Bryopsis possible solution

[Buzz1329]

Originally Posted by Art13

That seems to be what we are following Mike, but one other person left their skimmer on here for the entire time, i turned mine on on day 4. I also turned my actinic's back on on my t5 fixture on day 4. It hasn't had any effect on the treatment so far. I would say leave them off as long as you can for treatment, personally my tank was just getting too dirty with the amount of die off so i turned it back on. actinics i turned on just to see if anything would change. We aren't sure yet what will effect the meds so turn everything off as a precaution to make sure it works. I also didn't worry about measuring out a pill if it wasn't even, it called for something in between 2800-2900mg, i just put in 3000mg.

Great, thanks. I have to check to see whether my LEDs have UV lights. If so, I'll run the blue channel on 100%. I'll also keep on eye on die-off, and replace cup if things get intense.

Originally Posted by Gorgok

To add to that, i would also recommend running socks. All the die off that breaks will get caught in it, and that was quite a bit for me. I swapped them every 2 days as they got full during the time...

Thanks. I’ve not used them in a while but will put them back on drain line and replace as needed.

Mike

[Art13]

Day 6 with and without the filter on the camera. There's maybe 10-20% of the original bryopsis left, just melting away.

[FullBoreReefer]

Originally Posted by Art13

Day 6 with and without the filter on the camera. There's maybe 10-20% of the original bryopsis left, just melting away.

WOW, Looking great! And fast!

[MNFishGuy]

Definitely trying this if Tech M doesn't work for me


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[Art13]

Honestly if i were you i'd put down the tech m bottle and go straight to this. It won't affect your inverts or anything else in the tank like tech m will.

[peiloy3196]

If you switch to try this method I can tell you that you can do it while your Mag is still high. I did it right after Mag treatment did not work for me and didn't bring down my levels until after the Fluconazole treatment.

[scuzy]

Tech M is crap went through gallons of it didn't do a damn thing with for bryopsis. Had to restart the damn tank. Wish this was known 1.5 years ago. But then again i wouldn't of gotten a new aquarium

[FullBoreReefer]

People, tech M no longer works.

[FullBoreReefer]

So, funny story. I just showed my gf this drug, she laughed because she's a nurse. This medication is mainly used for women who have yeast infections bahahaha

[Bobbitworm13]

Do you dose this daily until the demonic algae is gone or just once? I am starting to see bryopsis and want to kill it before it can take over my tank. Thanks

[atraperegrinus]

its only one dose.

[scuzy]

Forgot to ask is it one dose set and forget?


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[Bobbitworm13]

Ok, one dose, thanks, I'll post when I use it, it will be under led

[Mrs. Music]

Art13, I am so happy for you! your tank is going to be beautiful again!

[Mrs. Music]

I wonder if this could be effective against dinos?

[peiloy3196]

Originally Posted by scuzy

Forgot to ask is it one dose set and forget?


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It's one dose. After fifteen days you can resume your water changes and turn back on any equipment/filtration that you may have turned off.


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[Art13]

Originally Posted by Mrs. Music

Art13, I am so happy for you! your tank is going to be beautiful again!

Thanks, i honestly can't remember a time when i didn't have bryopsis in the 3 years i've had a tank, so it will be new to me not having to go in weekly to pull it out.

[Art13]

Originally Posted by peiloy3196

It's one dose. After fifteen days you can resume your water changes and turn back on any equipment/filtration that you may have turned off.


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To add to this, i turned my skimmer back on on day 4 without issue, also turned my gfo on on day 6. The bryopsis is still dying off.

[tklb]

Out of curosity, what are you guys doing about your cheato/macro/refugiums? Taking them offline? I am assuming that this treatment would also kill any macro algae in the refugium, right?

[Art13]

I can't say anything on macro's as i don't have any right now, but as far as i'm aware, this medication is for a fungus and bryopsis shares something with that fungus on how it makes cholesterol, if i'm not mistaken, and blocks that process, killing the fungus, and in this case, bryopsis. At least thats what i gathered from reading. Coral don't share this same process so it's safe for a reef, i can't say which algae share this so some may be affected, some might not be affected. I can tell you i have some hair algae growing due to the die off, so i don't think it would work for hair algae.

[BradR]

You rock OP! My bryopsis was out of control on my frag eggcrate so I replaced the egg crate and that helped a lot. It it comes back significantly I'm going to try the fluconazole but at 150mg per 60 liters. Who knows what the minimum dosage is, unless we experiment, right? Congrats on your discovery!

[Art13]

How many trials do we need before this becomes an accepted method and someone makes this a sticky?

[FullBoreReefer]

I say up to many months to rule out any long term side effects.

I don't believe there will be any, but a few weeks might not show any if that makes sense. Maybe if you stay clean for let's say 6mths, and no live stock or water chemistry changes, then, that should suffice.

[Art13]

Originally Posted by FullBoreReefer

I say up to many months to rule out any long term side effects.

I don't believe there will be any, but a few weeks might not show any if that makes sense. Maybe if you stay clean for let's say 6mths, and no live stock or water chemistry changes, then, that should suffice.

I believe the OP has been rid of it since November if i'm not mistaken with no side effects at this time.

[Art13]

Day 7