Hi R2R. My tank has gone a bit downhill since I went away, but now I am ready to become more aggressive with fixing it up.
Here I will document the progress of using Vibrant Aquarium Cleaner on my Red Sea Reefer 350.
http://www.uwcmn.com...quarium-cleaner
Product description (Shortened):
For years people have always asked us how we keep our aquariums so nice and clean. The answer was a simple response, we use our own homemade liquid aquarium cleaner. The next question would always be, do you sell it? The answer from us was always, no, it is for our use only.
Vibrant is a new revolutionary liquid aquarium cleaner. You can say goodbye to algae, cloudy water and that grungy, dirty aquarium and say hello to that sparkling, crystal clear, algae free, vibrant aquarium you have always wanted!
Vibrant is safe with all fish, corals and invertebrates.
Vibrant Dosing Instructions -
Here was my tank a few months ago (DSLR better photo).
And here it is now. Was very hesitant to post these photos, you know how proud I am of my tank and its just not going great. Algae algae algae, seems like some acros aren't doing as well either. Feeding has been cut back to a cube every other day in an attempt to starve out the algae, but that doesn't work either.
The corals look happy though. Only a select few smooth skin acros are suffering. There are new bulbs in the fixture, temperature 79-81 (I think my equipment is starting to overheat and fail due to lack of maintenance, I am going to have a 5 hour "redo" to clean EVERYTHING and take out the sump to see why its overheating. My pH is swinging more than it ever has, 7.8- 8.2. That makes me think its instability. I do not have test kits to see water parameters but will be going to my LFS and bringing a sample to check tomorrow.
I am trying a produce called Vibrant which has interesting reviews on R2R, first dose was yesterday. Because I think this is a "dirtier tank", I used 10ml of Vibrant and will do my next dose on Friday.
I created this thread to provide photos to show the effect of Vibrant, as well as to perhaps have tips to help me bring it back to its former "clean" state.
Disclaimer: I received this product for free in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. The algaes growth and tanks reaction will not be influences by the cost of the product though!
Here I will document the progress of using Vibrant Aquarium Cleaner on my Red Sea Reefer 350.
http://www.uwcmn.com...quarium-cleaner
Product description (Shortened):
For years people have always asked us how we keep our aquariums so nice and clean. The answer was a simple response, we use our own homemade liquid aquarium cleaner. The next question would always be, do you sell it? The answer from us was always, no, it is for our use only.
Vibrant is a new revolutionary liquid aquarium cleaner. You can say goodbye to algae, cloudy water and that grungy, dirty aquarium and say hello to that sparkling, crystal clear, algae free, vibrant aquarium you have always wanted!
Vibrant is safe with all fish, corals and invertebrates.
Vibrant Dosing Instructions -
- For a very well taken care of, clean aquarium, add 1ml of Vibrant per 10 gallons of aquarium water once every 2 weeks.
- For a dirtier aquarium, add 1ml of Vibrant per 10 gallons of aquarium water once per week.
- If you are battling Bryopsis or Turf algae, dose 1ml of Vibrant two times per week.
- There is no need to discontinue the use of any filtration while using Vibrant."
Here was my tank a few months ago (DSLR better photo).
And here it is now. Was very hesitant to post these photos, you know how proud I am of my tank and its just not going great. Algae algae algae, seems like some acros aren't doing as well either. Feeding has been cut back to a cube every other day in an attempt to starve out the algae, but that doesn't work either.
The corals look happy though. Only a select few smooth skin acros are suffering. There are new bulbs in the fixture, temperature 79-81 (I think my equipment is starting to overheat and fail due to lack of maintenance, I am going to have a 5 hour "redo" to clean EVERYTHING and take out the sump to see why its overheating. My pH is swinging more than it ever has, 7.8- 8.2. That makes me think its instability. I do not have test kits to see water parameters but will be going to my LFS and bringing a sample to check tomorrow.
I am trying a produce called Vibrant which has interesting reviews on R2R, first dose was yesterday. Because I think this is a "dirtier tank", I used 10ml of Vibrant and will do my next dose on Friday.
I created this thread to provide photos to show the effect of Vibrant, as well as to perhaps have tips to help me bring it back to its former "clean" state.
Disclaimer: I received this product for free in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. The algaes growth and tanks reaction will not be influences by the cost of the product though!
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