Vibrant Removal

[Fastpitch]

I am wanting to avoid any controversy about Vibrant composition, so lets assume for a moment that Vibrant composition is similar to Algae fix.

Do I have to run carbon to remove this additive from my system. Or do I just wait is out assuming that the additive will degrade on its own over time?

Thanks.

 

[Miami Reef]

I’m not entirely sure, but I think I read that activated carbon doesn’t remove it, and it takes a pretty long while for it to degrade by itself.

I think the standard recommendation was to do large water changes.

 

[Fastpitch]

I’m not entirely sure, but I think I read that activated carbon doesn’t remove it, and it takes a pretty long while for it to degrade by itself.

I think the standard recommendation was to do large water changes.

Well that is not going to happen.....

 

[Dan_P]

I am wanting to avoid any controversy about Vibrant composition, so lets assume for a moment that Vibrant composition is similar to Algae fix.

Do I have to run carbon to remove this additive from my system. Or do I just wait is out assuming that the additive will degrade on its own over time?

Thanks.

@taricha can address this question.

 

[Semisonyx]

It took several water changes for me to finally see a trend reversal from the effects of dosing vibrant. GAC didn’t seem to do much else than make the water sparkling clear.

 

[CoralB]

Same with me !! Several water changes but for me I had declining and dying coral that kept dying for weeks . It’s like what ever coral was affected absorbed it and no matter how many water changes I did those affected still died. in my experience I lost 3/4 of the coral in my tank at the time .

 

[G Santana]

I used Vibrant 3 times and it worked... but too well lol
It knocked out my algae turf scrubber for about 3 months, the production went from pulling a ton of algae every six days to developing a green sludge over those three months.
I guess once the active ingredients lost their effectiveness then and only then did my scrubber return to producing turf algae on the screen.
Hope this helps.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Im not sure if you have to, but using GAC will be effective without much downside.

 

[Fastpitch]

Thanks all.

 

[taricha]

@taricha can address this question.

here's a little bit of what Dan's referring to.

I'll have some more detailed info on what to expect if using these in a few days, but quickly....

(chart: Algaefix dosed every 3 days and DinoX dosed every 2 days, per bottles)
Upon first use these polyquats seems to bind out of the water over a day or two. With recurring doses they can accumulate in the water where they slowly decrease over a number of weeks. Fresh GAC - added on day 40 in above chart - can rapidly remove them from the water.