Anacropora

[PhantomHalo]

So I noticed my anacropora changing from a white and lime green to a purple and lime green. I have been using fluconazole to try to rid my tank of GHA. Would this cause this or do you think there is something else happening?

 

[Backreefing]

Why are you useing chemicals to get rid of algae? Is a clean up crew out of the question. Urchins, turbo snails, hermits. Ect .
I know Gha sucks, but it can be beat.
Now I said that , imo any anti algae chemical can’t be good for corals especially SPS , with algae inside there bodies . It’s your aquarium .
The color change is probably adapting to your lights and nutrients.

 

[PhantomHalo]

Because triggers. Lol I have a blue jaw, pink tail, and black trigger that eat my clean up crew. Good point about the algae in the SPS, but I’ve heard and read it was safe for use with SPS. I don’t think I can have an urchin with my triggers. I would if I could though. Have a few turbos, but they can’t keep up. Have 400 (Combined) astrea, nass, and cerinth snails on order that should be here this week and 50 blue leg hermits coming early next week. It’s a 300 gal btw. My Nilbog resident acro is receding from its base too. So I am thinking it is the meds in the system. However, the GHA is doing more damage because it’s getting out of hand.

 

[Shufflepig]

Why are you useing chemicals to get rid of algae? Is a clean up crew out of the question. Urchins, turbo snails, hermits. Ect .
I know Gha sucks, but it can be beat.
Now I said that , imo any anti algae chemical can’t be good for corals especially SPS , with algae inside there bodies . It’s your aquarium .
The color change is probably adapting to your lights and nutrients.

Zooxanthellae are actually dinoflagellates and are not affected by fluconazole.

 

[Backreefing]

Blue leg hermits are great for green hair algae .
aggessive fish explains why the lack of cuc .

 

[jda]

Using an algaecide to kill the cells in the algae can also do the same in some corals... it does not always, but it can happen... they are more similar than different. There have been too many losses by Fluconazole to think that it is totally harmless - some strains seem more affected than others and some don't seem to care at all.

For the most part, it seems safe, but Fluc has killed some tricker SPS in some tanks that I know - mostly smooth skinned and deep waters.

 

[PhantomHalo]

Thanks for the heads up all! Does that mean the purple change could be from the fluconazole?

 

[ScottB]

I would reserve use of fluconazole for bryopsis only, as there is really no other way to get rid of it. There are many ways to manage GHA, and there is risk with fluconazole. I have not figured out which conditions or species conclude (rarely) with bad outcomes, but they happen. My guess is that some tanks have a fungus or sponge that releases toxin when it gets hit with this fungicide. Fluconzole is an anti-fungal medication.

I would move that anacropora to low light and hope that it survives. And yes, if that color change happened quickly, it was the fluc.

 

[JoshO]

Use vibrant to deal with the algae! It's literally bacteria, not chemicals!

 

[Softhammer]

How about a few yellow tangs or rabbitfish?

 

[PhantomHalo]

How about a few yellow tangs or rabbitfish?

I would love to, but nobody is getting fish in right now. I am awaiting my tang and angel fish order as soon as shipping opens up. I had a magnificent fox face, but my powder brown tang and pink tail bullied it and it died 3 days later. I was wondering if the fluconazole may have had something to do with it too having the algae absorb the medicine and then the fox face eating it? My turbo recently died and my kole tang disappeared as well.
I will look into the Vibrant as well. Just started dosing with Microbacter7 and Dr.Tims refresh. (Opposite days)

 

[PhantomHalo]

Is there a way to stop the other corals that are “bleaching” from the bottom up? I tried a dip, but it seemed to make it worse.

 

[Softhammer]

That’s a bummer. I keep forgetting about this supply shortage, the things we take for granted... Can you increase you water movement any?

 

[PhantomHalo]

That’s a bummer. I keep forgetting about this supply shortage, the things we take for granted... Can you increase you water movement any?

I can, but my sandbed would be blowing all over. It’s all over the rocks even in moderate to high flow anyway though.