Should I use vibrant?

[Tyguy35]

Hey, I’ve had a diatoms bloom which has caused algae galore. My phosphates are still high at 0.50.
over the last couple days I’ve had 5 snails day out of the blue.
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
0 nitrate (because I used a reducer and it worked to well)
1.026 salinity
Temp 78.

the sand is brown during the day.
the rocks are covered in a green and brown layer I can blow off with a turkey baster but it just comes back.
I am using rowa to bring the phosphates down. Should I try something else like vibrant or anything else. The algae seems to bother some corals as it’s growing close to it. Also developing green hair algae.

 

[Whispers]

How old is the tank

 

[Espino963]

My tank is 3 months old and used vibrant. After 1 week 90% of the brown algae I had is gone and my coral/fish are doing great!

I recommend it.

 

[Tyguy35]

Tank is 6 months old. I understand an ugly stage I just am wondering if I can fight back before it gets real ugly.

 

[Tyguy35]

My tank is 3 months old and used vibrant. After 1 week 90% of the brown algae I had is gone and my coral/fish are doing great!

I recommend it.

Awesome

 

[Silent]

I dont see how it would hurt to try it.

 

[0utworld]

Your nutrients are really unbalanced. Dose nitrates and you'll see your phosphates drop.

 

[K7BMG]

What CUC do you have?
This can make a big difference.
I had brown algae growing all over the place, put in my Yellow Eye Kole Tang and it is now all gone.
I understand Hermits and other Crabs will eat turf algae.

I used Vibrant in my Nano and it worked but when I reduced the dose I had a red cyano outbreak that I could not get rid of.
I did a poor job of scrubbing clean a rock my BTA came on and also got Aiptasia.
So now I transferred out the livestock and sanitized the tank with bleach and will restart in a few weeks after curing everything.

 

[BrandonS]

Just don't use more than recommended dosage. Can put a hurting on certain corals

 

[JumboShrimp]

I found it very useful over time in my two 7-gallon nano tanks. It is not a miracle-potion, but if you go slow and steady I think you will see very nice improvements in your tank. I dose every Sunday (i.e., once a week) as maintenance.

 

[Tyguy35]

What CUC do you have?
This can make a big difference.
I had brown algae growing all over the place, put in my Yellow Eye Kole Tang and it is now all gone.
I understand Hermits and other Crabs will eat turf algae.

I used Vibrant in my Nano and it worked but when I reduced the dose I had a red cyano outbreak that I could not get rid of.
I did a poor job of scrubbing clean a rock my BTA came on and also got Aiptasia.
So now I transferred out the livestock and sanitized the tank with bleach and will restart in a few weeks after curing everything.

i only have. 20g so unfortunately a tang is out of the question. I have hermits and snails but for some reason I can’t figure out a bunch of snails died. Only 2 or three left.

 

[RedSea500MaxS]

Reduce your nitrates and phosphates...remove the problem and avoid adding a foreign component might be a good suggestion. Water changes, GFO and good quality carbon. Maybe add algae if you have room in sump? Good luck.

 

[Tyguy35]

Reduce your nitrates and phosphates...remove the problem and avoid adding a foreign component might be a good suggestion. Water changes, GFO and good quality carbon. Maybe add algae if you have room in sump? Good luck.

Nitrates are 0
Using rowa already
I do water changes on time weekly. Maybe I should do a small one in between

 

[ReefGrammie]

I was dosing it twice weekly for a while to get rid of a horrible hair algae problem. It worked, but took time and patience (about 2 months). I very slowly backed down the Vibrant dose after the algae started dying off. I also had brown stuff on the sand and the start of diatoms or dinos (stringy stuff with bubbles on the end). My sand is pure white now. I didn't see any issues with my fish, inverts, or coral. I dose in a high-flow area. I am currently dosing Vibrant every two weeks and plan to continue it. Good luck!

 

[RedSea500MaxS]

Nitrates are 0
Using rowa already
I do water changes on time weekly. Maybe I should do a small one in between

Sounds like are on it Really well.

 

[datBme150]

I used it on a tank over a year old with hair algae. Worked like a charm. Really amazing stuff.

 

[Mrussell]

If your snails are dieing and the brown sand algae goes away at night and isn’t as bad in the morning you may want to look into if you have Dino. I have heard conflicting reports on the effect of vibrant on Dino. For me Your parameters and descriptions point to Dino, I’d definitely look into it before dosing.