Vibrant Liquid Aquarium Cleaner

[Trio91]

Has anybody heard of this? Or even better, is anybody using this on their system(s)? this seems to be the new buzz around town and some folks are raving about it whilst others are calling it "snake-oil" .....

seems interesting though

Underwater Creations, Inc.| Custom Aquariums Minnesota

 

[saltkreep88]

I use vinegar, MUCH cheaper haha

 

[Trio91]

I hear you, some people are swearing by the stuff so I was just curious

 

[art13]

I'm going to give it a go and see what happens, i'll keep you updated.

 

[dan_k]

There is a ton of posts on reef2reef about it if you want more info

 

[art13]

I'm at the point where i'm going to say why not and try whatever i can to find some way that works for my issue. My next try is going to be continuum mag, i was talking with jason fox at the swap, he said that continuum is the same stuff that kent tech m used to be, if thats true i'm just waiting for my mag to go down. I have my system changing about 2 gallons of water per day.

 

[horseplay]

I remember you were doing carbon dosing. Did it yield any positive result? It is very common for a new setup to go thru many phases of algae blooms so maybe you can give the carbon dosing a little more time.

 

[art13]

The rocks in the tank are a few years old from my old setup, I've been carbon dosing since I started the tank, I can dose my nitrates to 10ppm and it will be down to 0 within days. Phosphates are a bit harder, I run the reactor with Gfo.

 

[art13]

One thing I wish I did was start with new rocks, I thought I was able to kill the bryopsis off it though, guess I was wrong

 

[horseplay]

@trio91 - have you tried it yet?

 

[art13]

I'll be giving it a go as of today, I tried continuum for bryopsis, it's 50/50, I see some die off and then I see happy patches so I can't say if it works or not, my mag is too high to raise anymore. Today this comes in and I'll be doing my first dose

 

[horseplay]

Keep us updated. I read it kills bubble algae as well.

 

[art13]

Bubble algae never bothered me, it's in there but it's under control.

 

[Trio91]

@trio91 - have you tried it yet?

nah, right now i do not have a need for it (thank god) but i have just been stuff about the product so i was just curious

 

[art13]

Still no update, i've dosed twice, my cyano looks to be happier, but that could be due to dosing a slight amount of nitrates to test out something. Bryopsis does look a bit weaker, but i've also added a beast of a skimmer and 5-6 cups of fresh gfo.

 

[Trio91]

Still no update, i've dosed twice, my cyano looks to be happier, but that could be due to dosing a slight amount of nitrates to test out something. Bryopsis does look a bit weaker, but i've also added a beast of a skimmer and 5-6 cups of fresh gfo.

This is the vibrant art? @art13

 

[art13]

Yup

 

[horseplay]

Any good effects on the corals and other livestock?

 

[art13]

Nothing good, my hammers are pissed off at something

 

[saltkreep88]

That's A LOT of gfo at once. That much we easily kill coral if your corals were use to phosphates.