VIBRANT for Reef Aquariums (1 Viewer)

[TX_Punisher]

I used it to wipe out the bubbles about 1.5 yrs ago. I even double dosed for almost 3mo. Wiped them out finally.

now those bastages came back but I’m goi Nd slowly this time. Added the only emeralds I could find locally (small). 6-7 of them so I hope they get to some of them soon.

 

[reeftopia]

emeralds took care of mine second time around

 

[Cody]

emeralds took care of mine second time around

Look at you! You finally put a pic up for your avatar!

 

[webster1234]

I use it at the recommended dose every few weeks just to replenish my bacteria population. I've never noticed any adverse effects to anything but the hair algae. But I don't run any macro algae either.

 

[PicassoClown]

Okay so I’ve been on Vibrant for the first time for two weeks now. Did a half dose the first week and a full dose yesterday. The bubble algae is dying by the millions!!! It’s turning white and collapsing in on itself or detaching from the rocks. Major downside is that my pump, powerhead, and filter floss keep getting clogged up with the dead algae but Im okay with it!! The rocks are looking great and it’s about 80% gone.

 

[Ross tha Reefer]

Everything else looking good still?


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[PicassoClown]

Everything else looking good still?


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Yep! Everything looks great still. Nothing showing any negative effects except for some irritation due to the bubble algae blowing around and hitting things now.

 

[nightster]

I purchased some Vibrant and will start dosing soon. I'm in the middle of a gha battle since I put stronger lights on the tank. I've been doing water changes but I think its the remnants of the tap water I had been using when I didn't care about the tank for a few years. Here is a pic of it currently.

 

[decimal]

fwiw, i am sure you will be one of those "tank been running for 25 yrs, never did a waterchange, dont use a skimmer and everything is doubling in size every 12 months" kind of guys, but if there was tap water in your tank with the same rocks and substrate your most likely going to encounter problems that you wont be able to address because the source will be leaching. that's just my opinion of course.

Also, dosed 1 ml per week for dinos and they where gone in a matter of 2 weeks. now cyano is taking its place but i read that they have updated dosage instructions to every 3-4 days for highly affected tanks.

 

[nightster]

fwiw, i am sure you will be one of those "tank been running for 25 yrs, never did a waterchange, dont use a skimmer and everything is doubling in size every 12 months" kind of guys, but if there was tap water in your tank with the same rocks and substrate your most likely going to encounter problems that you wont be able to address because the source will be leaching. that's just my opinion of course.

Also, dosed 1 ml per week for dinos and they where gone in a matter of 2 weeks. now cyano is taking its place but i read that they have updated dosage instructions to every 3-4 days for highly affected tanks.

Tanks been running for about 6 years but 4ish of those were with tap water. I run a tunze 9004, do 10% wc a week, and I suck at keeping coral I don't even know why I'm in this hobby! I was wondering if those years of tap were gonna come back and bite me. I had gotten lazy and didn't have an ro/di unit. Guess I'll keep fighting the good fight and see if I can at least maintain my gha frags at a respectable size.

 

[Betcao01]

Just curious, if emerald crabs eat bubble algae, wouldn't they have to pop them first with their claws? That would mean the spores would be release in the water right?

I dose prodibio every few weeks. I have resolved a lot of my issues with that and a UV.

 

[Seaworthy Aquatics]

Just curious, if emerald crabs eat bubble algae, wouldn't they have to pop them first with their claws? That would mean the spores would be release in the water right?

I dose prodibio every few weeks. I have resolved a lot of my issues with that and a UV.

We really don't know for sure and you'll hear lots of reasons but the most common one I've heard is it's the way their claws are. They will just "scoop" most of, if not all not all of the algae and its spores into their mouths for minimal spread. They seem to just have the right tools, but not all crabs will actually eat bubble algae, seems about 50-50 with them. My experience is it will definitely spread with emeralds, they just keep eating them so they never get a hold again. I see one from time to time in my 75g, but the emerald gets to it pretty quick usually and they will be gone after a few days. Had a bad outbreak in another tank and the crabs just ignored them in there for whatever reason. Ended up having to dose Vibrant to kill them off that time.

 

[Betcao01]

We really don't know for sure and you'll hear lots of reasons but the most common one I've heard is it's the way their claws are. They will just "scoop" most of, if not all not all of the algae and its spores into their mouths for minimal spread. They seem to just have the right tools, but not all crabs will actually eat bubble algae, seems about 50-50 with them. My experience is it will definitely spread with emeralds, they just keep eating them so they never get a hold again. I see one from time to time in my 75g, but the emerald gets to it pretty quick usually and they will be gone after a few days. Had a bad outbreak in another tank and the crabs just ignored them in there for whatever reason. Ended up having to dose Vibrant to kill them off that time.

So what I'm going to say is controversial, but I never had an outbreak after doing it. I would manually remove all the big ones. Then I would just pop and scrub all the smaller ones. Nothing adverse has occured in my tank. Every tank is different, so I'm not advertising this method.

I have never let it get out of control. I eliminate them as soon I see one. My logic was if a foxface or emerald crab was eating them, they would have to break the membrane of the bubble algae to make it fit their mouths. Thus, the spores would be in the water anyways. However, I do recommend Prodibio and UV if someone is brave enough to emulate my test

 

[PicassoClown]

So, I’m thinking I may have to up my vibrant dosing...