Chaeto dying ?!?! seeking advise

[kakak99]

My chaeto is dying, I suspect because I used vibrant. Anyone have same experience? Any advise?

Previously my chaeto was very strong, healthy and growing well. 

 

[jon77877]

Yup, my chaeto has the same reaction after dosing Vibrant. Best to wait 2-3 weeks after you stop dosing Vibrant, before introducing new chaeto to the system.

For me personally, i also stopped carbon dosing within that period of about a month. Currently still observing as of now, but chaeto has stopped dying off after doing this. Have not seen any growth as of yet.

[sherman]

Look like you overdose vibrant.

[kakak99]

Previously I dose vibrant for a period, during which I took out my chaeto. Then I stopped vibrant for 2 months then put back my chaeto and they start dying. Then I itchy finger dose a bit of vibrant again, but confirm less then recommended amount. Chaeto continue to die.

[Angel Keeper]

Test your nitrates level...

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[MinCamfa]

Yes its the vibrant. I used to run cheato in my sump too. After i starte adding vibrant it killed off the source of food for the cheato and it died


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[Mike Stone]

Yes its the vibrant. I used to run cheato in my sump too. After i starte adding vibrant it killed off the source of food for the cheato and it died


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Vibrant is design with bacteria to kill algae, Chaeto is algae....
The bacteria will stay in your system for while before it can be purge off... stop dosing doesn't means algae will grow again immediately.
Do know that algae in your tank system also help to absorb the nutrients, and the idea is not to kill all those algae but rather manipulate the location where you want the algae to grow, that form the basic theory of ATS. Never overdose Vibrant (in fact I don't recommend using it) as it is really effective to kill algae, once all your algae gone too fast, suddenly your tank system don't have that buffer (algae) to help absorb nutrients and you will see a sudden NO3 and PO4 spike, than something nasty may happen, if you are lucky will be Cyano, bad luck will be Dinos which will take months even year to combat.

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[kakak99]

Vibrant is design with bacteria to kill algae, Chaeto is algae....
The bacteria will stay in your system for while before it can be purge off... stop dosing doesn't means algae will grow again immediately.
Do know that algae in your tank system also help to absorb the nutrients, and the idea is not to kill all those algae but rather manipulate the location where you want the algae to grow, that form the basic theory of ATS. Never overdose Vibrant (in fact I don't recommend using it) as it is really effective to kill algae, once all your algae gone too fast, suddenly your tank system don't have that buffer (algae) to help absorb nutrients and you will see a sudden NO3 and PO4 spike, than something nasty may happen, if you are lucky will be Cyano, bad luck will be Dinos which will take months even year to combat.

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Previously my tank had bryopsis infected from a frag. I tried vibrant to kill that. I took out my chaeto causing my whole system to go unbalance.. tired all mean finally manage to clear bryopsis. Many coral died. You are right, right now i have cyano dinos type algae in my main tank. I am trying to clear them while rebuilding my chaeto compartment in the sump.

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[sherman]

Your nutrient for your chaeto are remove by your vibrant overdose.

You can try to dose iron to compensate

[kakak99]

Your nutrient for your chaeto are remove by your vibrant overdose.
You can try to dose iron to compensate

Thanks, will study on iron.

My tank setup very simple, only few cheap equipments running it.

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[mao ng]

Dun dose something just to grow chaeto.. i dun advise that. Vibrant are use to kill all algae and thats the main cause. Once u stop it should be fine after a few weeks.

Chaeto usually take awhile to gain footing.

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[kasper]

brightwell chaeto grow works for me, as i used vibrant to kill off nuisance algae and it killed my chaeto as well

[SgReeferSuperSun]

Vibrant kill algae including chaeto