Warning: Use Vibrant at your own risk

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

It does not appear to be what UWC claims. Data clearly suggest it is an algaecide identical to Algaefix (see thread below)

IMO, this as a very serious breach of trust from a company that has insisted it is not an algaecide. It is also a clear breach of the Reef2Reef terms of service (about making misleading statements).

UWC refuses to respond to these allegations despite having been asked to do so.

Understanding Vibrant: Algaefix, Polixetonium Chloride / Busan 77

The purpose of this post is to look closely at Vibrant to compare its properties to a known algaecide, Algaefix by API. This is intended to shed light on the active ingredients in Vibrant, explain its mechanism of action, and give people insight into its use and what to expect. It is not a...

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[Reef and Dive]

That was an interesting topic.
It is pretty important to be honest with consumers, specially reefers that keep very sensible organisms.

 

[Duffer]

Thanks Randy, this is getting real interesting to say the least.. I used vibrant before and have follwed the link thread...I watched my nutrients, let's just say i threw out the 3/4 full bottle...

 

[LRT]

Thank you Randy! If and when you(or anyone for that matter) have time can you post any kind of data on possible dangers this may pose for folks using real ocean live rock, clams, oysters in sumps etc. Or any other known dangers it may pose for inhabitants our corals may be utilizing? I found it extremely disturbing to find out that material in this product may actually act as a mulloscicide and would like to be able to link reefers back to this thread in the future.
Thank you all for your great work here!

 

[BrianAnthony]

Bottle is being dumped as I type...

 

[Lyss]

It does not appear to be what UWC claims. Data clearly suggest it is an algaecide identical to Algaefix (see thread below)

IMO, this as a very serious breach of trust from a company that has insisted it is not an algaecide. It is also a clear breach of the Reef2Reef terms of service (about making misleading statements).

UWC refuses to respond to these allegations despite having been asked to do so.

Understanding Vibrant: Algaefix, Polixetonium Chloride / Busan 77

The purpose of this post is to look closely at Vibrant to compare its properties to a known algaecide, Algaefix by API. This is intended to shed light on the active ingredients in Vibrant, explain its mechanism of action, and give people insight into its use and what to expect. It is not a...

www.reef2reef.com

If this is true, they could also face legal consequences with the FTC.

 

[BirdFish5000]

I was about to use it to address a bubble algae plague in my Biocube. Read this thread literally minutes before I was going to start. Grateful that I did.

 

[Roberto Denadai]

I had bubble algae ( valonia ) in my tank and I used vibrant for one month. My tank now is completely bubble algae free.

How vibrant works is really a mystery for me

Cheers

 

[SlugSnorter]

It does not appear to be what UWC claims. Data clearly suggest it is an algaecide identical to Algaefix (see thread below)

IMO, this as a very serious breach of trust from a company that has insisted it is not an algaecide. It is also a clear breach of the Reef2Reef terms of service (about making misleading statements).

UWC refuses to respond to these allegations despite having been asked to do so.

Understanding Vibrant: Algaefix, Polixetonium Chloride / Busan 77

The purpose of this post is to look closely at Vibrant to compare its properties to a known algaecide, Algaefix by API. This is intended to shed light on the active ingredients in Vibrant, explain its mechanism of action, and give people insight into its use and what to expect. It is not a...

www.reef2reef.com

I dosed twice, glad I stopped.

 

[Wasabiroot]

It works because bubble algae is an algae and Vibrant is an algaecide?

 

[Wasabiroot]

I had a bubble algae infestation that Vibrant certainly helped with. However, as many report, it opened the door for other opportunistic organisms to come in. I have since ceased its usage and will have to resort to manual removal for the time being.

 

[shakacuz]

although vibrant did work for me… i wouldn’t use it again. killed my chaeto weeks later(i knew the risks, but i was under dosing to compensate)

i had some coral die off(STN, on a green slimer and my jf aquaman monti), has ceased but has stalled growth as well.

 

[BrianAnthony]

Time to do a 50% water change...

 

[Cell]

UWC should change their name from Underwater Creations to Underwater Litigation. Or maybe just Underwater...

 

[Ultra Aquatics]

I’ve used Algefix many times over the years successfully, however I would never use another UWC product again. Who knows what else they could be adding and not telling us about?

 

[BrianAnthony]

Just emailed UWC for refund. I'll not hold my breathe. Need to contact Amazon.

 

[a.t.t.r]

Thanks Randy, this is getting real interesting to say the least.. I used vibrant before and have follwed the link thread...I watched my nutrients, let's just say i threw out the 3/4 full bottle...

Return your bottles do not dump them. Even point to the topic of a retailer try’s to say no say it was sold under false pretense. Retailers usually get credit from vendors and vendors get credit from uwc. This would be a fire under them to sort it out.

 

[a.t.t.r]

I used it to fight some Algae and thinking it was aiding in biodiversity. Instead I got a plague of Dino’s as soon as I stopped it’s use since it killed off all competition additionally a few sps slowly died.

 

[Doctorgori]

I’m short selling my stock now

 

[Waters]

I have wiped out two tanks of SPS using it (nutrients were stable the whole time)......learned my lesson finally.