:00 am, set "duration" to 5min, "time off" to 3hr, 55min, and repeat to 2. Then set another up again starting at 12:00:00 pm with the same settings. Finally, set an alarm triggered by the float switches (usually set point is .5 and trigger above or below based on orientation of the float, this is easy enough to determine if you sit there and mess with the float) to turn off the alarm.

You sunk my battleship!! the low float when tripped turns on ato - when it floats again it kicks off the ato - top one is only if the bottom one fails to turn off the ato and prevents a spill. that was my setup with my old sump - my new sump can hole the entire tank

I toyed with the idea of doing timed method this when I was adding kalk to my ATO for some consistency but I really dont have that issue anymore. My ATO tank is only 10 gal so if the ATO fails worse case is the ATO pump burns or I add a max of 10 gal water to my system which would be like .5% total system volume - likely wouldnt throw off any parameters persay.

 

[lilrobb]

gnashty;542734 wrote: ... I add a max of 10 gal water to my system which would be like .5% total system volume - likely wouldnt throw off any parameters persay.

NICE,

didn't know you had a 2000gal system...

 

[gnashty]

you really should come by and see it - pretty sweet!!:unsure:

:doh: