Vibrant dose more than once a week

[Andrisca]

Hi everyone, does any of you guys ever use vibrant more than once a week? I’ve been fighting algae and it start to irritating me

 

[G Santana]

It took me 7 weeks dosing it as recommended. I also dosed hydrogen peroxide and got my phosphates down.
Nothing good happens fast.

 

[Ajayabb]

I dosed it twice a week for Bubble Algae for 6 weeks than decreased it to once weekly once I saw regression of the algae

 

[McCarrick]

I dosed it twice a week for Bubble Algae for 6 weeks than decreased it to once weekly once I saw regression of the algae

Did you do water changes before every dose?

 

[rmorris_14]

I used it once a week for 7 weeks and have now been using it twice a week since. Algae still wants to grow. I am Working on alternative solutions and then I plan on trying to stop using. I would say give it at least 6 to 7 weeks before going to twice a week.

 

[rmorris_14]

Also, I cant see your video (iPhone) what kind of algae are you fighting ?

 

[jda]

There are a few recent threads about vibrant, what is actually in it and even some about how the algaecide works in tanks. There is no bacteria in it. The quat (busan 77) will quickly bind to any negatively charged substance (nearly all life forms and maybe even rock and sand) where it will likely stay attached until it is absorbed or broken down after some time. The more organics that you have in your tank, the more places for it to bind. The quat does not selectively seek out just the algae. You can find the threads and decide if it is worth the risk to use it more frequently - if you do decide to use it, AlgaeFix by API is the exact same thing at a substantial cost savings.

 

[Ajayabb]

Did you do water changes before every dose?

I did not. Like others have said, looks like the constituents of vibrant is identical to algaefix.

 

[McCarrick]

I did not. Like others have said, looks like the constituents of vibrant is identical to algaefix.

I'll have to look up algaefix since I'm not familiar with that one.
Thank you!

 

[Tonycass12]

What type of algae do you have. In my experience it won't touch bryopsis

 

[Tonycass12]

What type of algae do you have. In my experience it won't touch bryopsis