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I’m just “turning the corner” with the same problem. I decided to do Vibrant after watching the BRS video on it. LIke them, I started dosing at the “Very Dirty Tank” level. Then I dosed 2x per week at the “Very Dirty Tank” level staring at week 6. And things did start to get better around week 6.Guys, I have GHA, and it’s taking over. It’s gotten worse and worse. It’s only one one single rock but I already have corals glued down. I got it from some corals I got at once. I got four at once and it affected two corals that I purchased and has just spread everywhere on this one rock. I have been dosing vibrant and hydrogen peroxide but its not seeming to help. I just treated my tank for flatworms so I don’t want to put too much stress on said tank. My tank is beautiful and has grown immensely in four months, but I’m just so frustrated. I pick this off and it comes right back. I’m ready to give up. I just picked it off yesterday%
I also decided to apply a 3-day “black out” at around week 6. What I found was that after about two days of darkness, I was able to use a turkey baster to “blow” the GHA off the rocks. Apparently, after being in the dark for 48 hrs, it begins to weaken. I keep the power heads on when using the baster and the sump pump off. I use a fish net in front of the power heads to “capture” the floating strands of GHA that I removed from the rock. This helps harvest nutrients from the system.
My story is not over, but I feel much better about the prognosis.