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Originally Posted by soulpatch
I have seen more and more on the use of fluconazole and honestly I would probably go that route as opposed to peroxide should I need in the future. Dont have to dip or remove anything for it to work and you basically dose once.
Now if only it worked for bubble algae....  |
So oddly enough I did quite a bit of reading about the mechanism of action for fluconazole and why it might be helpful for algae and safe for fish this last weekend. It evidently affects the cytochrome P450 enzymes that are specific for fungi and not for animals. The closeness in proximity for fungus also makes certain types of GHA susceptible for using fluconazole. I had GHA, bryopsis and bubble algae and the peroxide dip was just what the Dr. ordered, but if I began to have issues with just GHA again, I would opt for fluconazole as well.
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