Vibrant vs. single cell?

[fl3xlinton]

I’ve been battling single cell for some time. It’s almost brought me to the restart period and I’ve had my lights off for some time now but I was wondering would vibrant be able to beat it out? I’ve tried a few different chems and nothing puts a dent into it idk what else to do besides restarting at this point.

 

[Crustaceon]

I’ve been battling single cell for some time. It’s almost brought me to the restart period and I’ve had my lights off for some time now but I was wondering would vibrant be able to beat it out? I’ve tried a few different chems and nothing puts a dent into it idk what else to do besides restarting at this point.

We have to know your water parameters first, namely nitrates and phosphates. Vibrant is not a medication. It’s a food source for bacteria which also needs a bit of nitrates and phosphates and probably a protein skimmer too in order to actually do anything productive.

 

[Hilltopreef]

I’ve been battling single cell for some time. It’s almost brought me to the restart period and I’ve had my lights off for some time now but I was wondering would vibrant be able to beat it out? I’ve tried a few different chems and nothing puts a dent into it idk what else to do besides restarting at this point.

What are you referring to as single cell? Bubble algae aka valonia?

 

[Hilltopreef]

What are you referring to as single cell? Bubble algae aka valonia?

If so I had a very bad case of bubble algae and although it took a while Vibrant eradicated it.

 

[Hilltopreef]

By the way Vibrant is not a food source for bacteria. It is a blend of bacteria with some aminos and a small amount of vinegar.

 

[fl3xlinton]

What are you referring to as single cell? Bubble algae aka valonia?

My water has turned completely green. Another thread told me it was single cell.

 

[fl3xlinton]

We have to know your water parameters first, namely nitrates and phosphates. Vibrant is not a medication. It’s a food source for bacteria which also needs a bit of nitrates and phosphates and probably a protein skimmer too in order to actually do anything productive.

My nitrates usually ran around 35-40 before I got the skimmer. Skimmer runs them down to around 15-20. The outbreak happened before I got the skimmer as well. Phosphates usually run around .1 as well on the nyos test kit

 

[Hilltopreef]

Certainly not valonia then.

 

[Crustaceon]

By the way Vibrant is not a food source for bacteria. It is a blend of bacteria with some aminos and a small amount of vinegar.

You tell me this and literally post bacteria food. The idea behind the aminos + vinegar is to compensate for low nitrates and phosphates in a system that would otherwise stall out bacteria propagation before a reefer hit the “zero” nitrates and phosphates they were told by the lfs to target. It’s quite literally bacteria prepackaged with a food source.

 

[Crustaceon]

That’s probably something a uv sterilizer would deal with pretty quick.

 

[fl3xlinton]

That’s probably something a uv sterilizer would deal with pretty quick.

I will try this. Thanks

 

[slojim]

I fixed that on my QT with peroxide - like 1ml/3gal for a week. But i could dose freely since it was not my DT

 

[fl3xlinton]

I fixed that on my QT with peroxide - like 1ml/3gal for a week. But i could dose freely since it was not my DT

I was dosing 5ml every 10 gallons peroxide every day for 2 weeks and nothing happened.

 

[Hilltopreef]

Vibrant

 

[Hilltopreef]

I literally posted what’s on the label.

 

[slojim]

oh, I forgot - I was dosing once a day and nothing much happened, but then I changed to twice a day, same dose, not split dose, and then it cleared up