Hey everyone,
I know of the ongoing research about the actual contents of Vibrant. I have been lurking on the thread and reading each post as they come in for days.....
I didn't want ask on that thread and Hijack the post so I started my own.
I have been battling GHA since I acquired the issue from someone else. BRS convinced me Vibrant was the best and most natural course to take "because its just bacteria and not a chemical". Starting in November, I dosed the recommended amount 1x a week for 7 weeks and then up to to 2x a week since because some of the algae was very stubborn. I still have algae trying to grow between weekly manual removal and water changes. Im so over it. I feel like if I let up a little, it will take over again.
I am working on dialing in my feeding levels and researching adding chaeto refugium to my tank which is biocube (which I know I cant do at the same time as vibrant), increasing my CUC once they get out of Quarantine etc. So I am making efforts to get to the root of the problem.
Here are my two concerns:
1. I'd like to stop dosing the vibrant but I am nervous the GHA will come back with vengeance. Can I just stop the Vibrant all at once or should I try to phase it out slowly? my plan was to cut back after I add my CUC next month.
2. I am also nervous that the vibrant may have ill effected the microfauna in my tank and I would like the best way to start trying to boost that. Is that a valid concern? I have no background in chemistry and or science, so trying to read about the implications of using a broad scope algicide in my tank is foreign to me. Any proactive suggestions on how to do that, if warranted, would be really appreciated.
*** there have been no issues with the livestock or coral (all soft) in my tank since dosing.
I know of the ongoing research about the actual contents of Vibrant. I have been lurking on the thread and reading each post as they come in for days.....
Understanding Vibrant: Algaefix, Polixetonium Chloride / Busan 77
Other issues aside, what do you believe would constitute peer review? Not that peer review can always be trusted, depending on the reviewer, heck they don't even have to be from the same field of study. There have been tons of peer review that have been debunked over the years or retracted
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I didn't want ask on that thread and Hijack the post so I started my own.
I have been battling GHA since I acquired the issue from someone else. BRS convinced me Vibrant was the best and most natural course to take "because its just bacteria and not a chemical". Starting in November, I dosed the recommended amount 1x a week for 7 weeks and then up to to 2x a week since because some of the algae was very stubborn. I still have algae trying to grow between weekly manual removal and water changes. Im so over it. I feel like if I let up a little, it will take over again.
I am working on dialing in my feeding levels and researching adding chaeto refugium to my tank which is biocube (which I know I cant do at the same time as vibrant), increasing my CUC once they get out of Quarantine etc. So I am making efforts to get to the root of the problem.
Here are my two concerns:
1. I'd like to stop dosing the vibrant but I am nervous the GHA will come back with vengeance. Can I just stop the Vibrant all at once or should I try to phase it out slowly? my plan was to cut back after I add my CUC next month.
2. I am also nervous that the vibrant may have ill effected the microfauna in my tank and I would like the best way to start trying to boost that. Is that a valid concern? I have no background in chemistry and or science, so trying to read about the implications of using a broad scope algicide in my tank is foreign to me. Any proactive suggestions on how to do that, if warranted, would be really appreciated.
*** there have been no issues with the livestock or coral (all soft) in my tank since dosing.