Bryopsis Cure: My Battle With Bryopsis Using Fluconazole

renato120 · Feb 25, 2017

Does it kill red hair algae? I have been dealing this algae for years, and cant win. This is not dinos, or cyano.

Ocean Lotion · Feb 25, 2017

renato120 said:
Does it kill red hair algae? I have been dealing this algae for years, and cant win. This is not dinos, or cyano.

That is some pretty algae. Too bad it would not stay in your sump. My guess is that since there is red derbasia algai that odds would be in your favor that it would be killed by fluc. Good luck.

reefndude · Feb 25, 2017

Received meds today. Will start treatment tonight. Fighting bryopsis and some gha

GoVols · Feb 25, 2017

renato120 said:
Does it kill red hair algae? I have been dealing this algae for years, and cant win. This is not dinos, or cyano.

Are you going try the treatment?

reefndude · Feb 25, 2017

pretreatment photos

leahfiish · Feb 25, 2017

Victoria M said:
I voted no. I am on day 18 and I still have Bryosis. It decreased it by about 60% and made some of it easy to scrape off. I think it is probable I over estimated water displacement of my rock, so underdosed the tank. And my skimmer collected slime even though I turned it down, so perhaps removed some medication. I am considering redosing. A friend whom is a doctor (non hobbyist) has been chatting with me about this experiment and he thinks it is worth redosing to eradicate if noticable improvement was made. I think this is a miracle cure. However, I have had neomeris in my tank go crazy at times, and the population just boomed with this treatment. So I am considering bleaching the tank to kill neomeris annulata.

Can you elaborate on what size tank and sump you have, how much LR and sand, and how much you dosed? And capsules or tablets? Also, do you have a sizeable clean up crew to eat the dieing algae? These are all factors that seem to affect how well the treatment works.

Victoria M · Feb 25, 2017

Ocean Lotion said:
I am treating gha. It did not wipe it out in one treatment and 21 days so retreated yesterday. I would say 70% gone. Shaded areas least impacted by fluc. Now I am shining extra light on shaded areas.

I think that is a great idea. I found algae in the shades areas to be the least affected.

Ocean Lotion · Feb 25, 2017

Victoria M said:
I think that is a great idea. I found algae in the shades areas to be the least affected.

Thanks. I have a couple AI Hydra LED fixtures not doing anything so in the next day or two I plan to set them up on each side. That should light those "hard to reach places".

Victoria M · Feb 25, 2017

leahfiish said:
Can you elaborate on what size tank and sump you have, how much LR and sand, and how much you dosed? And capsules or tablets? Also, do you have a sizeable clean up crew to eat the dieing algae? These are all factors that seem to affect how well the treatment works.

Sure I can include more information. I am happy to help clarify what is working and what isn't. Thanks for the feedback, I have a custom 180 gallon DT, a 75 gallon sump, no certain measurement of how many lbs of live rock and live sand as over the years it has shifted, been added to and taken away. Looking at it now I think it would fill my Brute container. So maybe 35 gallons of water displaced. I estimated about 200 gallons of water to be treated. I think I was off my only about 25 gallons...maybe.
I used the formula of 150 mg per 8 gallons of water.
200 gallons divided by 8 gallons = 25
150 mg x 25 =3,750 mg
3,750 divided by 200 mg capsules = 18.75 capsules.
I used 20 capsules. So my measurement was low but I used an extra capsule.
The medication also circulated in the DT only for about 8 hours before the entire system circulated. I did too big of water changed and had make more water, run errands etc. it is always something. The clean up crew is something I am light on, now that you point that part out. I also found that the Byropsis affected brushed off rock and tanks side very easily as it was dying.

reefndude · Feb 25, 2017

I just started my treatment. Estimating 160 gallons, mixed up 16 capsules. Shut down skimmer and carbon. See how it goes

Vegasgundog · Feb 25, 2017

Top is yesterday at five days. Bottom is last Sunday before treatment. Today the fiji FOXFACE, tailspot blenny and blue eyed tang are vigorously eating it. They have never done that. Lots of loose material floating around as must be breaking down. Not picture today but I can see a lot more rock surface through the mat. All the algae is taking on a grey tone.

Vegasgundog · Feb 25, 2017

Top is yesterday at five days. Bottom is last Sunday before treatment. Today the fiji FOXFACE, tailspot blenny and blue eyed tang are vigorously eating it. They have never done that. Lots of loose material floating around as must be breaking down. Not picture today but I can see a lot more rock surface through the mat. All the algae is taking on a grey tone.

d2mini · Feb 25, 2017

NCreefguy said:
That's great that things are clearing up for you. Fluconazole hasn't helped anyone else(me included) get rid of their dino/brown slime problem so I would imagine that the DinoX is what has helped you there. It's also good to hear that the Flucon didn't kill any of your macros during the treatment.A lot of people worry about this. Fluconazole is probably what took out your gha as it has for most that have tried it. It will be interesting to see what your Triton test results are when it comes back.

Here's a before and after of the refugium.

prsnlty · Feb 25, 2017

Victoria M said:
I voted no. I am on day 18 and I still have Bryosis. It decreased it by about 60% and made some of it easy to scrape off. I think it is probable I over estimated water displacement of my rock, so underdosed the tank. And my skimmer collected slime even though I turned it down, so perhaps removed some medication. I am considering redosing. A friend whom is a doctor (non hobbyist) has been chatting with me about this experiment and he thinks it is worth redosing to eradicate if noticable improvement was made. I think this is a miracle cure. However, I have had neomeris in my tank go crazy at times, and the population just boomed with this treatment. So I am considering bleaching the tank to kill neomeris annulata.

I would add a bunch of Mexican turbos if you can. Once I did that mine vanished. More light in the shaded areas also helps but I wouldn't pull, scrape or brush the algae off. I had a couple of really bad rocks that I experimented on by pulling during treatment. Those rocks took longest to die.

NCreefguy · Feb 25, 2017

d2mini said:
Here's a before and after of the refugium.

That's definitely a lot cleaner in there now! When everyone comes in and asks about the effects on different macros,we'll link your post so that they can see that it didn't kill them. Looks great!