Bryopsis Cure: My Battle With Bryopsis Using Fluconazole

[NCreefguy]

@NCreefguy -- Carbon won't strip the meds from the water? I'm assuming the skimmer will though?
my po4 is creeping a bit. I could toss a tiny amount of GFO in with Carbon.

In some earlier tests carbon didn't remove Flucon but Purigen did. I removed it as a precaution in the beginning to give the treatment it's best chance just in case. You've been long enough without your skimmer to turn it back on now. I waited 3-4 days and put my skimmer cup back on.

 

[rockstarta78]

If I were you I would start removing every rock that can be taken out and scrub and dip them. Then run a full treatment of Flucon for at least 21 days or so and see how things look then. I know how much of a pain all of this can be but if you tough it out,you can get through this.

When you say dip them, do you mean bleach or muratic acid? Or h2o2? Thank you.

 

[mcarroll]

You don't have to stop your skimmer but some people have skimmed out too much of the meds before it had a chance to work on the algae. The treatment still worked for some who skimmed the entire time so everyone's tank is different.

That would suggest to me that fluconazole is not particularly skimmable – or it wouldn't work in any of the skimmed tanks. (At least not perfectly/as-expected.)

By extension that suggegsts there are/were other factors at work (aside from skimming) in the cases where the skimmer was on but treatment didn't work.

2¢

 

[mcarroll]

I scanned through the thread, maybe I missed it, can you keep using Nopox with treatment?

I would not. In a compromised tank, you're inviting harmful algae to bloom by keeping the tank carbon-saturated. (Want dino's?)

I dosed again yesterday as my Bryopsis is growing again. It never died away completely the first two doses so we'll see how the third round goes. It's been two months or so since my last dose. Still happy with the results I'm getting with this stuff.

It's still growing, you're on your third dose – and you're happy with the results??? Are you sure it's Bryopsis and have you already been through troubleshooting your tank. (If you just dose fluconazole without doing anything else, that's a mistake.)

Great. So now I have a super algae. Mixed of dino, Bryopsis and gha. What do we call it? Its like t-rex had a love child with megladon which is breeding with a dinosaur. I'm so screwed. I'm so tempted to throw in the towel now.

Did you already start your own thread on your tank? See you in PM again.

 

[NCreefguy]

That would suggest to me that fluconazole is not particularly skimmable – or it wouldn't work in any of the skimmed tanks. (At least not perfectly/as-expected.)

By extension that suggegsts there are/were other factors at work (aside from skimming) in the cases where the skimmer was on but treatment didn't work.

2¢

We have had some people notice that skimmed right from the start they had a large amount of thicker white skimmate during the first few days of treatment. These people reported that the treatment didn't work that well for them so they tried again without their skimmer and then the treatment went as planned. This led us to believe that there was the possibility of skimming enough of the meds out for the treatment not to work. This would suggest to me that fluconazole is skimmable(at least to an extent).You may have to factor in the though the efficiency of each persons skimmer as they are not all created equal.

 

[NCreefguy]

Here is my progress so far:
Day 2 Patch #1

Patch #2


Day 3
So no real changes

Day 4
Saw some changes. Tips were getting white but not everywhere.
Patch #1

Patch #2
Same white tips

Day #5
Big time changes
Patch #2
Completely gone!


Patch #1 still being persistent but totally has turned white!! The batch is also less and less!!


I'm looking forward to finally getting rid of this pest!!

Excellent results so far!

 

[Reefinny]

Well took two full treatments but my name is Mike and I have been bryopsis free for 3 months now!

 

[Congaken]

coc?...Silica X...could be time for new filter for my RO...;Pompus

No Silicate...still producing diatoms after bryopsis "cure"...ideas?;Woot

 

[NCreefguy]

When you say dip them, do you mean bleach or muratic acid? Or h2o2? Thank you.

Unless you are breaking everything down to start over I wouldn't dip them in bleach or muriatic acid. I would take them out,scrub them as best you can, then dip them in fresh water with some h2o2.(if you have corals on the rock then just use fresh water)This won't kill all of the algae because there will still probably be roots left but it will lessen the amount of algae that you have in your tank for your treatment.

 

[NCreefguy]

Well took two full treatments but my name is Mike and I have been bryopsis free for 3 months now!

That's great to hear Mike!

 

[NCreefguy]

No Silicate...still producing diatoms after bryopsis "cure"...ideas?;Woot

How long has it been since your treatment? You have performed water changes afterwards,correct?

 

[Congaken]

How long has it been since your treatment? You have performed water changes afterwards,correct?

about 3 weeks...2 large wc...started from end of treatment...

 

[NCreefguy]

about 3 weeks...2 large wc...started from end of treatment...

There has been several people who said they ended up with some type of diatom/brown ugliness after the treatment possibly due to excessive nutrients from the algae die off but they did not say if it lasted that long after their water changes. Most people say to check for silicate but since you've done that I would stick to your regular water change schedule and see if things clear up over the next few weeks.

 

[Scorpius]

It's still growing, you're on your third dose – and you're happy with the results??? Are you sure it's Bryopsis and have you already been through troubleshooting your tank. (If you just dose fluconazole without doing anything else, that's a mistake.)

No offense, but you annoy the snot out of me. Yes, I have Bryopsis and yes I've tried numerous algae reduction strategies to no avail. The only thing that has worked for me is Fluconazole.

 

[Doubbler]

Are you seeing progress? Im not seeing any in these pictures but like you said they are a bit blurry.

Are you blind?

 

[Slarti]

Is it official "Grumpy Day" in the USA today?

 

[Doubbler]

That's great to hear Mike!

Should I remove my bio plastics reactor during medication

 

[Victoria M]

Is it official "Grumpy Day" in the USA today?

maybe that is my problem today? I have has the grumps all day.

 

[NCreefguy]

Should I remove my bio plastics reactor during medication

If you already have your reactor dialed in,I would just keep it running since it helps reduce your nutrients.

 

[Doubbler]

If you already have your reactor dialed in,I would just keep it running since it helps reduce your nutrients.

Thank you for the quick response. That makes perfect sense. I was literally just sitting here, researching what bio plastics are made of, and how they work (again), just to try and figure out a logical reason to take them out. So, while I was contemplating with myself, I removed the reactor, placed the pellets in a jar with tank water in it, scrubbed the reactor pump, then put it all back together, and back in the sump it went. I'm glad you were here for a second opinion. This is day one with fluconozole, wish me lots of luck