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So, back to the Vibrant mentioned earlier. I've been off the forums for a few years and missed this one. But reading up on threads exposing it as an Algaecide really fills in a lot of gaps and makes a lot more sense to me now from things I saw.
I did some testing with the product and it worked well. When looking under the microscope I could see the algae being affected. What I didn't know and makes sense as an algaecide is that it was causing the cells to rupture which I captured some of this happening.
I looked for bacteria in the product itself and would find strands of something and bacteria off those strands but looked dormant. Vibrant rep said that was their product and their secret bacteria all right. Most likely knowing what we know now they were possibly just not living and the strands just a contaminant. And looking even harder I would find some bacteria here and there. But again, knowing what we know now it was probably just contaminated from the environment and not the main driver for the effects that are seen in the aquarium.
I did some testing with the product and it worked well. When looking under the microscope I could see the algae being affected. What I didn't know and makes sense as an algaecide is that it was causing the cells to rupture which I captured some of this happening.
I looked for bacteria in the product itself and would find strands of something and bacteria off those strands but looked dormant. Vibrant rep said that was their product and their secret bacteria all right. Most likely knowing what we know now they were possibly just not living and the strands just a contaminant. And looking even harder I would find some bacteria here and there. But again, knowing what we know now it was probably just contaminated from the environment and not the main driver for the effects that are seen in the aquarium.