Warning: Use Vibrant at your own risk

[Pntbll687]

Ingredients - Cultured Bacteria Blend, Amino Acids, Vinegar, RO/DI Water

^^^That's the ingredients listed on BRS website, copied and pasted.

So, what if that "cultured bacteria blend" was bacteria that was grown in the ingredients of algaefix? Would this create the same results on the tests?

I find it super sketchy that the amino acids didn't even show up on the tests.

 

[GARRIGA]

I don't know. I am not sure what charge a polyfilter has. If it is positively charged, I don't expect it will bind much.

No clue on what charge it is.

This their claim:

Description​

The Poly Filter’s unique chemical filtration properties offer advantages for the beginner fish owner and the experienced aquarist. Poly Filter does what other filters simply cannot when it comes to the removal of medication and antibiotics. Avoid overdose and water toxicity, Poly filter removes medication quickly as to not poison the fish, yet slowly enough to not shock the fish. The Poly Filter is unlike anything else on the market today. “It Just Makes Keeping Fish Easier!” The color guide goes as follows: red = aluminum, orange = iron, yellowish green = ammonia, light green = free copper, blue = copper salt, and brown/black = harmful organic materials.

I was assuming that if it removes toxins then perhaps pesticides.

 

[Arego]

This is why I've never used a chemical fix for anything I consider a nuisance. Just because the company says to use it because of how woke the product is.. blah blah.

Moving along

 

[WVNed]

Isn't everything I put in my tank at my own risk?

 

[LeftyReefer]

OMG!!! I contacted Amazon for a purchase of this crap in Oct 2021 and just got a refund!

I purchased my bottle from Amazon back in Aug 2020. guessing I'm out of luck.
Were you still within the return/refund window for this product or did they give you a refund anyway?

would love to see more of that chat with the amazon rep!

 

[TheHarold]

Reminds me of when I crashed two tanks trying UWC purge, the "Flatworm cure". Some really bad products and misleading advertising.

 

[bnord]

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.

emerald crabs forever!!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

!” The color guide goes as follows: red = aluminum, orange = iron, yellowish green = ammonia, light green = free copper, blue = copper salt, and brown/black = harmful organic materials.

Yes, I've seen it, and parts of the claim are very unlikely to be accurate (the red aluminum part, for example), and some isn't clear what it means (free copper vs copper salt) but it doesn't detail what charge the material has.

 

[bnord]

40 cube that was thriving on over a years' worth of benign neglect - and with that lack of attention, GHA took hold and was tired of picking it out and following the BRS series on Vibrant I gave it a try.

It was the start of a slow steady decline resulting in a tear down/do over.

Never again

 

[dvgyfresh]

Always felt off about vibrant glad I stayed away. I mean bacteria that only eats algae? Seemed too good to be true , buy more clean up crew instead lol or use reef flux rx it works!

 

[PeterLL]

I’ve been running carbon, Purigen and Polyfilger alongside vibrant as well it was claimed to be “bacteria” and these products shouldn’t have an impact on bacteria. However, does this mean my dosing of vibrant has been for naught and removal of the filter medias will be needed for it to get my valonia?

 

[SlugSnorter]

Always felt off about vibrant glad I stayed away. I mean bacteria that only eats algae? Seemed too good to be true , buy more clean up crew instead lol or use reef flux rx it works!

For cyano and dinos you can just use plain ol bottled bac.

 

[UkiahTheTurtle]

Does vibrant by any chance kill coraline algae

 

[BrianAnthony]

I purchased my bottle from Amazon back in Aug 2020. guessing I'm out of luck.
Were you still within the return/refund window for this product or did they give you a refund anyway?

would love to see more of that chat with the amazon rep!

I was out of my return period. AMAZON WAS BOTH SELLER AND SHIPPER

 

[BrianAnthony]

I was out of my return period. AMAZON WAS BOTH SELLER AND SHIPPER

I just have that one screenshot. The conversation ended.

 

[JoJosReef]

I purchased my bottle from Amazon back in Aug 2020. guessing I'm out of luck.
Were you still within the return/refund window for this product or did they give you a refund anyway?

would love to see more of that chat with the amazon rep!

Ah, I JUST closed my chat window with the Amazon rep. Did some serious venting. Got a return on my 16oz bottle ordered in November that was out of the return window by a few weeks. Said they would pass on my feedback. I linked these two threads.

 

[GARRIGA]

Amazon is good about returns but not sure the manufacturer gets dinged when they make an accommodation.

 

[Karen00]

Reading that report you would think UWC simply took API's product and rebranded it. This is very disturbing. I haven't used Vibrant but I most certainly would have chosen it thinking I was treating my tank with a natural product (based on the stated ingredients). Hopefully there is a reply from them about this.

 

[N.Sreefer]

Thank you for warning the community. Surprising @UWC has not responded I think that says alot.

 

[dank reefer]

Does vibrant by any chance kill coraline algae

It has been reported that it will kill Coralline