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Vibrant

iTzJu

iTzJu

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yup, pretty much algae fix repackaged and sold for more. i used vibrant one time and i hated how my elegance at time reacted to it. no other bacteria based product did that and it never really worked for me, now i get why.
 
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eholceker

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iTzJu said:
yup, pretty much algae fix repackaged and sold for more. i used vibrant one time and i hated how my elegance at time reacted to it. no other bacteria based product did that and it never really worked for me, now i get why.
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I used it once on my clownfish tank and my skunks immediately stopped breeding. Was told there was no correlation but obviously algecides can cause a whole lot of issues. Hope they get what they deserve.
 
diana a

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Warning: Use Vibrant at your own risk

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...
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ecam

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Wow. Could this be why my clam of 6 years just died one day out of no where.
Darn
 
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eholceker

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ecam said:
Wow. Could this be why my clam of 6 years just died one day out of no where.
Darn
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Considering this is what the back of the API Algecide bottle says........
 

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diana a

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I also have an unopened bottle from this past summer that I bought from BRS
 
ecam

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Old adage. Coming back to bite me in the butt.

“Nothing good in this hobby happens quickly “
 
DYIguy

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I have bubble algae in my 13g and tried to remove it manually- got frustrated and started dosing with Vibrant- watched a video on how good it was. Even talked to Warren at Sealevel- and he touted it ( i was there to buy an emerald crab) The crab died the next day- but the sexy shrimp and hermits in the tank are ok- did Vibrant kill the crab? That is the question I may never get an answer to
 
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NJTaxMan

DYIguy said:
I have bubble algae in my 13g and tried to remove it manually- got frustrated and started dosing with Vibrant- watched a video on how good it was. Even talked to Warren at Sealevel- and he touted it ( i was there to buy an emerald crab) The crab died the next day- but the sexy shrimp and hermits in the tank are ok- did Vibrant kill the crab? That is the question I may never get an answer to
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Honestly...I would not look a gift horse in the mouth. I had to suicide 3 emeralds because they kept going after my octospawns and they were a real pain to catch. Them keeling over without having to catch the little buggers is a WIN.
 
DYIguy

DYIguy

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NJTaxMan said:
Honestly...I would not look a gift horse in the mouth. I had to suicide 3 emeralds because they kept going after my octospawns and they were a real pain to catch. Them keeling over without having to catch the little buggers is a WIN.
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I don't have much other than zoas, kenya tree in the 13g. I stopped dosing with Vibrant and plan on getting another crab- don't see any other option. Not sure about them attacking frogspawn, but I have read that there is another crab sold as an emerald that is a bit nastier
 
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