Vibrant by UWC testing

[Cory]

Ive read scientific articles that state much bacterial growth on the reef is fuelled by algal glucose. Next is coral slime.

 

[jason2459]

Ive read scientific articles that state much bacterial growth on the reef is fuelled by algal glucose. Next is coral slime.

Photosynthate

 

[jason2459]

Recap

Dosing 2x per week. 20ml each time.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8 Started having to clean my glass daily

Day 9

 

[jason2459]

Day 10

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Day 15

Day 16

Day 17 (saw some intresesting cells of cyano breaing apart under microscope)

Day 18

Day 19 (Really started notice a difference in the way my rocks look. "clean")

 

[jason2459]

Day 20


Day 21

Day 22 (Glass film algae not as bad)

Day 23 (Didn't need to clean the glass)

 

[jason2459]

Looks like around day 7 or day 8 I probably could have cut back to around 1 dose per week. I wonder if the 2x per week dosing isn't fueling the cyano a bit. As the glucose is something I've never dosed before I don't know how little is needed but it is a very little amount. Seems hard to believe it would cause the cyano to grow back the way it did after day 8.

Then there's the fact it is starting to cut back a little and the interesting observation of the cells breaking apart like I saw.

Day 8 is also when the film algae on the glass really started to take off and need cleaned every day. But at the same time just the past couple days has started to get better.

I was thinking of cutting back to 1x per week but now considering still sticking with 2x per week to see where this goes.

 

[jason2459]

And glucose in there makes this more sense
TankWater_5mlVibrant_24hrs-0004 by Jason, on Flickr


As normally when I see the water evaporate out I see salt crystals like this
Hair_Algae_From_ATS_Double_Dose-0016 by Jason, on Flickr

 

[twilliard]

And glucose in there makes this more sense
TankWater_5mlVibrant_24hrs-0004 by Jason, on Flickr


As normally when I see the water evaporate out I see salt crystals like this
Hair_Algae_From_ATS_Double_Dose-0016 by Jason, on Flickr

Yes indeed

 

[jason2459]

Yes indeed

I'm very curious about this product. I didn't order a centrifuge before as it seemed more destructive to what I wanted to look for. I just ordered one and will get it next Tuesday.

 

[Brew12]

I'm very curious about this product. I didn't order a centrifuge before as it seemed more destructive to what I wanted to look for. I just ordered one and will get it next Tuesday.

Tie a sample to a ceiling fan!

 

[twilliard]

I'm very curious about this product. I didn't order a centrifuge before as it seemed more destructive to what I wanted to look for. I just ordered one and will get it next Tuesday.

Isn't it funny how our equipment just keeps growing?
That is one thing I do not have.

 

[jason2459]

Tie a sample to a ceiling fan!

lol

I usually suck stuff up with a 3ml pipette. Then swirl it by hand with the tip pointed down for several minutes before putting a smear on a slide. Has worked well so far and keeps everything alive.

 

[jason2459]

Isn't it funny how our equipment just keeps growing?
That is one thing I do not have.

I ordered this, 20ml tubes, and rack after you mentioned oils.

https://www.amazon.com/Kenley-Deskt...d=1482355760&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=centrafuge


edit: and looks like I'll get it this week yet

 

[twilliard]

I ordered this, 20ml tubes, and rack after you mentioned oils.

https://www.amazon.com/Kenley-Deskt...d=1482355760&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=centrafuge


edit: and looks like I'll get it this week yet

Perfect for oil separations

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I do not doubt the cyano may be boosted by increased available nutrients if algae is dying.

 

[jason2459]

I do not doubt the cyano may be boosted by increased available nutrients if algae is dying.

The intersting thing is my algae is or was blooming after that day 8 the same time the cyano was coming back and ATS was normal

 

[NanaReefer]

I do not doubt the cyano may be boosted by increased available nutrients if algae is dying.

My DT had absolutely zero green algae or Cyanobacteria (to the naked eye) before I started dosing Vibrant. My reason for dosing was for what I believed to be a form of Dinoflagellates.
I dosed 6ml 2x a week for 4wks. SB seemed to clear up but I began to see Cyanobacteria forming on my rock in several different areas, high flow areas included.
I stopped dosing Vibrant on the 13th.
My SB once again is beginning to look terrible and the Cyanobacteria persists.
Now I don't know what to do......

 

[jason2459]

My DT had absolutely zero green algae or Cyanobacteria (to the naked eye) before I started dosing Vibrant. My reason for dosing was for what I believed to be a form of Dinoflagellates.
I dosed 6ml 2x a week for 4wks. SB seemed to clear up but I began to see Cyanobacteria forming on my rock in several different areas, high flow areas included.
I stopped dosing Vibrant on the 13th.
My SB once again is beginning to look terrible and the Cyanobacteria persists.
Now I don't know what to do......

Dose just vinegar?

 

[NanaReefer]

Dose just vinegar?

Never tried Vinegar, white distilled Vinegar? Gotta recipe?

 

[jason2459]

Never tried Vinegar, white distilled Vinegar? Gotta recipe?

That's how I do carbon dosing to help reduce nutrients. Store brand distilled white vinegar. Back on the first page of this thread I think I summarized my maintenance methods. I use that 1.1ml/m connected to an outlet that is turned on and off via a controller's timer to dose around 90-100ml per day. I don't know the exact amount as I never checked what that peristaltic pump's actual output is.