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HI,
I realize there is an extensive thread on Vibrant, but I could not find my problem.
I started using Vibrant about 2 weeks ago to deal with turf algae, dinos and cyano.
The tank is from an upgrade from about 8 months ago; some established rock and sand from previous tank.
So, it may be that it's still rebalancing, but the algae issue has been going on for some 5 months now.
Problem: after dosing for 2 weeks I have really high nitrates (30 on Salifert).
I have done several 30 to 40 % water changes (150 gallon tank). No affect.
The vibrant has actually worked wonders on all 3 problems, most notably on the turf algae.
Is this just a question of more and larger water changes?
Will the high nitrates continue as long as I am using Vibrant?
Phosphates are .03
Other parameters stable (alk - 8, calc 420, mag 1400)
thanks
I realize there is an extensive thread on Vibrant, but I could not find my problem.
I started using Vibrant about 2 weeks ago to deal with turf algae, dinos and cyano.
The tank is from an upgrade from about 8 months ago; some established rock and sand from previous tank.
So, it may be that it's still rebalancing, but the algae issue has been going on for some 5 months now.
Problem: after dosing for 2 weeks I have really high nitrates (30 on Salifert).
I have done several 30 to 40 % water changes (150 gallon tank). No affect.
The vibrant has actually worked wonders on all 3 problems, most notably on the turf algae.
Is this just a question of more and larger water changes?
Will the high nitrates continue as long as I am using Vibrant?
Phosphates are .03
Other parameters stable (alk - 8, calc 420, mag 1400)
thanks