Vibrant vs unwanted coralline

[Zbutcher]

Hey everyone,

I was thinking of picking up some vibrant or fritzzyme 460 to deal with a certain type of unwanted coralline.

I have a bare bottom tank and all over the bottom and side glass are these small brownish greenish dots that are crusty and hard much like coralline. I need my scraper to get them off or multiple passes with my magfloat.

They are not as thick as coralline so I believe that's why the magfloat works. I honestly have yet to this not found anyone that has been able to confidently identify it and I am not sure if there is a way to get rid of.it. I have a buddy who said to try vibrant or fritzzyme 460 as it may work.

Does anyone have any experience with these products? As well, does anyone have any idea what this type of algae is? If you would like pictures let me know and I'll try to grab one.

Thanks.

 

[Travis Alderman]

I believe vibrant only works on non calcareous algae like hair, bubble, bryopsis, etc...

 

[Spare time]

I think vibrant is a scavenging bacteria like waste away, microbacter clean, and seachem pristine where the bacteria scavenges for waste, nitrate, and phosphate as it grows.


A better choice may be to look at getting an urchin or two.

 

[Zbutcher]

I believe vibrant only works on non calcareous algae like hair, bubble, bryopsis, etc...

Very interesting! Do you know anything that would work on it? The only thing I can think is my sea urchin lol

 

[Zbutcher]

I think vibrant is a scavenging bacteria like waste away, microbacter clean, and seachem pristine where the bacteria scavenges for waste, nitrate, and phosphate as it grows.


A better choice may be to look at getting an urchin or two.

It's only a 75 gallon and I got a royal urchin in there. I imagine 2 is probably too many

 

[Spare time]

It's only a 75 gallon and I got a royal urchin in there. I imagine 2 is probably too many

Tuxedo/Royal urchins don't get that big. As long as you have algae then you should be fine.


Otherwise, consider something like a fl!pper magnet cleaner or scrapper or the mag float razor piece that fits onto their products).

 

[Travis Alderman]

Very interesting! Do you know anything that would work on it? The only thing I can think is my sea urchin lol

Limpets and fuzzy chitons. I think you can get them on reefcleaners.

 

[Zbutcher]

Tuxedo/Royal urchins don't get that big. As long as you have algae then you should be fine.

I thought it was only like 1 tuxedo/royal urchin per hundred gals

 

[Zbutcher]

Limpets and fuzzy chitons. I think you can get them on reefcleaners.

I have never even heard of those I'll look them up

 

[Spare time]

I thought it was only like 1 tuxedo/royal urchin per hundred gals

It is more about how much food you have rather than how many gallons you have. Honestly though this is normal algae that everyone has in their tanks so really the only thing you can do is get stuff to eat it and not let phosphates get out of hand.

 

[Zbutcher]

It is more about how much food you have rather than how many gallons you have. Honestly though this is normal algae that everyone has in their tanks so really the only thing you can do is get stuff to eat it and not let phosphates get out of hand.

That's fair. I mean that green/brown spot stuff is pretty much everywhere so I should have enough

 

[Zbutcher]

It is more about how much food you have rather than how many gallons you have. Honestly though this is normal algae that everyone has in their tanks so really the only thing you can do is get stuff to eat it and not let phosphates get out of hand.

And what do you recommend for eating, urchins, limpets, and Chilton's as well?

 

[Doctorgori]

I got a pincushion urchin with a scorched earth policy, bad for aquascapes tho..

 

[92Miata]

What do you have for CUC? Big turbos will eat that stuff. (as will.urchins,etc).


There's no need to worry about it, Coraline will replace it.