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Thank you for the post. I’m having a mild GHA outbreak in my tank and I was considering using it, but I’ve been concerned about using it and this helps me with my decision.
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What else changed? Because I cannot see 3ml in 100g essentially nuking your corals within 12 hours all it is is bacteria. It calls for 1ml per 10gallons. 3ml in 100 gallons is a drop in the ocean
Something changed. I have been using it for 3 weeks, dosing quadruple what you dosed, once a week and have seen zero negative effects. 3ml is such a small amount in 100 gallons that there is no way it nuked your corals. It’s not hydrochloric acid, it’s cultured bacteriaWell you may think it’s nots possible but my tank and corals say different. If you read prior posts, absolutely nothing else changed. No new fish, corals, inverts, additives, pumps, heaters,etc. Nothing changed, no rusty screws or magnets. Not even a change in fish food. I live alone so no one else touched the tank. Only change/variant is the addition of vibrant.
Of the 3ml:While vibrant only lists "bacteria" as their main ingredient, they also have vinegar in it, and, although I can't prove it but would love to see it tested, I suspect it also has peroxide.
Thank you for the post. I’m having a mild GHA outbreak in my tank and I was considering using it, but I’ve been concerned about using it and this helps me with my decision.
Something changed. I have been using it for 3 weeks, dosing quadruple what you dosed, once a week and have seen zero negative effects. 3ml is such a small amount in 100 gallons that there is no way it nuked your corals. It’s not hydrochloric acid, it’s cultured bacteria
Yes I bought it direct and it’s the “reef” version. Maybe it was contaminated, no way for me to know. I just want to give others out there the realization that it can have a serious negative impact. Maybe 90% of users will never have a issue but the 10% should be forewarned a risk is involved when you have a lot of money invested in coral.I do find it hard to believe nutrients dropped that quickly. Did you buy it direct? Perhaps it was contaminated or old as the bottles are not sealed.
Thought this might be of interest. I’ve been reviewing all my data from my Apex/Trident trying to find something that jumps out. Only thing where a change took place after the addition of vibrant is ORP. My orp is usually between 380-400, after addition of vibrant orp dropped to 204! In time since(between 24-36hrs) it’s up to 289 currently. Now if this could be a reason for such coral loss would be interesting. Anyone else experience a significant orp drop after dosing? Everything else in my tank stated stable, ie alk/ca/mg/phosphate/nitrate.
I still don’t know if the drop in orp can cause corals to rtn, I must do more research on it. If it can why would vibrant cause this in my system, was something else going on that created a “perfect storm” type of negative event? I don’t know I may setup a experiment in the future to see if I can replicate the orp swing and coral issues in a frag tank.
I want to thank everyone for their input, questions, and guidance. I will let everyone know if any other changes are observed.