I can provide a "stalled" clump. Stopped vibrant in January-ish 2021. It just seems to sit there. I've dosed iron, used white light and then a pink plant growing light, tried increased flow, and even tried Cheatogrow. Dada! Let me know when and where.
It's been doing this for over a year?!
Sorry, just edited my post. I stoped in January 2022. I had cut back a lot prior to that, but didn't quit completely until then. Still 3.5 to 4 months and many water changes would seem like enough.
Ah, that's a relief. You had me worried. Seems like there's several of us on roughly the same timeline. I hope together we can get this figured out. Just completely unacceptable that they sell this stuff.
Please do.
Dan. I was thinking of you when reading your post on the vibrant thread as we were discussing this! If needed I can give you my stalled golf ball of cheato as well. It would just take some time as I am leaving for Belize scuba diving in a few days!
Jealous! We getting a thread on that?
Glad to hear about the macro and the successful dive! We just got back from a long weekend in DC and my fuge is still not doing much. I'm a few months behind you so hopefully soon enough.
As much as I'm relieved to be recovering from this finally, I hope that our two anecdotal experiences answer the question for someone in the future. Pretty close experiences with this timeline! It does make me wonder if there's some kind of breakdown in the residual Vibrant effects around 5 months though that would cause such a similar recovery period. I would have guessed it would vary wildly to be honest.
Mine never bounced back... twice. Couldn't figure out what the problem was until the truth came out that this was an algaecide. Once I found out about it being snakewater, it all made sense. I was adding the stuff last year and had no idea why my chaeto was dying, or at best, stalling. No idea how long it will take to bounce back, if ever. Would have to agree to w/RHF; probably best to start over with a new batch since it's been a couple months w/water changes, nutrients notwithstanding.
I did try new batches twice during that period and never grew I just was stalled. I actually took out my cheato before I started and tried to put back in 1 month after I stopped vibrant. I was aware of the algeacide of vibrant. Read way too much of those threads! Lol. Are you saying even after a year you still can’t get it to grow yet?
