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I've used it and it works. It got rid of all my GHA, Bryopsis and BA. Last year I had to leave for over a week. I put an auto feeder on my tank and it was feeding way too often while I was gone. GHA covered the tank, and there was also the Bryopsis and BA. I did a big water change, bought some vibrant and the results were great.
Cyano was probably the only side effect, which was temporary.
However, I would be less likely to use it in the future. Algae is a water purifier, and it helps keep your tank balanced. I wanted the algae gone, but at the same time all that algae growth from that overfeeding kept the tanks water better than it would have been. Without the algae growth, the nutrients would have been higher in the water column. The amount of algae that grew was in good proportion to the overfeeding. AKA, only small amounts of algae before to large amounts of algae after.
With Vibrant, the algae remains gone and it's more than just what is in there dies. Not sure how long, but it was 6 months for me before I started to see any algae grow.
Not saying I'll never use it again, because it does work and who knows I might get some more bryopsis/BA and use it for that. But I'd never use it for GHA unless it was just some extreme reason/amount.
Cyano was probably the only side effect, which was temporary.
However, I would be less likely to use it in the future. Algae is a water purifier, and it helps keep your tank balanced. I wanted the algae gone, but at the same time all that algae growth from that overfeeding kept the tanks water better than it would have been. Without the algae growth, the nutrients would have been higher in the water column. The amount of algae that grew was in good proportion to the overfeeding. AKA, only small amounts of algae before to large amounts of algae after.
With Vibrant, the algae remains gone and it's more than just what is in there dies. Not sure how long, but it was 6 months for me before I started to see any algae grow.
Not saying I'll never use it again, because it does work and who knows I might get some more bryopsis/BA and use it for that. But I'd never use it for GHA unless it was just some extreme reason/amount.